Indiana Jones headbutts a Nazi 37 seconds into the reveal trailer for The Great Circle, coming later this year

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MachineGames gave us our first real look at its long-awaitedIndiana Jonesgame at today’s Developer Direct showcase, confirming the title—Indiana Jones and the Great Circle—and revealing details on the setting and story, and—this is the important part—a release target of later in 2024.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was first announced in early 2021, albeit as just ‘a new Indiana Jones game’ until the title leaked last week. It’s been silence since then except for confirmation that the game will tell an original story, and that Todd Howard has been eager to make one for a really long time.

Now we’ve got a proper idea of what’s coming, and it looks like both a proper Indiana Jones game and a full-on MachineGames creation: The gameplay trailer literally opens with a Nazi eating a nasty headbutt (another fun thing you can do with a Nazi) and there’s plenty more Nazi-punching to follow, complete with helmets flying dramatically into the sky.

There’s also some highly-detailed first-person whip-work on display, occasional bits of gunplay, stealth, and puzzles to solve—some of which may seem a little familiar. One interesting and, I think, unexpected aspect of the game is that aside from occasional pullbacks for cinematic effect, The Great Circle will be played from the first-person perspective: As MachineGames executive producer Jerk Gustafsson said during the presentation, “You aren’t just playing as Indy, youareIndiana Jones.”

“Our game is about putting you in the shoes of an iconic hero,” design director Jens Andersson said in a new blog post atbethesda.net. “Since we are doing this mostly in first-person, you have the chance to truly become Indy. First-person makes you part of this world – allowing you to explore and experience things more intimately. What willyoudo when you’re dropped into this adventure with your wits and your whip? The world of Indiana Jones is a world with mysteries around every corner, where you’re racing against the clock and outsmarting your enemies as you hunt down artifacts.”

The full Developer Direct presentation for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is below:

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And here’s a handful of new screens:

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