New Monkey Island Rumoured, False

The British Gaming Blog dispels a rumour floating through the internets this week. The site Rumor Reporter is claiming knowledge of a new Monkey Island game in the works at LucasArts. Coincidentally, Steve Purcell (creator of the Sam and Max series) sends some concept art to the Monkey Island fansite The World of Monkey Island. As McBacon, at the BGB says, this is probably just interesting timing. "As much as we'd all love to believe a new Monkey Island is in the works (even after Escape from MI), and as great as the coincidence is, Steve doesn't even work at Lucas Arts anymore, so the dots just don't join up. Don't hold your breath for E3, but enjoy the concept art." Update: 06/13 19:12 GMT by Z : Added the crucial but missing words 'Sam and Max' to the article.

What about Ron?

[cHALiTO (101461)]

I wouldn't touch a MI game with a laser pointer if Ron Gilbert isn't designing it.

Also, there's no such thing as MI3 or 4 (especially 4), I've removed them from my memory, and I'll deny them until Ron does a *real* MI3 :)

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[secolactico (519805)]

MI4 could have been good, but the models where too much like string puppets and the fourth wall breaking jokes didn't help at all. And I didn't get the aussie bashing jokes.

In other news....

[aicrules (819392)]

I am reporting that humans can breathe underwater without the aid of a breathing device...oh crap I'm wrong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drowning [wikipedia.org], FALSE!!!

Re:In other news....

[dub42 (992285)]

I can hold my breath for 10 minuts.

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[RonnyJ (651856)]

Moderated offtopic? One of Guybrush Threepwood's skills was being able to hold his breath for ten minutes.

Mods have never played Monkey Island

[Alaren (682568)]

Back in the day, Sierra's adventure games were full of the main character dying in interesting ways. LucasArts took this in the other direction; often it was impossible to actually "die." You could kill Guybrush Threepwood, the star of Monkey Island, in one scene where he gets thrown off a pier, but only by staying underwater for more than ten minutes (the typical "look, get, talk" commands changed to "float, bloat, decompose"). Guybrush frequently boasts that he can hold his breath for ten minutes. In fact it's the only piratey thing Guybrush is really good at.

In other words, parent is not off-topic.

Re:Mods have never played Monkey Island

[arevos (659374)]

Guybrush frequently boasts that he can hold his breath for ten minutes. In fact it's the only piratey thing Guybrush is really good at.

What?! Sir, that is outright slander!

Sure, at the beginning of the first game Guybrush was rather lacking in piratical skills, but since then he has become a master of swordsmanship on both land and sea, has captained several ships, and has battled with countless pirates, cannibals, the undead and monkeys. If that's not solid pirate material, I don't know what is.

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[Rakshasa Taisab (244699)]

Drowning is nothing compared to this...

Within the space of just that one sentence, they built my hopes, dreams and joys of youth to unimaginable heights on a beautiful stone altar, then proceeded to crush it to a bloody pulp with large stones.

hmm

[nomadic (141991)]

How appropriate, you fight like a cow.

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[Eudial (590661)]

How appropriate, you fight like a cow...

i keep wondering ...

[polar red (215081)]

... about the inspiration for Pirates of the Caribbean

Well, I haven't heard of the rumour

[by Anonymous Coward]

So basically this entire article managed to get me excited for the less then a second it took me to read the first three words in the title and then into a painful depression. Thanks a lot Slashdot.

Keep your excitement! MI5 is coming!

[Alaren (682568)]

So basically this entire article managed to get me excited for the less then a second it took me to read the first three words in the title and then into a painful depression.

That's okay, notice that the rumor was "smashed" by... a blogger with no connection to LucasArts! Let's make a syllogism! (disclaimer: not actually much of a syllogism)

1. Rumors with no official source are probably false. (implicit premise assumed in BGB's comments)
2. BGB has no offical source for their conclusion that there is n

Would've been an online game. :-P

[Cutriss (262920)]

Monkey Island 3 predicted that Monkey Island 4 would be in 3D, with the option in the Options Menu of activating the "super deluxe 3D mode". Escape From Monkey Island had a similar option which enabled online play.

tentative release date

[rubberbandball (1076739)]

after doing some heavy research, i found a release date confirming the new MI will hit stores 1 week before Duke Nukem Forever.

Steve Purcell (creator of the series)

[VGPowerlord (621254)]

Ron Gilbert would be surprised to find out that Steve Purcell was the creator of the Monkey Island series.

Steve Purcell (creator of the Sam and Max series)

[WidescreenFreak (830043)]

I was thinking the same thing.

To those who are not aware, Steve Purcell created Sam and Max, which is now under control of Tell Tale games [telltalegames.com] after the contract expired with LucasArts. He did not create the Monkey island series, a series which is very missed, by the way. :(

I am Murray!!

Not going to happen unless Forced

[Black Art (3335)]

It was pretty obvious that the Monkey Island sequel would never be released. It does not take place in the Star Wars universe.

Lucas Arts only sells Star Wars games these days. That is all that their sales and marketing people know.

Sam and Max fans already know that. Time for the Monkey island fans to learn that lesson as well.

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[Eudial (590661)]

It was pretty obvious that the Monkey Island sequel would never be released. It does not take place in the Star Wars universe.

Aww, I don't know. Some changes here and there...

Mêlée Island, Monkey Island -> Planet Mêlée, Endor.
Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate -> Guylightsaber Threepwookie, Mighty Jedi.
Ghost Pirate LeChuck -> Android Sith LE3HU35

and so forth.

Instead of wishing for sequels...

[LarsWestergren (9033)]

How about you buy the great games made by the same people? You have the fantastic Psychonauts [psychonauts.com], a hilarious game with fantastic artwork, available cheaply everywhere in the world from Steam [steampowered.com]. You also have the new Sam and Max [telltalegames.com] series for more adventure heavy games. Haven't played any of those episodes yet, but reportedly also fantastic.

Don't sit there and complain about lack of originality in today's games market. There are PC games out there just as good as the golden classics you remember, please buy them and give the makers an incentive to continue!

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[RingDev (879105)]

Hey, I loved MI1 and MI2!!!

-Rick

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[Stanistani (808333)]

Probably a red herring. Let's see if we can pick it up.

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[s4m7 (519684)]

Is the groan at the uselessness of this "article?"

Let's re-summarize:

"There was a rumor that might excite you, but it's not true."

Wow, the level of content is staggering.

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[Sciros (986030)]

Well to get technical, what the guy said -- IF nobody has heard of it, nobody will miss it -- does make sense :-) But the way you interpreted it, it doesn't. Most likely it was a misinterpretation :-P

Anyway at least you answered his "WTF is monkey island" question (mine too, haha).

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[WidescreenFreak (830043)]

Probably still an itch in his daddy's pants. :P Any geek and gamer credentials he might have had have also been stripped forthwith. To not know about Monkey Island (or pretend not to just to be a troll) is sacrilege in the Temple of the Gaming Geek Gods.