Bethesda’s Indiana Jones Game May Finally Have A Name

Twitter sleuth Kurakasis believes they’ve figured out the name of Bethesda’s upcoming Indiana Jones video game. And, well, it’s right up there with howlers like “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and “Dial of Destiny.” According to a bunch of URLs recently registered by the rightsholder Lucasfilm, the name looks likely to be Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

Perhaps the URL for “The Lovely Triangle” was already taken?

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We’ll learn more with January 18’s Xbox Showcase, where the game is to be finally, properly revealed. Of course, Microsoft and Bethesda were presumably hoping to wait until then before anyone found out what it was called. Oh god, what if the entire plan had been a name reveal, and no actual footage?

Kurakasis’s poking around Lucasfilm’s paperwork has revealed not only addresses like “indianajonesandthegreatcirclegame.com” and “hindianajones-and-the-great-circle.com,” but also a two-year-old European trademark registered for “The Great Circle.” It’s very disappointing to learn this is for the game, and not George launching a new cult.

What the hell is it with Indiana Jones and just the worst titles? This is a series that used to have wonderful names like Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Temple of Doom! Now we’ve got The Decent Hexagon or whatever it is, because I’ve already forgotten. However, there remains good reason to hope this’ll be a fun game, given the talent of the team making it—we should hopefully know a lot more very soon.

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