Return to Monkey Island Confirmed for Gamescom
With June's stream of seemingly endless gaming events over, all eyes have shifted to the next big convention, Gamescom. This year's Gamescom will take place between August 24 and August 29, bringing back one of Europe's biggest in-person gaming conventions. Kicking off Gamescom will be Geoff Keighley's annual Gamescom Opening Night Live presentation, which will be packed with game announcements and reveals. One of the first games for Gamescom ONL is now confirmed to be Return to Monkey Island.
The announcement was made directly by Keighley on his Twitter account. Keighley told his followers to watch Gamescom Opening Night Live and they'll get to see a new look at Return to Monkey Island. It's unclear if the new look will be story focused or if it will offer a glimpse of Return to Monkey Island's point-and-click adventure gameplay. All that's certain is a new trailer will be featured as part of the Gamescom video presentation.
Return to Monkey Island Gameplay Revealed
Return to Monkey Island was announced in April earlier this year. It's a follow-up to the Monkey Island games originally released over 30 years ago and is confirmed to be the new canonical third entry in the series. Further, Return to Monkey Island is being developed by two of the Monkey Island series' original creators. Ron Gilbert was the original game director for The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2. Dave Grossman, a writer and designer for the first two Monkey Island games, is also back.
What Monkey Island fans will be hoping for at Gamescom is a finalized release date for the new game. Prior Return to Monkey Island announcements have said the game will arrive in 2022, but have left a specific date up in the air as development continued. It's
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