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Double Fine becomes independent again
Double Fine announces its return to independence after seven years with Xbox. The studio’s statement describes an agreement preserving its history and culture and returning ownership of its games.
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Sources: Double Fine: Independence Day
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Poker Night at the Inventory · Skunkape
Skunkape brings Poker Night at the Inventory back to the table, with Max, Strong Bad, Heavy and Tycho and their character-driven conversations.
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Sources: Steam · Skunkape
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Death by Scrolling
Ron Gilbert takes an action-game route with Death by Scrolling, developed by Terrible Toybox NZ and published by MicroProse, with scrolling danger and dark humor.
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Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Remastered: out now
Skunkape completes its remastered Sam & Max trilogy with The Devil’s Playhouse, bringing the third episodic season back with revised visuals and sound.
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Sources: Skunkape · press kit
Lucasfilm Games Rewind · The Secret of Monkey Island
Lucasfilm Games Rewind revisits The Secret of Monkey Island: its creation, humor, puzzles and the lasting influence of Guybrush’s first adventure.
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Sources: Lucasfilm · Kelly Knox
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Return to Monkey Island among the finalists of the App Store Awards
Apple includes Return to Monkey Island among the finalists in the Mac Game of the Year category of the 2023 App Store Awards. A nomination for the Guybrush adventure created by Terrible Toybox and published by Devolver Digital, in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games.
Learn more: The Return tab
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The Legend of Monkey Island: the third chapter arrives
The Lair of LeChuck completes the three Tall Tales journey of Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island. The journey takes players to Monkey Island and the confrontation with LeChuck, continuing the encounter between the Rare universe and that of Guybrush.
It is an adventure within Sea of Thieves: it must be distinguished from the six main chapters of the saga and requires the game that hosts it.
Learn more: The chapters of the saga
Sources: Xbox Wire · The Lair of LeChuck
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The Legend of Monkey Island · The Quest for Guybrush: out now
The second Tall Tale expands Mêlée Island with new locations, trials and insult sword fighting, playable alone or with a crew.
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Sources: Sea of Thieves · Rare
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Mêlée Island arrives in Sea of Thieves
Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island begins with the first Tall Tale, an original story born from the collaboration between Rare and Lucasfilm Games. Familiar places and characters become a new opportunity to explore the world of the saga from a different point of view.
Sources: Xbox Wire · The beginning of The Legend of Monkey Island
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Return to Monkey Island · iOS / Android: announced
Devolver Digital announces Return to Monkey Island for iOS and Android phones and tablets, scheduled for 27 July, with preregistration open.
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Sources: Devolver Digital · YouTube
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Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island: announced
Rare and Lucasfilm Games announce three Monkey Island Tall Tales for Sea of Thieves, beginning on 20 July with familiar places and characters.
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Sources: Lucasfilm · Rare
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Return to Monkey Island · Xbox Series X/S: a new destination
Return to Monkey Island arrives on Xbox Series X and S and joins Game Pass, following its initial computer and Switch release.
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Sources: Xbox Wire
SCUMM Bar · Lucasfilm
Lucasfilm’s Defining Moments revisits the SCUMM Bar and Guybrush’s first steps on Mêlée Island, where his dream of becoming a pirate takes shape.
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Sources: Lucasfilm · Defining Moments
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Return to Monkey Island: Guybrush is back on the road
Return to Monkey Island, the sixth main chapter of the saga, is released. Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman return to tell Guybrush with Terrible Toybox, Devolver Digital and Lucasfilm Games: new puzzles, old knowledge and a new visual interpretation of the Caribbean.
The site page presents the starting point of the story without anticipating the ending and places Return in the path of previous adventures.
Learn more: Explore Return to Monkey Island · The plot of the saga, chapter by chapter
Sources: The official game sheet on Steam · Lucasfilm · The authors describe the game
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Return to Monkey Island: behind the adventure
Gilbert, Grossman, Crowle and Derrick discuss Return to Monkey Island with Lucasfilm: humor, story-driven puzzles and a new artistic direction.
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Sources: Lucasfilm
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Return to Monkey Island: announced
Lucasfilm announces Return to Monkey Island for 19 September 2022, Talk Like a Pirate Day, with a new trailer.
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Sources: Lucasfilm
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Return to Monkey Island: announced
Return to Monkey Island is announced. Ron Gilbert rejoins the saga with Dave Grossman and Terrible Toybox, alongside Devolver Digital and Lucasfilm Games.
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Sources: Ron Gilbert · Grumpy Gamer
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Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space Remastered: out now
Skunkape brings back Sam & Max’s second season: five connected cases with refreshed visuals, audio and staging.
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Sources: Skunkape · press kit
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Psychonauts 2: out now
Double Fine releases Psychonauts 2, an action-platform adventure following Raz through imaginative mental worlds beyond the point-and-click tradition.
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Sources: Xbox Wire · Double Fine
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Lucasfilm Games returns as an official brand
Lucasfilm presents Lucasfilm Games as the official identity of its video game titles. The name recalls the origins of the division and accompanies a model of collaboration with different studios: a stage to be distinguished from the history of the old LucasArts as a development studio.
Learn more: The history of LucasArts