Indiana Jones And The Great Circle

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by MachineGames and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is based on the Indiana Jones franchise and will feature an original narrative that draws from the film series. Set between the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , the story follows archaeologist Indiana Jones in 1937 as he attempts to thwart various groups who are seeking to harness a power connected to the Great Circle, which refers to mysterious sites around the world that form a perfect circle when connected together on a map. Combat can either be directly engaged with or circumvented entirely through the use of stealth mechanics, and the character's signature whip can be used as both a weapon, or as a means for traversing across obstacles and solving various puzzles to uncover alternate paths and obscured collectibles. Bethesda and MachineGames jointly announced the game's development in January 2021, in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games. Jerk Gustafsson directed the game, composer Gordy Haab contributed original pieces and reinterpretations of classic themes from the films by John Williams and executive producer Todd Howard conceived the game's story. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is an action-adventure game that also consists of gameplay styles in various other genres. The game is played from a first-person perspective, but switches to a third-person view for certain gameplay actions and cutscenes, such as when Jones uses his whip to swing over gaps or when climbing pipes and walls. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle features an original narrative that draws inspiration from the film series. The story is set in 1937, placing it in between the events of the first film Raiders of the Lost Ark , and the third film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade . Like both films, the game takes place before the events of World War II, with all three of the Axis Powers returning as antagonists. Following the theft of an artifact from Marshall College, Jones heads to the Vatican to investigate. Besides Rome, other locations include the Sukhothai temples in Thailand, the Egyptian pyramids, Shanghai in China, and the snowy Himalayas.