Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

[Grifman]

First trailer here:



Looks pretty cool!

[naednek]

PLEASE PLEASE DONT BE THE SAME ENGINE AS STARFIELD\FALLOUT\MORROWIND. I can't take any more loading.

[Grifman]

PLEASE PLEASE DONT BE THE SAME ENGINE AS STARFIELD\FALLOUT\MORROWIND. I can't take any more loading.

Machine Games is doing it, I doubt they are using the Creation Engine.

[Rumpy]

Well, they certainly got Ford's likeness down. I know in previous games they tried to avoid it. Looks like a pretty cool game. Though kind of weird to go system exclusive on a global IP such as this.

[Blackhawk]

PLEASE PLEASE DONT BE THE SAME ENGINE AS STARFIELD\FALLOUT\MORROWIND. I can't take any more loading.

If the trailer is game footage, I'd say no. It's already showing fast movement through larger areas than the Creation Engine can handle.

[Daehawk]

A new Indiana Jones adventure pc game from Lucusfilm? Im all in. YES!

[Max Peck]

The Wikipedia article for the game says that it's using id Tech, but that might just be speculation given that I don't see any articles that confirm the information. Machine Games used id Tech in their Wolfenstein games, so it seems reasonable.

[Grifman]

Well, they certainly got Ford's likeness down. I know in previous games they tried to avoid it. Looks like a pretty cool game. Though kind of weird to go system exclusive on a global IP such as this.

Sony has exclusive but global IP, such as the Spiderman games. And it's not weird, it's good business sense, if you want games to drive your console sales.

[Daehawk]

[Rumpy]

Well, they certainly got Ford's likeness down. I know in previous games they tried to avoid it. Looks like a pretty cool game. Though kind of weird to go system exclusive on a global IP such as this.

Sony has exclusive but global IP, such as the Spiderman games. And it's not weird, it's good business sense, if you want games to drive your console sales.

Slightly different situation there as Sony has the leverage via the movies (where they own the IP for) to make the games exclusive.

[Skinypupy]

That looks...pretty awesome.

In.

[Carpet_pissr]

Did they say first day on Gamepass? Woot!

[Daehawk]

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle doesn't roll off the tongue like the previous names. But Ill get used to it for such a wonderful looking game.

[jztemple2]

Yes, the 'Great Circle' in the new Indiana Jones game is a real thing: Let's go down this conspiracy rabbit hole together

In case you haven't heard the good news, the Nazi-punching experts at MachineGames revealed their next game during yesterday's Xbox Developer Direct stream: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. It was a strong debut for the long-awaited action adventure project, and in keeping with the Wolfenstein studio's speciality, we were pleasantly surprised to learn The Great Circle is a first-person game.

Watching Indy whip-trip a Nazi before popping another guy with his revolver was basically all I needed to see to get excited, but I'm also intrigued by the central mystery he'll be obsessing over: the "Great Circle" itself. We hear a brief explainer from Indy in the trailer:

"Throughout history, mankind has built sites of great spiritual significance. If you were to draw a line through these ancient sites around the globe, you get a perfectly aligned circle." At the end of the trailer, Indy discovers evidence of the "protectors of the Circuli Magni: The Great Circle

[Rumpy]

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle doesn't roll off the tongue like the previous names. But Ill get used to it for such a wonderful looking game.

I'm bracing for the sequel, Indiana Jones and The Great Square of Pegasus.

[jztemple2]

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle doesn't roll off the tongue like the previous names. But Ill get used to it for such a wonderful looking game.

I'm bracing for the sequel, Indiana Jones and The Great Square of Pegasus.

Had to look that one up, kudos for mentioning it

[Rumpy]

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle doesn't roll off the tongue like the previous names. But Ill get used to it for such a wonderful looking game.

I'm bracing for the sequel, Indiana Jones and The Great Square of Pegasus.

