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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is the likely title of the upcoming Indy game

We’ll know for sure next week

Marco Wutz

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is the likely title of the upcoming Indy game
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is the likely title of the upcoming Indy game /

Update: Jan. 18, 2024

It turns out the rumors were right. Bethesda and MachineGames' take on Indy is called Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Check out the trailer from the Xbox Direct showcase.

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People are very excited for the gameplay reveal of MachineGames and Bethesda’s upcoming Indiana Jones game, which is set to take place during the recently announced Xbox Developer Direct show next week. Ahead of this showcase, game researcher Kurakasis has very likely cracked one of the mysteries surrounding the title already: its name.

It looks like Lucasfilm has registered several domains for the title Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on January 9, 2024, one of them including the word “game” in the URL. It already filed a trademark for this title in Europe two years ago as well that is related to goods and games.

A whip, camera, and revolver on a desk.
It's almost time to see Indy back in video game action :: MachineGames / Bethesda / Lucasfilm

That’s pretty much that, then, even though we still shouldn’t take this an official confirmation, of course. We’ll likely get that next week during Microsoft’s showcase, since the Indiana Jones title is one of the four big games already confirmed to appear there. The other three are Ara: History Untold, Avowed, and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2.

MachineGames’ take on Indiana Jones was announced back in January 2021 and we’ve heard basically nothing about it ever since, so it’s going to be fascinating to see what the minds behind the brilliant Wolfenstein reboot have done with everyone’s favorite archaeologist.

Publisher Bethesda initially planned to release this game on PS5 alongside Xbox Series X|S and PC, but Microsoft used the persuasive powers of acquiring the entire company to change those plans.

There have been some gems among previous Indiana Jones games, so this one has big shoes to fill: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, a puzzle game from 1992, is incredibly beloved and was widely acclaimed back when it launched. Of course, there has also been a host of rather mediocre games using the IP, as is often the case with big Hollywood properties.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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