Return to Monkey Island, the new entry in the popular point-and-click series from Ron Gilbert, will be released on September 19th, which just so happens to be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, according to a trailer shown at the Gamescom Opening Night Live event. The game will be available on PC and Nintendo Switch.
Return to Monkey Island will be released on International Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 19th, to be exact
September 19th, to be exact
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Gilbert first teased the game this year in what appeared to be an April Fools’ joke, but a few days later, it turned out that he actually wasn’t kidding. The new game is a direct follow-up to The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge, though, in an interview with The Verge, Gilbert and Dave Grossman hinted the game could include canon from other games in the series.
Those who preorder the game will get a free set of horse armor, which seems to be an ode to the infamous horse armor DLC from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The horse armor has “no practical use in-game,” according to the announcement trailer.
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