Had to look that one up, kudos for mentioning it

Hah, it kind of just came to me. I've got my Dad talking about stars all the time. It's got lore and stuff. So, kind of fits as a Indy title

[Max Peck]

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is a far better title than Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

[hepcat]

Indiana Jones and the Outhouse of Doom?
Indiana Jones and the Foyer of Fate?
Indiana Jones and the Polyhedron of Persephone?
Indiana Jones and...Ted?

[Max Peck]

Indiana Jones and the Girdle of the Golden Girl?
Indiana Jones and the Chronosphere of Carrot Top?

[Blackhawk]

Indiana Jones and Icosahedron of Chance

[Punisher]

Indiana Jones and the legend of Indiana (the dog not the state)

[hepcat]

Indiana Jones and the Girdle of the Golden Girl?
Indiana Jones and the Chronosphere of Carrot Top?

You, sir, have captured lightning in a bottle. I expect a spec script on my desk by tomorrow at 8.

[Daehawk]

This may be my top awaited game this year. I really need me some new Lara Croft or Indy adventures.

[Daehawk]

Man if we'd had games like this when I was a kid and the Indy movie were new? Damn!

[Rumpy]

So, I know this place doesn't like Kotaku much, but they have a good article about the game possibly coming to PS5 a few months after the XBox. So much for exclusivity, I guess.

https://kotaku.com/latest?startTime=1724094900139

[Daehawk]

I dont have anything against them. I dont read from them though....or any online places really.

And Im PC for this.

And your link just takes me to their latest news page not anything about this game.

I think this is what you might have been hoping for....

https://kotaku.com/indiana-jones-great- ... 1851626140

[Rumpy]

Oh yeah, apologies. I guess I copied the wrong link.

[Max Peck]

Because you shouldn't have to click through to a news site just to see a video...



...and you shouldn't have to watch a video just to find out that the official release date is 9 Dec 2024 on Steam and XBox, and spring 2025 on PS.

[Rumpy]

Ok, I didn't realize we'd have the confirmation right away.

[Max Peck]

So much for exclusivity, I guess.

Phil Spencer: Indiana Jones' PS5 jump good for Xbox's health

At yesterday's Gamescom presser, Bethesda revealed Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is coming to PlayStation 5 sometime in spring 2025 after its initial December launch on Xbox and PC. For Xbox head Phil Spencer, taking the title multiplatform is for the good of the brand.

On a livestream following the event, Spencer explained the decision was in part spurred by the alleged success of games like Hi-Fi Rush and Sea of Thieves on PS5 and Nintendo Switch ports earlier this year. And if Xbox games are going to be "as strong as possible," more will need to go multiplatform.

"Our end result has to be better games that more people can play," he continued. "If we’re not focused on that, I think we’re focused on the wrong things."

As I've always understood it, the real money is in selling games, not selling hardware. If that is true, then it makes perfect sense to me that Microsoft wants to see their games on Sony's platform -- going multiplatform greatly increases the potential market size for any game.

[Rumpy]

Sure, but I've been getting confused by their messaging and strategy. At first, the reason they were buying Activision-Blizzard and Bethesda was to bulk out their portfolio because the perception that they had was that they didn't have enough exclusives. Now after the deal went through with A-B, they seem to have done a 360 on their strategy and are letting their exclusives evaporate. And it doesn't help that those who bought an XBox this gen are wondering if they made the right decision in buying one.

I'm all for multiplatform releases. But systems do need system sellers, and that's generally the role of exclusives. If for example, people want an Indiana Jones game enough, then the logical thing would be that they would have to play it on an XBox. But it feels like they've been flip-flopping on the issue for some years now. They should be firm in their decisions. And this is coming from someone who only has a PS. I'm glad I'll eventually be able to playing on the PS5, but it's not the decision I was expecting in a longshot.

[Zarathud]

Someone is worried about antitrust enforcement.

And immediate returns. I’ve been hearing there are windows where game development dried up, so it’s important to fill sales holes to keep quarterly revenues up.

