“Indiana Jones and the Grand Circle” stars Troy Baker as Indy

Harrison Ford may have retired his famous whip and fedora from the big screen, but another actor is capturing it on the small screen.

Bethesda also revealed the first look Indiana Jones and the Grand Circle, the long-awaited new video game, EW can exclusively confirm that Troy Baker has brought the clever adventurer to life. The famous actor behind numerous memorable gaming roles is perhaps best known for his role as Joel V our end Commercial Franchise.

“He really brings that charm and sense of humor,” Jark Gustafsson, co-founder and lead game designer at MachinesGames, told EW of Baker. “He’s a really big Indiana Jones fan, which is pretty cool. So he’s also very invested in the game.”

Based on an idea by executive producer Todd Howard, Indiana Jones and the Grand Circle The film takes place in the timeline of Indie Films, about a year after its events Lost treasure hunter and before The Last Crusade. Hence, the character animation closely resembles Harrison Ford’s performance. “He broke up with Marion,” Gustafson explained. “We know that after that he went missing again. He’s floating.”

After falling asleep at his desk at Marshall College, the famous archaeologist is awakened by a noise during the night. He investigates (does…) to find an older man named Locus. Candy Man And Marvel Spider-Man 2 Star Tony Todd steals a seemingly insignificant piece of art. With the mysterious man and his implications now unknown, Indy heads to the Vatican in search of answers, but discovers there’s more to the story.

The trailer and accompanying presentation from the makers aired on Thursday, highlighting the Grand Circle meaning from the title. “Throughout history, humanity has created sites of great spiritual significance,” Baker told Indy in the footage. “If you draw a line through these places around the world, you get a perfectly consistent circle.”

Later in the preview, he finds an undeciphered message that reads, “Patron of Fallen Angels, Protector of the Great Circle…Great Circle.”

Like the rest of the indie canon, big circle It will be a global adventure. Confirmed sites include the forgotten temples of Sukhothai, the pyramids of Egypt and the snow-capped Himalayas.

Marius Gavrillis, who sang Bruce Wayne on the German recording Gotham Knights, portraying the game’s main villain, Emmerich Voss, has a similar focus to Indy “He’s looking for these great mysteries and things that are unknown to the rest of the world. That’s a big part of what drives him,” Gustafsson said. “So when it comes to that obsession, they’re very similar. I think that’s the key element that makes it a very interesting opponent for Indiana Jones.”

The other main character is Gina Lombardi, voiced by Italian actress Alessandra Mastronardi, who appears in the film alongside Nicolas Cage and Pedro Pascal. Unbearable load of immense talent. Jenna is an investigative journalist with a personal interest in this story. “I don’t know how much I want to get into it right now,” Gustafson teases. “I would say she’s also a pretty stubborn journalist, and that was an important part of creating this character, making sure Jenna has her own agenda.”

big circle Also featured is the work of senior lighting artist Julie Haraldsdotter, sound director Pete Ward, senior narrative designer Ed Curtis Sivis, senior animator Rebecca Elfström Hayden and film producer Mitra Ashkan-Far.

Although the game is primarily played from a first-person perspective, it often switches back to third-person during cutscenes and traverses the environment, giving fans great shots of Indy with a whip and hat.

The whole project is a mix of story, puzzle solving, open world exploration, discovery and stealth. Similar to how Ford’s Indy works in the films, players can avoid objectives by sneaking up on enemies and hitting them in the head with a shovel, eavesdropping on dialogue, or climbing up with the classic whip or distracting the attackers. Or go straight to the point and jump into the fray.

Ultimately, Gustafson says he wants it big circle Giving players the feeling of being in the middle of a long-lost indie film from the 1980s. Part of this is due to the game’s cinematic approach (stunt people did some of the on-set action in motion capture suits to make it look authentic), elements borrowed from the films (such as Indy’s classic world map graphics), and the new John Williams score composed by Geordi Happ in the style of the classic. .

Another part of it was Baker himself. “He’s not only a good actor, he also contributes a lot to the development of the game,” explains Gustafsson. Becker traveled to MachineGames’ home base in Sweden early in the process to block motion capture performance. “When we finished it, there were a lot of adjustments and changes, not only in the script, but also in the way we set up the scenes and cameras,” the game director continued. “Troy is a much stronger part of the development team than we usually see as he participates in these blocking sessions.”

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