{"id":232433,"date":"2024-06-14T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-new-details-revealed-on-the-official-xbox-podcast\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:17:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:17:03","slug":"indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-new-details-revealed-on-the-official-xbox-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-new-details-revealed-on-the-official-xbox-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: New Details Revealed on the Official Xbox Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle\">Indiana Jones and the Great Circle<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0made a grand appearance at Xbox Games Showcase 2024 last weekend, showing off new gameplay, revealing new elements of the story, and treating us to an extended scene set in the Himalayas, as Indiana and new companion Gina attempt to recover a relic while avoid the clutches of colonel Viktor Gantz.<\/p>\n<p>On a special episode of the Official Xbox Podcast, host Malik Prince got to talk more about the trailer and the wider game, joined by MachineGames\u2019 Jerk Gustafsson, Game Director, and John Jennings, Production Director. If you want to watch the full interview, check it out below \u2013 or read on for the new details.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Xbox Games Showcase Deep Dive | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zakV_ou6i_U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Indiana Jones and the Great Circle<\/em>\u2019s development is in full swing, and what we\u2019ve seen of the game promises a truly authentic Indiana Jones adventure \u2013 both in storyline and gameplay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe story kicks off when an ancient relic is stolen from the college where Indiana Jones works,\u201d explained Gustafsson. \u201cHe\u2019s determined to track down the thief, and he stumbles into this ancient conspiracy involving the theory of the Great Circle, as we call it. The Great Circle is a strange alignment of ancient sites around the globe, and a set of mysterious artifacts connect to it. But Indy isn\u2019t the only one in search of answers. The enemy are scouring the world for these artifacts, believing that they hold some kind of power \u2013 and to stop them there\u2019s only one thing he can do, and that is to find the artifacts first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This kicks us off on a classic globe-trotting adventure, beginning in the corridors of Indy\u2019s beloved Marshall College, before taking in the Himalayas, the ancient jungle sites of Sukhothai in Thailand, the Vatican (an all-new location for an Indiana Jones project), the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, and more. It\u2019s the kind of set-up you\u2019d hope for from an Indiana Jones story, but it stemmed from a perhaps unexpected source:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt actually started with an idea from [Bethesda Game Studios director and executive producer] Todd Howard,\u201d said Gustafsson. \u201cHe had been thinking for years about creating a story around the concept of the Great Circle, so when we got this opportunity to work on an Indiana Jones game it felt like the perfect match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, that idea was just the starting point, and the team at MachineGames has worked incredibly closely with Lucasfilm Games to ensure that their original adventure would feel faithful to movies it sits alongside.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_Battleship-Relic-1920x1080-1-e6402288bc6c31d80350.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_Battleship-Relic-1920x1080-1-e6402288bc6c31d80350.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_Battleship-Relic-1920x1080-1-e6402288bc6c31d80350-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_Battleship-Relic-1920x1080-1-e6402288bc6c31d80350-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_Battleship-Relic-1920x1080-1-e6402288bc6c31d80350-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe spent countless hours just rewatching the films \u2013 especially the two movies that are closest to the game, which are Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Last Crusade,\u201d said Gustafsson. \u201cIn addition, we have one of the best resources through our partnership with Lucasfilm Games, and working together with them on this project has been invaluable, just this cave of knowledge about the character, which has been fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been great having access to writers, art directors from Lucasfilm, people who worked with the Indiana Jones property for decades,\u201d continued Jennings. \u201cHaving their input \u2013 I mean, some of these people know <em>everything<\/em> that has ever been written about Indy \u2013 and having them to bounce ideas off, and get some of their own input has been hugely, hugely invaluable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That partnership came with perks for fans on the team, too: \u201cWe managed to get access into some of the Lucasfilm archives as well,\u201d said Jennings, \u201cwhich for Indy fans has been an absolute dream come true, to get access to some of these things that perhaps not so many people have seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The research has been <em>deep<\/em>. Writers and artists on the team studied not just the films, but comics and books, not to mention had recreations of Indy\u2019s costume created \u2013 including his iconic fedora, reproduced by the same hatmaker that created the original for Raiders of the Lost Ark. On the musical side, longtime Lucasfilm Games collaborator Gordy Haab (who recently won a Grammy for his work on the <em>Star Wars Jedi: Survivor<\/em> soundtrack) has been brought in to create a score John Williams would be proud of.