In addition, there were some high-profile names in the world of film attached, with Steven Spielberg even linked to the project as a producer. Not only was this an attempt to bring the Monkey Island games to the screen, but it signaled one of Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic’s first attempts to enter the world of digital features (a feat ILM wouldn’t manage until a decade later with Rango). In this graveyard of scrapped and forgotten projects, you’ll find the story of The Curse of Monkey Island, an undeveloped animated film named after the third game in the popular video game series. All Rights Reserved.Over the almost 50 years that Lucasfilm has been a company, some notable projects have fallen by the wayside - from games such as Star Wars 1313, Project Ragtag, and Star Wars: First Assault to films including George Lucas’ original sequel trilogy. Telltale and Telltale Games logo are trademarks of LCG Entertainment, Inc.). ©1990-2011 Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. For more information, please visit LucasArts and the LucasArts logo are registered trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd. LCG Entertainment is a privately held company, headquartered in Malibu with a satellite studio in Corte Madera, California. The Telltale brand, assets, and various IP are now owned by LCG Entertainment, operating and marketing games under the Telltale name. Telltale is an independent developer and publisher of both original and licensed IP games for every major interactive platform and is a pioneer of narrative games and episodic delivery. For additional information, please visit. Tales of Monkey Island is available today on GOG.com, Green Man Gaming, Robot Cache, and Steam for a suggested retail price of $19.99 USD and will be on sale at fifty percent off for a limited time. Other titles slated for return include Telltale Texas Hold ’Em! and Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People. The Company released a special edition of its Telltale Batman Series, Telltale Batman: Shadows Edition, which marked the series’ first appearance on Switch.
Since the brand’s revival, Telltale has previously re-released Puzzle Agent 1 & 2, and Hector: Badge of Carnage.
“We feel a responsibility to caretake the legacy Telltale has for great storytelling and build on it for the brand’s many fans. “Many of Telltale’s titles such as Tales of Monkey Island, were hugely popular and beloved by so many people that we wanted to bring them back online and available for fans to play again or share with an entirely new audience,” said Jamie Ottilie, CEO of Telltale. The company revealed in December that it has started production on The Wolf Among Us 2. Tales of Monkey Island is the most recent of several Telltale reissues of the company’s popular back catalog of games that include the Telltale Batman Series, and The Wolf Among Us. The Telltale brand, technologies, and select IPs were purchased by holding company LCG Entertainment in August of 2019 as a way to preserve and build upon Telltale’s legacy for story-driven games. Originally sold in five episodic chapters, Tales of Monkey Island is now sold as a complete collection. With the assistance of his wife, Elaine Marley–Threepwood, Guybrush seeks out a cure.
Gamespot called the series “… a lengthy adventure that’s easy to enjoy and easy on your wallet, sure to please both newcomers and veteran insult sword fighters alike.”Ĭontinuing the adventure originally created by LucasArts, Tales of Monkey Island follows pirate Guybrush Threepwood, who-while attempting to destroy his nemesis, the undead pirate LeChuck-accidentally releases a voodoo pox across the Gulf of Melange. Praised by OC Weekly as the “Best Series Revival” of the year and included in several “Top Games” roundups when it first launched, Tales of Monkey Island is the fifth game in the Monkey Island series. The episodic graphic adventure is available today on GOG.com, Green Man Gaming, Robot Cache, and on Steam as part of the Summer Steam Sale. LOS ANGELES – J– Telltale, an independent developer and publisher of story-driven games, today announced that it has reissued its critically-acclaimed pirate adventure Tales of Monkey Island for PC. Beloved Swashbuckling Graphic Adventure Available on Steam and GOG.com