Return to Monkey Island Creator Shuts Down Blog After Personal Attacks

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After a curious absence from Devolver Digital's Devolver Direct showcase earlier this month, Return to Monkey Island, the long-awaited newest entry in the Monkey Island series, finally appeared during the Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase earlier this week. This latest trailer revealed new story elements for Return to Monkey Island as well as a first look at gameplay. One of the biggest reveals however was of its art style, which has received some backlash since it was first teased in April. With the release of this trailer, the latest wave of backlash has caused series creator Ron Gilbert to shut down his personal blog.

Return to Monkey Island was first teased as an April Fool's joke on Ron Gilbert's blog, Grumpy Gamer. The tease was eventually followed by the announcement of the game a few days later, revealing that it will be the first entry in 30 years to be led by Gilbert and will be a direct follow-up to Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. It was also revealed that the game will be developed by Gilbert's studio, Terrible Toybox, the studio behind 2017's Thimbleweed Park, and will be published by Devolver Digital and the recently re-established LucasFilm Games.

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Gilbert has run his blog, Grumpy Gamer, for years, where he would post updates on projects currently in development, personal posts, and stories about his time at LucasArts and Humongous Entertainment. After Disney's acquisition of LucasFilm and its IP, Gilbert wrote multiple pieces about how he would create a new Monkey Island game if given the chance. Today, in response to backlash surrounding Return to Monkey Island's art style, the Grumpy Gamer blog has been taken down, with the link to the site timing out and not