Tales of Monkey Island

Guybrush Threepwood is back!  I can't believe I've missed that blonde beautiful blue-eyed man, but I have.  Telltale Games produced and LucasArts published, our favorite pirate is getting a new way to do things. Will it work? Or is it as bad as LeChuck? Let's find out.

If you didn't have the pleasure of playing games between 1988 - 1996 on the PC, then you should understand where Monkey Island came from before judging it. LucasArts innovated and published some of the finest point-and-click titles that help define a genre of gaming. They put out The Dig, Maniac Mansion, Full Throttle, The Day of the Tentacle, Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Loom, Sam and Max: Hit the Road and of course the Monkey Island series. They basically brought the term 'point-and-click' to life. With that being said, the creators of the Sam and Max episodes in the last few years have decided to innovate and put out their own version of the Monkey Island series called Tales of Monkey Island. They to have innovated the 'point-and-click' methods, just as they did with Sam and Max and hope to bring a bit more surprise, plenty of humor and plenty of goodness to a very storied franchise. Anyway, they decided to send some artwork and screenshots (to the right) and a video of how the gameplay is actually going to go down (below). Enjoy...

Time to break out your sword fighting insults! Oh, barnacles.... {hwdvs-player}670{/hwdvs-player}

If you have not played any of the Monkey Island games, you're just robbing yourself of fun. LucasArts announced the next step in the Monkey Island series with Tales of Monkey Island. This time, it's coming out on the PC, Wii and 360. Trailer is forthcoming (we're compressing as we speak).... Enjoy the press release. ----------------------------------- SHIVER ME TIMBERS! MONKEY ISLAND® IS BACK THIS SUMMER! LucasArts and Telltale Reveal Series of New Monkey Island Adventures Coming Soon! SAN FRANCISCO, Calif – June 1, 2009 – LucasArts today announced that the original hilarious pirate adventure is back, with two new projects underway based on the classic Monkey Island franchise. Beginning in just a few short weeks, Telltale will premiere the Tales of Monkey Island™ game series, delivering a completely new epic storyline and swashbuckling flair that will unfold across five monthly episodes on PC and WiiWare™. The Monkey Island celebration continues later in the summer when LucasArts publishes The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition, a completely re-imagined version of the first game in the series that adds updated high definition graphics, a re-mastered musical score, and full voiceover...