Summary
As an Xbox first-party game,Indiana Jones and the Great Circlewill also be available day one on Game Pass Ultimate and PC, but not on the standard console tier. For those unaware, Microsoft announced some time ago that it would be makingsome major changes to Xbox Game Passon console and PC, with one of the biggest being the removal of day one first-party games from the standard subscription tier for Xbox consoles. This was accompanied by a price hike and a rebranding to “Xbox Game Pass Standard.” Starting September 12, the only tiers that will get day one access to Xbox titles are Game Pass Ultimate and Game Pass for PC.
However, Microsoft has confirmed that it will bringfirst-party games to Xbox Game Pass Standardon a case-by-case basis, which could take 6–12 months or even longer. Keeping this timeframe in mind,Indiana Jones and the Great Circlelikely won’t be available on Game Pass Standard beforeJune 2025at the very least, as it will release on Xbox Series X/S and PC on Jul 11, 2025. Interestingly, the PS5 launch forIndiana Jones and the Great Circleis planned for spring 2025, and a recentreport from The Vergeclaims that Bethesda and MachineGames are internally targetingApril 2025for the PlayStation port.
Indiana Jones Could Be on PS5 At Least Two Months Before Game Pass Standard
Microsoft might have already accounted for this issue by fast-tracking the Game Pass Standard release forIndiana Jones and the Great Circlebefore the game hits PS5 in spring 2025, but that remains unconfirmed at the moment. Regardless, the optics aren’t the best here, and the general perception of Game Pass has also taken a dip lately. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick recently implied thatday one Game Pass releases are an irrational decision, a sentiment echoed by many others after the July 2024 changes to the subscription service.