<\/p>\n<p>That authenticity extends to the characters involved, too. While most of the cast will be brand new faces for the franchise, the latest trailer showed us more of Indy\u2019s friend, Marcus Brody: \u201cBecause we start the story in Marshall College it made sense to have Marcus there, to sort of ground it in the familiarity of Indy\u2019s home base,\u201d said Gustafsson \u2013 before going onto tease that we\u2019ll see cameos from other classic characters along the way, too.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_7.-Engine-Room-Stealth-1920x1080-1-0f11e98c6e715a8a7293.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_7.-Engine-Room-Stealth-1920x1080-1-0f11e98c6e715a8a7293.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_7.-Engine-Room-Stealth-1920x1080-1-0f11e98c6e715a8a7293-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_7.-Engine-Room-Stealth-1920x1080-1-0f11e98c6e715a8a7293-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_7.-Engine-Room-Stealth-1920x1080-1-0f11e98c6e715a8a7293-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, the most important element for authenticity was in getting Indy himself right, and the team found a perfect partner in renowned actor Troy Baker:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was maybe an unexpected choice at first, but from the moment we watched his audition tape we were just totally sold,\u201d said Jennings. \u201cHe\u2019s just a great actor. He\u2019s put so much effort into the role as well \u2013 you can tell he\u2019s just this huge, huge fan of Indiana Jones [\u2026] We\u2019ve just been in a [voiceover] session recently with him, and he was improvising lines. You know, \u2018Wouldn\u2019t Indy say it a bit more like this?\u2019 Or commenting on lines that we\u2019ve written that we thought were subtle Easter Eggs just for the die-hard Indy fans, and he\u2019ll pick up on it straight away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baker\u2019s performance doesn\u2019t just extend to a great impression of Harrison Ford, either. \u201cHe\u2019s not just a voiceover actor, he\u2019s the full thing,\u201d Jennings continued. \u201cWe do full performance capture: the body, the face, and the voice all recorded at the same time. And he\u2019s got the physical acting nailed down as well. He does a really, really good job of capturing the character of Indy \u2013 specifically his character in the first few movies, the earlier ones, which is where our game is set of course. He just does it perfectly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This has been a new kind of development process for MachineGames, and that extends to the game itself. \u201cIt\u2019s a little bit different, this game, for us, in many ways,\u201d said Gustafsson. \u201cWe are very used to having heavy weapons, gun-blazing shooters \u2013 and this is a little bit different. We are making a proper adventure game here.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_Sukhothai-Indy-1920x1080-1-224b887619e31c8299c3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_Sukhothai-Indy-1920x1080-1-224b887619e31c8299c3.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_Sukhothai-Indy-1920x1080-1-224b887619e31c8299c3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_Sukhothai-Indy-1920x1080-1-224b887619e31c8299c3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_Sukhothai-Indy-1920x1080-1-224b887619e31c8299c3-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>While the team\u2019s acclaimed Wolfenstein games were brutal, frenetic shooters, <em>Indiana Jones and the Great Circle<\/em> offers an experience more befitting of the world\u2019s most famous archaeologist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe solves problems with his mind first and really relies on smarts, and not this excessive combat that we have seen or done before with the Wolfenstein games,\u201d explained Gustafsson. \u201cWhen you are playing the game, choosing the more authentic stealthy Indy route \u2013 or just some classic old fist-fighting \u2013 will be a benefit to the player more times than not, and also make for a very fun and challenging experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In playing as Indy, we\u2019re not rampaging through the world, but stopping to solve puzzles, and trying to avoid conflict when we can. The team wanted to avoid turning the character we know into a superhero.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is flawed, he makes mistakes, he stumbles, there is weight to his movement, and we have this gritty, pulpy edge to the action,\u201d continued Gustafsson. \u201cBut at the same time he\u2019s also rather athletic, he\u2019s an excellent fighter, and he also has an enormous amount of luck as well \u2013 and at the same time he\u2019s the best archaeologist in the world. So focusing on all of these things, in a way it makes the game feel in line with these classic matinee action-adventures that the movies were celebrating, something I think Indy himself also personifies in a way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To do that, the game will primarily be set in first-person \u2013 a perspective that MachineGames is very familiar with, a key way to help players feel like they\u2019re truly walking in his shoes, and an exciting point of difference when looking at the wider action-adventure genre as a whole. In key moments, however, we will see the character in third-person, letting us live those filmic moments from the outside.