It seems the rumours from a few weeks back were correct as Lucasarts and Telltale Games have today announced that they will be bringing Monkey Island both new and old to Xbox 360, PC and Wii.  Beginning in just a few short weeks, Telltale, who have single-handedly revitalised the point & click genre with games like the new Sam & Max titles and their Wallace & Gromit series of games, will premiere the Tales of Monkey Island game series, delivering a completely new epic storyline and swashbuckling flair that will unfold across five monthly episodes on PC and WiiWare.

The Monkey Island celebration continues later in the summer when LucasArts publishes The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, a completely re-imagined version of the first game in the series that adds updated high definition graphics, a re-mastered musical score and full voiceover to the classic adventure game originally launched in 1990. The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition will be made available on XBLA and PC.

Today’s announcement represents a new partnership between LucasArts and digital entertainment pioneers Telltale who are crafting new experiences for today’s audiences with engaging stories delivered through regular monthly episodes.  Tales of Monkey Island is developed by Telltale, whose team includes designers and artists who worked on all of the previous Monkey Island games. The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is being developed internally by LucasArts, the company that started it all with the original Monkey Island games.

“We couldn’t be any more excited about bringing Monkey Island to today’s gamers — both in our special edition of the original classic, and through our collaboration with Telltale on the episodic series,” said LucasArts’ President Darrell Rodriguez. “We can’t wait for Guybrush Threepwood and LeChuck to return to gamers’ screens.”

Check out the official website here.

I have contacted Telltale to ask if there are any plans to bring Tales of Monkey Island to XBLA to join Wallace & Gromit and Sam & Max, I’ll will update this with their reply when I get it.  Until then you can feast you eyes on this behind the scenes video.

UPDATE

Telltale got back to me with this answer:-

We don’t have Xbox 360 plans for the moment, but as you’re seeing with our other licenses we tend to expand to other platforms once the initial run is complete, so there’s always a chance it’ll show up on Xbox in the future!

So fingers crossed that the new adventures of Guybrush Threpwood will show up on XBLA soon.

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