Monkey Island Is Returning — With Ron Gilbert As Captain!
One of the most classic PC gaming series of all time is returning once more — this time with its original boss commanding the deck. Ron Gilbert, creator of Monkey Island, formally announced the new game on April 1, knowing no one would believe him. Three days later, he confirmed it and reminded everyone he had said, seven years prior, that if he were to ever be involved with another game he would announce it on April Fools Day. He was true to his word, and apparently still has the same sense of humor.
Return To Monkey Island is the title, and it turns out Gilbert’s team has been working on it for the last two years in secrecy. It’s nearly done and you WILL play it before 2022 is through (that is, if you buy it…someone once said something about never paying more than $20 for a computer game).
The game will take place where Gilbert left off…and here’s where people not familiar with the series will need an explanation. Gilbert directed the first two games in the series, Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge. After that, he left Lucasarts and the company continued making Monkey Island games without him, starting with Curse of Monkey Island. Return of Monkey Island will be set after LeChuck’s Revenge, not after Tales of Monkey Island (the most recent game in the series, done by Telltale). But this doesn’t mean the later games are now out of canon, does it? Why would you break up Guybrush and Elaine like that, you monster?
Gilbert will explain more later, and he’s going to have to anyway. The teaser trailer released today involves Murray, the talking skull that wasn’t introduced until Game 3.
This also means a potential resolution to the infamous ending of LeChuck’s Revenge, which implied the entire series was just the imagination of two children playing in a carnival (this was never brought up again). Return To Monkey Island should arrive later this year…you might want to practice your insult swordfighting in the meantime.
April 6, 2022 @ 2:07 pm
I miss games like this. I was nuts for Sierra Soft Games back then. Seeing a Modern-day Monkey Island Game makes my heart Jump.
April 6, 2022 @ 2:26 pm
I first played The Secret of Monkey Island on my brother’s Amiga when I was about 35 years old. Finally! A new Game has piqued my interest.
You’re getting on in years, and I believe you’ve seen everything.
Nothing can surprise you any longer, but this trailer did. Childhood Memories!
April 6, 2022 @ 2:52 pm
So learning that this isn’t an April Fool’s hoax made my day a brighter one!Yes, it didn’t take much to bring us joy, but this is incredible!
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