Bethesda Charges $100 for Access to Top Indie Game

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle arrives December on Xbox Series X/S and PC.
• Four versions available for preorder; Premium Edition costs $100.
• Premium Edition includes Temple of Doom outfit and early access.
• Collector's Edition costs $190 and includes additional physical items.
• DLC will be sold separately at a later date.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: Premium Edition Locks Hottest Indy Behind $100 Paywall

By Zack Zwiezen

Published Wednesday 4:20 PM

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is set to arrive this December on Xbox Series X/S and PC. Later, it will be available on PS5.

There are four different versions of the game available for preorder. One of the pricier editions is the only way to get the hottest version of Indy ever put to screen.

Announced back in 2021, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is the next big game from Bethesda and Xbox-owned MachineGames. The studio is known for the modern Wolfenstein games.

In January, the game was revealed as a first-person, Nazi-killing adventure starring Troy Baker as the voice of Indy. The digital Harrison Ford in the game is very hot.

Sadly, the hottest version of Indy, who appears in Temple of Doom, will cost you $100.

Game Editions

After last week's big news that The Great Circle is arriving on Xbox and PC on December 9 and coming to PS5 in 2025, Microsoft started taking preorders on all the different versions of the game.

As expected, these versions come with various goodies:

• For $100, you can get the Premium Edition of Great Circle, which includes:
• The game
• Access to the Order of Giants story expansion DLC
• A digital art book
• Three days early access to the game
• Indy's iconic and very sexy Temple of Doom outfit

To lock the arguably hottest and best version of Indiana Jones behind a $100 paywall is something that a villain in an Indiana Jones movie or book would do. Not cool, Bethesda.

You can upgrade to the Premium Edition for $35 if you get the game via Game Pass, which is a cheaper option. Though you are still paying for Game Pass.

If you upgrade the standard $70 edition using this upgrade option, it's $105, even more expensive than just buying the premium edition.

Collector's Edition

Meanwhile, you can pay even more money, specifically $190, for the Collector's Edition of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. This comes with everything previously mentioned in the Premium Edition but also includes:

• A replica of a prop from the game
• A large steelbook case
• An 11-inch globe
• A journal

It should be noted that in the tiny print for each edition, it mentions that DLC will be sold separately at a later date. So one day, you won't need to spend $100 to get the sexiest Indy ever. But for now, your thirst will cost you.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle arrives on Xbox Series X/S and PC on December 9. It will be available on PS5 in Spring 2025.