It's shaping up to be a crazy month for new games, with Indiana Jones' beefy-looking story DLC finally arriving on September 4

Indiana Jones disguised as a blackshirt limply waving his hand

(Image credit: MachineGames)

Recent updates

August 25: Microsoft has reached out to state that the DLC will have a standalone cost separate from the $35 upgrade to the premium edition of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, but it has not yet revealed the DLC's price. The premium edition includes the game's art book and a Raiders of the Lost Arc skin for Indy in addition to DLC access. Owners of the premium edition will automatically receive The Order of Giants on September 4. This article originally quoted the DLC's price as the $35 upgrade to the Premium Edition.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's story DLC, The Order of Giants, has gotten an official release date of September 4 via a new "launch trailer" on YouTube. Is it really a "launch" trailer if we're still over a week away from launch? And is the full title then "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and the Order of Giants?" Much to consider.

The DLC will see Indy return to Rome to investigate the ancient legend of a jumbo-sized medieval crusader interred under the city, with his quest taking him from the streets above to the catacombs and below. Biblical giants, or Nephilim, played a big role in the Great Circle's story, and Microsoft has confirmed that players can access The Order of Giants directly from the Vatican portion of The Great Circle, either during that chapter or after completion of the game.

Launch Trailer – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle™: The Order of Giants - YouTube

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The Vatican chapter of The Great Circle was my favorite part of one of my favorite games of last year, so maybe I should just shut my big yap and enjoy some more swashbuckling hijinks in the Blackshirt-occupied Eternal City. The trailers have focused on underground tomb raiding for the most part, but if there's another dense, Deus Ex-style urban sandbox in this DLC, I'll be a very happy man.

September is shaping up to be stacked for releases, with both The Order of Giants and Hollow Knight: Silksong dropping on the fourth alone. I love The Great Circle and Machine Games, but smart money's on the scrappy bug game guys from Australia being the ones who blow the doors down sales-wise.

Ted has been thinking about PC games and bothering anyone who would listen with his thoughts on them ever since he booted up his sister's copy of Neverwinter Nights on the family computer. He is obsessed with all things CRPG and CRPG-adjacent, but has also covered esports, modding, and rare game collecting. When he's not playing or writing about games, you can find Ted lifting weights on his back porch. You can follow Ted on Bluesky.

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