An impulse, a fedora placed in the head, a joke that fuses and a cunning smile that excepts the hero’s face. There are few doubts about the hero that advances. This time, it is not on the big screen that Indiana Jones appears, but on the consoles and the PC that also knew how to conquer. A success that the famous adventurer created by Steven Spielberg and Lucasfilm Owe Machine Games, particularly known for the saga Wolfenstein.
With Indiana Jones and the old circle, Released last December in the Xbox and PC series, then the spring last in PlayStation 5, the Swedish study, owned by Microsoft through Bethesda and Zenimax, gave life to an adventure worthy of the aura of its hero and the love it has. And that also resonated with many archaeologist fans who praised immersion and respect for the license. To the point of asking even more. “We have seen many fans and players from Ancient circle Say: ‘Hey, I would have liked it to be more’. Everyone wanted to have more after the launch of the game. And now there is more, “Enthusiastic to Axel Torvenius, creative director of the game, with Tech & Co.
An enrichment of the main story, no “a sewing”
The order of the giants, Who will be available on September 4 for those who already have the game (free for the Premium and Collector editions, which will pay the classical version or the Xbox Games pass), is the answer to this call. A high quality response wanted an answer to meet the expectations of the players, but also to allow machine games developers to give life to the many additional ideas and stories that they still had in their bag. “The team has always had ideas about the path of deepening the current script and history,” says the creative director of the game. “Many narrative layers could not be completely explored in the main campaign. We are delighted to be able to add them.”
For Zeke Virant, in charge of game levels, the DLC is also an opportunity for players to explore a little more to the Vatican, the central place of the game. “People appreciate that we promise with the torch and explore ancient stories,” he says. And that is also the reason why Machine Games wanted to think about its content, not as an attached trip or a narrative “seam”, but as an enriched extension of the main experience, halfway to the game campaign. And without obligation especially.
And at a time when games are often nervous and players in a hurry, in the machine games, we do not hide their pride of having opted for a slow exploration. It should be said that Scandinavian developers have perfectly recreated the atmosphere and tone of the Indiana Jones saga. We enter the steps of the hero, in the figurative sense as in the literal sense with the opinion in the third person, with delight, happy like any fan of finding iconic characters, the expressions that made the renown of Indy, who came with his humor, his fear of snakes and his innate sense of deduction (and problems). Without a doubt, it is this faithfulness to the character that knew how to seduce.
“We saw that few players had opted for ‘Run & Gun’ (run and shoot everything, note of the editor) to adopt a more stealthy approach and according to the character,” said Axel Torvenius. And will continue with The order of the giants that remains in the right line of the initial game while offering an ingenious reflection on the addition of content in a game.
Make you want to play the same game, but differently
Because one of the specificities of this DLC is not to demand from the player who has completely finished the game to take advantage of it. This bonus content enters history, as a parallel search that begins in an already explored environment and offers complementary reading. It will even be possible to start the additional mission and return to the main story without having finished the DLC, then resume it when you want to return to the Vatican. However, certain elements obtained, certain points in the story mentioned will allow us to return more clear and informed in the initial framework.
A much more complex option technically than it seems, would like to specify Axel Torvenius. Because if the transmission is made between the DLC and the main frame, the game will also adapt to its previous progress. If you are much more advanced in the game, so already aware of its mechanics, your enemies will be a bit more difficult. If they were close to the Missions in the Vatican, they will be more affordable.
In The order of the giants, We can explore with greater depth the mystery of the order of Nephilims, a secret monastic society of giants. Indiana Jones must find an artifact (a legendary gentleman) and solve a new mystery in this Rome of the 1930s. If some sets seem familiar, we will also explore other places such as the Colosseum, the discomfort of Maxima sewer, the coasts of the Tiber River or the Vatican crypts. The new characters also appear as Father Ricci, who comes to ask Indy or a new innumerable enemy for help.
The proposed content is visually in line with the original game and is “even even higher”, announces that the creative director whose team has proposed to treat its particular effects. The DLC resumes the desired balance between narration, exploration, combat and reflection, since the players appreciated and are based on the returns received. “We wanted the DLC to adapt extremely well to the tone and atmosphere of the main game. It is a transparent extension of the great adventure we see in The old circle“, evokes the game manager.
Like a good old film we know from the heart
While many expected to see a sequel to the game very quickly, machine games equipment allowed a new way of offering additional content, in relation to central history. As a way to offer multiple repeatability of the same game with consistent extensions that are grafted over time for new narrative layers and context, but without distorting the main plot or changing its course. Idea, without turning it into a service game, encouraging fans as players to return to live the adventure of Indy, but from a new angle every time. As a good movie that we already know, but we always enjoy watching again.
Motivate players to return, but also teams that have been pleased so much in the design of a game cock with nostalgia and their memories. “By immersing himself in a DLC, he allowed the team to join and put a lot of love and passion in the project,” admits Zeke Virant.
For The order of the giantsMachine Games announces more than four hours of play, the equivalent of two additional films with Indiana Jones. And this should not be the only additional dose. On the study side, we suggest that The old circle It could still grow. And why not since the beginning of 2026?
Indiana Jones and The Old Circle: The Order of Giants – Available on September 4 on PS5, Xbox series and PC.
Source: BFM TV
