More than 30 years after the release of Monkey Island 2, the real-life sequel will continue the story with Return to Monkey Island.
Although he has stated in the past that games released after Monkey Island 2 do not exist in his universe under license from Monkey Island, American game designer Ron Gilbert announces that Return to Monkey Island will begin after the end of Monkey Island 2: The big points for me was that I wanted the game to start at the end of Monkey Island 2 when you enter the amusement park. I wanted the game to start there. I don’t want to go into all the details, but we start with that and then there are a lot of weird twists and turns, as you would expect from us. ”
Note that more than twenty people worked on the new episode in telework, including artistic director Rex Crawl (Media Molecule). If during development there were overflows, 40 hours a week at the base, then crunch was not included in it. The budget was larger, which allowed for talented artists and animators from the video game industry.
Return to Monkey Island will be released in 2022.
Announced two weeks ago, Return to Monkey Island is the result of a collaboration between Ron Gilbert’s Horrible Toy Box, Devolver Digital and Lucasfilm Games.