Monkey Island 2: SE in Entertainment Weekly!
We made Entertainment Weekly's "The Must List" for the week ending July 25, 2010! Click on the image above to go directly to their site or check out what they had to say about the game below:
The beloved 1990s videogame about a hapless pirate's search for treasure gets an update (rated E) for the iPad, among other devices. It's the perfect way to enjoy the new artwork, dorky-charming humor, and throwback puzzle-solving. ($9.99 on iTunes)
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition is NOW AVAILABLE on Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, PC via Steam and Direct2Drive and on iTunes for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad
Behind the Scenes of Monkey Island 2: SE
The Monkey Island 2: Special Edition trailer, making of, webdoc thingajig has been released today and just in time for my birthday! Check out just how much we jammed into this amazing game by clicking on the video above.
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition Announced!
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge expands on the highly successful The Secret of Monkey Island®: Special Edition. Signature special edition features including high-definition graphics, a re-mastered musical score, full voiceover, and an in-depth hint system all return in the sequel. Plus, experience all new unique special edition features that let you interact with the world of Monkey Island® like never before.
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge will allow for direct control of Guybrush, allowing players to forego the old point-and-click system of navigation if they choose, and will include an interactive object hint system that can be used to highlight objects of interest in the environment. Pirate historians will “arr” with delight with in-game audio commentary from the game’s creators as they share their thoughts and memories about the making of the game. Players will also be able to get a glimpse of yesteryear with an in-game art viewer offering up classic glimpses of select areas of the game.
Check out the official website at: www.MonkeyIslandSpecialEdition.com
GDC '10: ME, TIM SCHAFER, RON GILBERT AND DARRELL RODRIGUEZ AT THE TONGA ROOM
We Won a NAViGaTR Award!
Monkey Island: Special Edition won NAViGaTR's Best Game Classic Revival Award and was nominated for two acting awards for the stellar voice work of Dominic Armato and Earle Boen.
This is the FIRST NAViGaTR award ever won by LucasArts! Congratulations to everyone on the Monkey Island team and at LucasArts for making this happen. Let's see what we can do this year!
Read the full press release
Our G.A.N.G.
WILL, TOM, AARON AND JESSE WITH THE G.A.N.G. AWARD
Congratulations to the entire Monkey Island: Special Edition audio team for WINNING the Best Handheld Audio award at Friday's G.A.N.G. awards ceremony.
Monkey Island: Special Edition for the iPhone has been nominated for won Best Handheld Audio from the Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Congratulations go out to Jesse Harlin, David Collins, Tom Bible and everyone else within the LucasArts audio department.
To see the full list of nominations and the other games we're going to beat check out the following link.
Retro Gamer #70
Retro Gamer #70
You may not believe this, but getting on the cover of Retro Gamer Magazine was one of my top 5 goals when re-launching Monkey Island last year. Retro Gamer magazine has been a favorite of mine for some time and is the one magazine that I still actually buy and collect every month.
Go to Barnes & Noble or Borders in the States for the latest issue or check out their back issues at the following link.
And the award goes to…
How awesome is that!!?? Thank you IGN and to everyone that made The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition a huge success! Stay tuned for some exciting things happening in the New Year.
We also made The Top Ten Handheld Games of 2009 list over at Digital Spy!
Lucidity available now on Xbox Live!
Lucidity, a new game from the LucasArts team that re-imagined The Secret of Monkey Island is now available on Xbox LIVE Arcade and PC via digital download.
In Lucidity, players take a trip into the imagination of Sofi, a young girl who is filled with a persistent desire to explore new worlds and overcome all obstacles in her way. In this challenging puzzle platform game, players are tasked with keeping Sofi safe as she drifts deeper into the strange new world of her dreams. Through quick reaction and placement of randomly generated puzzle pieces, players must create a path through beautifully detailed dreamscapes to keep Sofi in perpetual motion and deliver her to safety.
"Lucidity comes from our effort at LucasArts to form several small internal development teams and give them the creative freedom to make games that surprise, amaze and inspire," said LucasArts President Darrell Rodriguez. "The re-imagining of The Secret of Monkey Island and the development of the all-new Lucidity are just the beginning of this effort."
Monkey Island iPhone Reviews
The iPhone reviews are still coming in! Here are a few more:
Destructoid 8 /10
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