RETURN TO MONKEY ISLAND

Return to Monkey Island  is a  point-and-click adventure game  developed by  Terrible Toybox  and published by  Devolver Digital . The sixth  Monkey Island  game, it was released for  macOS ,  Nintendo Switch , and  Windows  on September 19, 2022, for  Linux  on October 26, 2022, and for  PlayStation 5  and  Xbox Series X/S  on November 8, 2022. It was the first  Monkey Island  game by the series' creator,  Ron Gilbert , since  Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge  (1991). Gilbert worked on the first two  Monkey Island  games before leaving the development company,  LucasArts , in 1992. Further installments were developed by LucasArts and  Telltale Games  without him. The  Walt Disney Company  acquired the rights to  Monkey Island  when it purchased  Lucasfilm  in 2012; in 2019, Gilbert negotiated to create a new  Monkey Island  with the designer  Dave Grossman , who had worked on the first two games.  Return to Monkey Island  was announced in April 2022.  Dominic Armato  reprised his role as the protagonist,  Guybrush Threepwood . The game received generally positive reviews. Return to Monkey Island  is a 2D  point-and-click adventure game . The objective is to move the story forward by solving narrative-based puzzles. This can be done by exploring locations, talking to  non-player characters  to acquire information, collecting items and using them at the right time. The player controls the pirate  Guybrush Threepwood , who sails the seas and visits islands. The user interface is different from previous 2D  Monkey Island  games. Tooltips over  screen hotspots  guide the player's actions: when the cursor is moved over an interactive zone of the scene, a brief phrase appears, suggesting what action Guybrush will take. The inventory uses a  drag and drop  interface to easily use and combine items and the interface has been designed to work with  controllers  or mice. The game includes a hint system designed to discourage players from looking for walkthroughs online and make sense "in the fantasy" of the game. The game also includes a simplified mode called "casual mode" for less experienced players.