Monkey Island 2: Cry Engine
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The Secret is Out: We have a hit!
The reviews are starting to pour in and The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition looks like a hit! Here are just a few of the reviews (click the image for the full review):
89% - Based on 17 critic reviews
9.5 out of 10 - "Don't miss this."
A - "What we have is a classic game packaged in a way for everyone (PC or console gamer alike) to finally and easily play it, and that's exactly what you should do -- whether you're learning the secret of Monkey Island for the first time or 50th time."
A - (Excellent) - “Secret of Monkey Island is a classic, and the enhanced visuals, soundtrack and audio, along with the inclusion of the original art and music is just icing on the cake.”
9 out of 10 - "Should you but it? Well, yes. It's Monkey Island"
8 out of 10 - While its age does lead to some problems in game design, this is a worthy remake of what is rightly considered a classic adventure game, and you’d do well to give it a try.
Monkey Island: Special Edition Released
Pirates! Adventure! Monkeys! Relive the hilarious swashbuckling misadventures of the wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood as he attempts to become the most infamous pirate in the Caribbean! Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic pirate adventure game from LucasArts in gorgeous HD detail.
Featuring an all new re-imagined contemporary art style, hand-drawn and presented in 1080p, complete voice over by members of the original Monkey Island™ franchise cast, a re-mastered musical score using live instruments, plus scene-for scene-hot swap to seamlessly transition between Special Edition and Classic modes at anytime.
Buy it now on Xbox LIVE Arcade, PC, and iPhone via digital download!
Calling Vienna
For the past few years our fans in Vienna have held an annual Monkey Island Memorial party where they celebrate all things Monkey. This year, however, they decided with the announcement of two new Monkey Island games that they would change the party from a memorial to a revival. We could, unfortunately, make it in person to join them this year (maybe next year?) so instead we recorded a quick little message to them.
And check out pictures from past parties at: http://www.monkeyislandmemorial.com
Guardian UK Interview
Check out my latest Monkey Island interview on The Guardian UK's Games Blog website. Click the image for the redirect:
Destructoid Interview
Brief interview with Destructoid talking about the reasons for updating Monkey Island. Read the interview at: http://www.destructoid.com/producer-tells-us-why-lucasarts-updated-monkey-island-136578.phtml
Descent Forever?
Interplay has a brand new website up with dedicated pages to some of their previous games, including Descent! Not really sure where this image above comes from, but I assume it's new. Too bad they didn't get those Pyro-GX's quite right, but it's still cool to see something fresh from the world of Descent.
TFU is the Fastest-Selling Star Wars Game Ever
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has become the fastest-selling Star Wars game of all time, according to a release from LucasArts, with the title selling 1.5 million copies globally across six platforms in the first five days of sale.
Click the picture for the rest of the article at Gamasutra.com
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