That’s as per prominent leaker Daniel Richtman and Windows Central journalist Jez Corden, with the former taking to Twitter and writing, “Looks like we’re getting more Indy games”, and the latter responding with a gif saying, “It’s true.”

Whether that means Microsoft, Bethesda, and MachineGames are moving forward with sequels to Indiana Jones and the Great Circle or if it’s other Indiana Jones projects that have entered production at some other studio is unclear, but in either case, Lucasfilm Games clearly wants to keep investing in the IP, at least in the video gaming space. Earlier this month, Lucasfilm Games vice president and general manager Douglas Reilly also spoke about the possibility of more games based on the IP. Read more on that through here.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is available on Xbox Series X/S and PC, and launches for PS5 in spring 2025. Read our review of the game through here.

Looks like we’re getting more Indy games 👀

— Daniel Richtman (@DanielRPK) December 22, 2024

pic.twitter.com/5ftOEx3emo

— Jez (@JezCorden) December 22, 2024

Kurakasis talks about how they came to this conclusion, which revolves around the fact that Lucasfilms had registered domains with the title earlier this week. These domains include indianajonesandthegreatcircle.com, and indianajonesandthegreatcirclegame.com, among many other registered domains.

Bethesda, Microsoft, or Lucasfilm haven’t made any sort of official announcement regarding the game’s title or release date. Rumours from earlier this week, however, indicate that the game is set for release some time this year. We also know that it will get its first gameplay trailer and details revealed during the upcoming Xbox Developer_Direct showcase event, which is slated for January 18.

Other games set for the showcase event include Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, Avowed, and Ara: History Untold.

I might have found the official title of Bethesda's Indiana Jones game developed by MachineGames:

INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE

Lucasfilm registered several domains on January 9th, 2024, with that title, such as:
https://t.co/PtXjpar7N1 (this one leaves no doubt that it… pic.twitter.com/XGVVyasrbM

— Kurakasis (@Kurakasis) January 10, 2024

Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson has claimed that according to sources close to the project, Indiana Jones is set to launch in 2024 itself. Shortly after the game’s announcement in 2021, Bethesda said it was in the “very, very, very early stages of production”, so the expectation for many may have been that the game was still a ways off from launch, but apparently, MachineGames has made faster progress than most would have thought.

If that does turn out to be accurate, it will make 2024 an even more stacked year for Xbox, with several other titles also set to launch this year, with Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, Avowed, Towerborne, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, and Ara: History Untold.

The upcoming Xbox Developer_Direct will also include new updates on the aforementioned Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, Avowed, and Ara: History Untold. 

However, that’s not all. It will receive over ten minutes of “game and developer insights” overall. Players will learn about the setting and story (an original tale by Bethesda’s Todd Howard, who is an executive producer on the project), how they’ll control Indy, and other details. The official title will also presumably be revealed.

Rumors indicate that the action-adventure title will have first and third-person gameplay, while Todd Howard called it a “unique mash-up” that does many “different things.” Unlike Marvel’s Blade or The Outer Worlds 2, Indiana Jones is officially confirmed to be exclusive to Xbox Series X/S and PC.

Stay tuned for more details on the title when the Xbox Developer_Direct ’24 airs on January 18th at noon PT.

Among some of the reveals include the first gameplay for Indiana Jones from MachineGames, a behind-the-scenes look at the development of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, a deep dive into Obsidian Entertainment’s Avowed, and gameplay for Oxide Interactive’s Ara: History Untold. Following the Direct, ZeniMax Online Studios will reveal the next chapter, story, and zone for The Elder Scrolls Online at 1 PM PT/4 PM ET.

Unfortunately, there won’t be any updates for Activision Blizzard titles, but Microsoft has teased news from its teams for later in the year. Additionally, while the Direct’s lineup looks solid as it is, there are also rumors of a shadow-dropped title, not unlike Hi-Fi Rush last year. Time will tell, so stay tuned for more details when it airs

Speaking in a recent interview with Axios, when asked about Indiana Jones’ Xbox console exclusivity, Disney’s head of gaming Sean Shoptaw said that with Xbox having one of the largest userbases in the industry, the game is “still going to reach a broad set of folks”.

“Xbox still being one of the bigger marketplaces for games, we didn’t feel like we were going to be overly exclusionary,” he said. “We felt like it’s still going to reach a broad set of folks, and we felt, financially and strategically for the game, that made sense at the time.”

Earlier this year, it emerged in court documents from the Microsoft vs FTC trial that Microsoft had decided to take Indiana Jones exclusive in spite of the game being internally projected to sell over 10 million units on PlayStation. The company feels it will be able to cover up those losses through the Indiana Jones title driving increased Game Pass subscriptions and Xbox console sales.

There’s no word yet on when the game will launch, but executive producer Todd Howard has suggested that it could be formally unveiled sometime in 2024.

