The Indiana Jones game developer MachineGames and publisher Bethesda has finally been revealed, and it’s coming out soon.
Indiana Jones And The Great Circle was revealed at the Xbox Developer Direct 2024 showcase. The action-adventure game is set between Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom and Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade movies.
Fascinatingly, the game will be played mostly in the first-person, which what all MachineGames games have been.
Though the camera does switch to the third person during cinematics and traversal scenes so you still see Indy with his hat sometimes.
This is a different take to most modern action-adventure games. The Tomb Raider and Uncharted series, both arguably inspired by Indy’s antics on the silver screen in some form, are played from the third-person perspective.
The gameplay reveal trailer, and the subsequent developer breakdown, revealed some other tidbits:
- Heavy emphasis on “adventure” but there will be action sequences
- The whip can be used for combat (it can hit people or strangle people- some guy even pulled a Wilhelm scream when being whipped) stealth (crack the whip as a distraction) and traversal
- Expect puzzle solving, some are even optional, hidden in plain sight and are just there for the player’s curiousity
- Set in a globe-trotting adventure that will include locations like a hidden temple in Sukhothai, Egyptian pyramids and the Himalayas
- Indy’s companion for this game is investigative reporter Gina, and his adversary is Emmerich Voss
- Gordy Haab is the composer for the game and the soundtrack will follow closely to the style of music John Williams composed for the movies
- Todd Howard of Bethesda Games Studios is the Executive Producer that successfully pitched this game to Lucasfilms
Indiana Jones And The Great Circle will launch sometime in 2024 on Xbox Series X|S and PC. It will also be available on Game Pass.