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_Whip-Pull-1920x1080-1-55c1fa1ad14cefedc1c0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_Whip-Pull-1920x1080-1-55c1fa1ad14cefedc1c0.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_Whip-Pull-1920x1080-1-55c1fa1ad14cefedc1c0-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_Whip-Pull-1920x1080-1-55c1fa1ad14cefedc1c0-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xxboxnews.blob.core.windows.net\/prod\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Great-Circle_Whip-Pull-1920x1080-1-55c1fa1ad14cefedc1c0-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>And speaking of filmic moments, the trailer ended with a callback to perhaps one of the most famous sequences in movie history \u2013 Indy\u2019s rolling boulder escape. We had to ask how that made it into the game, and whether we\u2019ll be able to play it. But Gustafsson wanted to keep some mystery before <em>Indiana Jones and the Great Circle <\/em>arrives:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s unfortunately one of those things where I just have to say: \u2018You\u2019ll have to wait and see.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle\"><strong>Indiana Jones and the Great Circle<\/strong><\/a> day one on Game Pass when it launches later this year on Xbox Series X|S and PC.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"msp1718387753493\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"ms-product-badge mspb-large\" data-product-id=\"9n8fq28z6qx3\">\n<div class=\"mspb-primary-image\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/store\/apps\/9n8fq28z6qx3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/store-images.s-microsoft.com\/image\/apps.394.14050533476382116.9ce9be62-6690-4c40-8e76-7e5af2a256fb.23519966-541f-46af-94a3-68d956e7cf85?w=400&amp;h=600\" alt=\"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle\" class=\"skip-lazy\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"mspb-details\">\n<div class=\"mspb-feature-badges\">\n<div class=\"mspb-feature-badge xbox-live\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.onestore.ms\/cdnfiles\/sfw-service-web-onestore-onerf-2017-11-8-12\/store\/common\/images\/xbllogo_black.png\" alt=\"Xbox Live\" class=\"skip-lazy\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Indiana Jones and the Great Circle<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mspb-secondary-details\">\n<div class=\"mspb-left-container\">\n<p>Bethesda Softworks<\/p>\n<div class=\"mspb-rating\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<span>\u2606<\/span><span>\u2606<\/span><span>\u2606<\/span><span>\u2606<\/span><span>\u2606<\/span>&#13;\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<span>\u2605<\/span><span>\u2605<\/span><span>\u2605<\/span><span>\u2605<\/span><span>\u2605<\/span>&#13;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mspb-right-container\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tUncover one of history\u2019s greatest mysteries in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle\u2122, a first-person, single-player adventure set between the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark\u2122 and The Last Crusade\u2122. The year is 1937, sinister forces are scouring the globe for the secret to an ancient power connected to the Great Circle, and only one person can stop them \u2013 Indiana Jones\u2122. You\u2019ll become the legendary archaeologist in this cinematic action-adventure game from MachineGames, the award-winning studio behind the recent Wolfenstein series, and executive produced by Hall of Fame game designer Todd Howard. &#13;<br \/>\n &#13;<br \/>\nYOU ARE INDIANA JONES &#13;<br \/>\nLive the adventure as Indy in a thrilling story full of exploration, immersive action, and intriguing puzzles. As the brilliant archaeologist \u2013 famed for his keen intellect, cunning resourcefulness, and trademark humor \u2013 you will travel the world in a race against enemy forces to discover the secrets to one of the greatest mysteries of all time.   &#13;<br \/>\n &#13;<br \/>\nA WORLD OF MYSTERY AWAITS  &#13;<br \/>\nTravel from the halls of Marshall College to the heart of the Vatican, the pyramids of Egypt, the sunken temples of Sukhothai, and beyond. When a break-in in the dead of night ends in a confrontation with a mysterious colossal man, you must set out to discover the world-shattering secret behind the theft of a seemingly unimportant artifact. Forging new alliances and facing familiar enemies, you\u2019ll engage with intriguing characters, use guile and wits to solve ancient riddles, and survive intense set-pieces.  &#13;<br \/>\n &#13;<br \/>\nWHIP-CRACKING ACTION  &#13;<br \/>\nIndiana\u2019s trademark whip remains at the heart of his gear and can be used to distract, disarm, and attack enemies. But the whip isn\u2019t just a weapon, it\u2019s Indy\u2019s most valuable tool for navigating the environment. Swing over unsuspecting patrols and scale walls as you make your way through a striking world. Combine stealth infiltration, melee combat, and gunplay to combat the enemy threat and unravel the mystery .&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nTHE SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY  &#13;<br \/>\nVenture through a dynamic mix of linear, narrative-driven gameplay and open-area maps. Indulge your inner explorer and unearth a world of fascinating secrets, deadly traps and fiendish puzzles, where anything could potentially hide the next piece of the mystery \u2013 or snakes. 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