Return to Monkey Island at Gamescom 2022: Release date, pre-order bonus, and more
From Gamescom 2022, Return to Monkey Island has finally officially revealed its release date. The point-and-click adventure genre fans surely have a whole lot to rejoice about as the celebrated Monkey Island series makes a return after over a decade.
The game is set to be released on PC and Nintendo Switch on September 19, 2022. The day has been dubbed the International Talk Like a Pirate Day by the developer.
The game is available for pre-order and you will get exclusive horse armor as a pre-order bonus, which will adorn the player's inventory by doing absolutely nothing!
It seems like something Devolver Digital, the publisher of the game, would pull off, as they have always satirized the overtly business-oriented approach of the mainstream video game industry.
The creator of the series, Ron 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 Return to Monkey Island was real.
The creator of the series, Ron 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 Return to Monkey Island is real.
Earlier, in a trailer for Return to Monkey Island, Guybrush Threepwood said that it's the story of when he finally found the secret to Monkey Island. Things are different in this game, with Elaine Marley no longer being the governor.
Young pirate leaders led by Captain Madison have shuffled the old guard from power. Melee island has taken a turn for the worse, and famed businessman Stan has been imprisoned for marketing-related crimes.
Return of Monkey Island boasts of having created a clever evolution of classic point-and-click adventure games with modern controls, context-specific
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