Return to Monkey Island announced
A new installment of Monkey Island has been revealed today.
Return to Monkey Island will be released later this year. Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert will work on the title with their own Terrible Toybox Studios. Devolver Digital will be publishing the game alongside Lucasfilm Games. A teaser trailer can be seen below.
Return to Monkey Island will be a direct sequel to 1991’s Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. While three other Monkey Island games were released following LeChuck’s Revenge, including 2009’s Tales of Monkey Island, they didn’t have the original writing team of Gilbert, Dave Grossman, and Tim Schafer on board.
Since 1990’s The Secret of Monkey Island, the franchise has gained a cult following with players worldwide. The game’s popularity in the ‘90s nearly led to a Monkey Island film, but the project was cancelled.