Return to Monkey Island

Below you can find a list of interesting facts about the new game:

• The game was released on September 19, 2022, The International Talk Like a Pirate day, at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BST. (Source)
• The game was secretly in development for two years. (Source)
• Return to Monkey Island starts where Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge left off - in an amusement park. (Source)
• The Monkey Island games after Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge are still canon. (Source)
• Murray is in the game and has a big role. (Source)
• The game engine was created by Ron Gilbert and the scripting language is called Dinky. (Source)
• Noah Falstein, known for designing the Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, did an early testing of Return to Monkey Island. (Source)
• The game is also playable via a controller. (Source)
• Return to Monkey Island features a built-in hint system. (Source)
• The game has an easy mode called "Casual mode". (Source)
• The music by Michael Land, Peter McConnell, and Clint Bajakian is interactive and recorded live. (Source)
• The game has 14,000 lines of dialog, 34 actors and used 3 studios. For camparison, The Curse of Monkey Island has 8.357 lines of dialog. (Source)
• The voice recordings were finished by Jun 14, 2022. (Source)
• James Earl Boen declined to return as the voice of LeChuck as he was retired. However, he gave his blessing to recast the role. (Source)
• The game has English and German voice over and includes subtitles in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish (Spain), Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean and Portuguese (Brazil). (Source)
• The characters lip sync is done using Rhubarb Lip Sync. (Source)
• A physical release was announced by LRG and pre-orders were available between Jan 20 and Mar 5, 2023. (Source)