Speaking in a recent interview with Esquire, briefly touching on the Indiana Jones game, though Howard was reluctant to give out too many details, he suggested that the title could be formally unveiled sometime in 2024, saying, “We’ll talk next year.”

Vaguely, Howard also suggested that MachineGames’ take on the Indiana Jones property will be a “unique” one, something he’s also suggested before, and that something the team has been focused on during development is ensuring that the experience feels separate from an Indiana Jones movie.

“I am a giant Indiana Jones fan,” he said. “It can be brought to video games in a unique way. The game is obviously: you’re exploring stuff. It’s about him. So if you’re playing the game, how do you feel that you are indeed playing versus just watching?”

A little over a couple of years ago, the game was said to be in “very, very early production”, though given the fact that it’s now been over two and a half years since its announcement, one would presume that a full reveal sometime in 2024 wouldn’t be completely out of the question.

Previously, it’s been confirmed that MachineGames’ Indiana Jones title is based on an original story written by Todd Howard, while recent leaks have also claimed that it will feature both first and third person gameplay.

Earlier this year, Bethesda confirmed that Indiana Jones will be exclusive to Xbox and PC.

For instance, two major upcoming titles in Bethesda Game Studios’ Starfield and MachineGames’ Indiana Jones were both made exclusive to Xbox and PC after Bethesda’s acquisition by Microsoft was finalized- and as many would have expected, it turns out Microsoft has sacrificed significant unit sales for both games in doing so.

That’s as per court documents from the recent Microsoft vs FTC case (via Stephen Totilo on Twitter), which state that during his testimony, Microsoft Gaming CFO Tim Stuart revealed that both Starfield and Indiana Jones were forecasted to sell over 10 million units on PS5.

According to Stuart, Microsoft decided to cancel PS5 versions for both titles nonetheless, believing that it could “offset losses incurred from taking ZeniMax games exclusive through upside to Game Pass and increased console sales.” As per Stuart, Microsoft “needed fewer dollars in the short term to make up for the financial impact of exclusivity of ZeniMax games.”

The court ruled in Microsoft’s favour at the conclusion of the case earlier this week, though the FTC has now filed an appeal and is hoping once again to be granted a temporary injunction against the finalization of the proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition.

Microsoft is currently also in the process of negotiation new terms for the acquisition with the CMA, though those negotiations are still at an early stage, and could still lead to new investigations, the CMA has said.

Had missed this from Xbox CFO Tim Stuart's testimony, but FTC says Microsoft had forecasted 10 million sales on PlayStation for "both Starfield and Indiana Jones" before taking them exclusive, deciding it could recoup through Game Pass and extra Xbox sales pic.twitter.com/5KdpDzKDZD

— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) July 13, 2023

“I don’t know, Todd might be the biggest Indiana Jones fan on the planet,” reads an internal email by Pete Hines. “I’m not exaggerating even a little. Anyone who has seen the pitch has immediately said ‘oh my god, I have to play that game right now.'”

In the email, Hines is talking to executives like Xbox boss Phil Spencer, head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty, and Xbox chief marketing officer Jerret West. The email also confirms that Howard has been pitching the game, trying to get it made for more than ten years. Howard originally pitched the game to LucasArts all the way back in 2009.

The Indiana Jones game, referred to by its development name Project Relic, doesn’t yet have a release date. The game is seeing being Todd Howard serve as its executive producer, whose involvement won’t affect the release of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6, according to Pete Hines.

A recent report has indicated that the Indiana Jones game will be released on PC and Xbox. While the game was originally going to be a multiplatform release, plans changed after Microsoft acquired Bethesda and ZeniMax.

Bethesda/Machinegames' Indiana Jones is something Todd Howard had been trying to get made for a decade. "Anyone who has seen the pitch has immediately said, 'oh my god, I have to play that game right now" — Pete Hines email from 2021 (which is now evidence in FTC vs Microsoft) pic.twitter.com/MZi6i0MUL1

— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) June 26, 2023

For instance, will it be a first person game, which is what you’d expect from MachineGames, a studio that has been almost exclusively known for first person shooters in the past? Or will it be third person, which is what you’d expect from what will presumably an Uncharted-style action-adventure game and will star a recognizable cross-media character?

Apparently, it’ll be both. That’s according to XboxEra co-founder Nick Baker, who recently said on the XboxEra Podcast that based on what he’s been told, the Indiana Jones title will be a combination of first and third person, with some sections of the game featuring first person gameplay, and some featuring third person gameplay.

Baker says he hasn’t been given the finer details on exactly how this will function, so it remains unknown whether this means the perspective switching will be scripted, or if it will happen based on specific gameplay activities. However, he does say that players won’t have the option to switch from one to the other on their own.

Baker also states that, given the fact that the game is still presumably in the relatively early stages of development, this may not necessarily be set in stone- though a combination of first and third person gameplay does seem to be the plan right now.

Recently, it was confirmed that the Indiana Jones game will be exclusive to Xbox and PC, and launch day one for Game Pass.