Indiana Jones and the Great Circle answers the question of an old tradition

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle sheds new light on how the breakup between Indy and Marion Ravenwood turned out. Thus, the upcoming game answers a decades-old popular question Indiana Jones fans have been wondering since the 1980s.



Marion Ravenwood-related spoilers for the entire Indiana Jones film series ahead. Likewise, spoilers for the first hour of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle ahead.

Marion Ravenwood is one of the most famous characters Indiana Jones franchise, in large part because he is the titular protagonist's original and best-known love interest. But even if it plays a significant role Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), nowhere to be seen Temple of Doom (1984), up to Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) that she finally got together with Indy. The movies themselves never explain exactly how the two broke up.


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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle offers some of the best mystery and tomb raiding in a video game, matching Spielberg's films in many ways.

40 years later Temple of Doom made canon about Indy and Marion breaking up, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle offers long-awaited clarity on how this happened. As ComicBook noted, the game's opening sequence shows Indy finding a gift from Marion in the form of a new journal, prompting his mentor Marcus Brody to question him about the gift's origins. While initially evasive, Indy is subsequently revealed to have abruptly left Marion and gone to Siwa, Egypt, all in an attempt to escape some of the problems that had developed in their relationship. All of this takes place between the events of the first two Indiana Jones movies when the new game takes place.


Indy avoided Marion for months before the events of 'Great Circle'

The game's opening sequence also reveals that Marion has been trying to get in touch with Indy for months after he left her. While in Egypt, Brody answered calls from Marion, which eventually stopped. All of this means that their breakup was initiated by Indy, who basically haunted her until she gave up.


As to his reasons for doing so, the fourth Indiana Jones the film offers several clues in this area. During Kingdom of the Crystal SkullIndy tells Marion that he never won an argument with her, implying that they argued a lot and that he felt insecure around her.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is released on December 9. Anyone who purchased its Digital Premium upgrade for $34.99 could play it starting December 6th. While the first version of the game will be exclusive to Xbox Series X/S and PC, Microsoft has already confirmed that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle it's also on its way to PS5. The game is currently scheduled to hit Sony's current generation console sometime in Spring 2025.

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