Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is an action-adventure game developed by MachineGames and published by Bethesda Softworks in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games. It launched for Windows and Xbox Series X/S on December 9, 2024, before arriving on PlayStation 5 on April 17, 2025. The game places Indiana Jones in 1937, between the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Rather than adapting a film, it tells an original adventure built around an archaeological mystery tied to sites spanning the globe. Its title names the mystery that drives the story forward throughout it. The story begins after a break-in at Marshall College, where an artifact has been taken from the university. Indiana follows the trail to Vatican City, where the search draws him into a conflict involving the Great Circle. His travels subsequently take him to Gizeh, the Himalayas, and Sukhothai, placing recognizable archaeological settings at the center of the investigation. The game also sends players to Iraq during its wider quest. These locations are not merely backdrops: their monuments, tombs, puzzles, and ruins supply evidence for the Circle's meaning and the antagonists' objectives. The campaign connects this pursuit to Jones's professional life. Troy Baker performs the voice of Indiana Jones, while Alessandra Mastronardi plays journalist Gina Lombardi, Jones's principal companion during the adventure. Marios Gavrilis portrays Emmerich Voss, a Nazi archaeologist who pursues the Circle for the Third Reich. Voss is presented as the story's leading opponent, and his expedition gives the game its central race against Nazi exploitation of antiquities. The supporting cast includes Antonio Morana as Father Ventura and Tony Todd as Locus. Lucasfilm's executive creative director Douglas Reilly described the project as a chance to let players become Indy; MachineGames chose first-person play to emphasize that perspective in action. Great Circle is primarily played from a first-person viewpoint, a choice that distinguishes it from many earlier Indiana Jones games. It shifts to third-person presentation for selected traversal moments, including climbing and whip swings. Jones's whip serves as both a tool and a weapon: players can use it to navigate spaces, disarm foes, and create openings in combat. The game combines exploration, environmental puzzles, stealth, hand-to-hand fights, and firearm encounters. MachineGames also made disguises part of infiltration, allowing Jones to access some restricted areas when wearing suitable clothing. Its design includes open exploration areas alongside directed story sequences as well.