[Daehawk]

I think Im going to love this game. Im in a Indy mood right now after watching the latest movie recently and actually finishing up Fate of Atlantis last year along with all the Tomb Raider games. Im even replaying the 2016 Tomb Raider right now. I love Indys setting and style and puzzles and history. It all just grabs me.

And I really love Troy Baker. Have since the 3rd Bioshock game. And he is a great actor. I didn't know he was doing the voice and the character movements for the game. Thats awesome. In fact I could see Troy playing a younger Indiana Jones in a movie to go back and make new Indy films.

[Jolor]

Pre-installing via Gamepass even though it only releases in 76D 4H 48M (Dec-08) in an attempt not to purchase accidentally.

[Max Peck]

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Final Preview

The last truly great Indiana Jones movie came out 35 years ago. Since then, pop culture’s most famous archaeologist’s last two big-screen outings have been flops. In fact, Indy’s best work since The Last Crusade has come in video game form: 1992’s LucasArts point-and-click adventure classic The Fate of Atlantis, The Collective’s excellent third-person action-adventure The Emperor’s Tomb on PS2 and original Xbox in 2003, and more recently, LEGO Indiana Jones in 2008. So no matter how you look at it, it’s been a long time since Indy has showed out, and it’s fair to wonder if the current generation of gamers even cares about Dr. Henry Jones and his relic-chasing, Nazi-punching escapades.

I’m here to tell you that after playing a few hours of MachineGames’s Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, generations of gamers both new and old should care. Because as good as the studio’s recent Wolfenstein reboots were, The Great Circle might be even better.

[Daehawk]

Still looking forward to it. And I liked the last two films just fine. Not like the old ones of course but fine enough that I had fun and rekindled the old Indy magic enough.

[Jaymann]

The title of this thread got cut off at Gre... and I thought it was going to be Indiana Jones and the Great Pumpkin.

[Pyperkub]

Looking forward to this one, especially as a Day 1 Gamepass game.

Sounds like they have the right ideas:

Indiana Jones has a feeling. It’s not just in the more tangible elements – the stories, the hero, or the music – it’s also in the way it was filmed, the minutiae of choreography, and the tone. Those ineffable qualities are what have made this series so beloved, and so lasting. And that’s a very difficult thing to recreate in a video game.

It presented Indiana Jones and the Great Circle developer MachineGames with an extra challenge – not only did the team have to create a fantastic, modern-feeling game, but one that simultaneously captures the magic that swirls around the movies. It comes down to a question of balance: making a compelling game that still looks, feels, acts, and sounds like the movies it’s drawing inspiration from.

However, I'm not sure whether that extended to keeping the music, tho it does appear as if they went to some pretty decent lengths to do so

The same went for the score – John Williams’ soundtracks are among the most recognizable in cinema history, but the aim was never simply to impersonate them. MachineGames brought in composer Gordy Haab to achieve that – a fitting choice given that he’s won awards for his work on multiple Star Wars games by drawing heavy inspiration from Williams, while making them his own.

“Gordy was such a great composer to work with for this project – he really nailed the style and tone, and was able to emulate and seamlessly extend the original score where needed, while also creating entirely new themes for our story and characters that fit perfectly within the Indiana Jones universe,” enthuses Ward. “We were very careful about where and when we first hear certain themes as well – the Raider’s March is the iconic, instantly recognizable theme for Indiana Jones, and we wanted to incorporate it at the right moments, but also develop our own musical story with our own new themes.”

But the risk of creating new elements amid such an iconic score is that they’ll stick out –and again, MachineGames went the extra mile to ensure that this didn’t happen. Haab and Ward researched how the original soundtracks were recorded, and even recorded in the same studio, Abbey Road. Amazingly, they even found out that they’d created accidental connections to the original along the way:

“We even had a couple of session musicians who played on the original sessions for Raiders,” explains Ward. “It was a lovely moment when they came to the control room after the session was finished and told us that!”

It won't be an Indy game without getting the score correct.

[Unagi]

This title reminds me of that one time I drew a really, really good circle.