The Monkey Island SCUMM Bar: More rumours abound

TellTale Games, a new games company formed largely from ex-LucasArts employees, are dropping hints on their first title. Why should we get excited about this? Well let�s see...

It�s going to be an adventure game

It�s going to be based on �an exciting licence" that we "already know and love"

It�s being made by the talent that brought us Escape From Monkey Island, Grim Fandango and that tried to bring us Sam & Max 2.

Did we mention it�s going to be an adventure game?

Furthermore, there�s a chance this could be Monkey Island 5. With LucasArts becoming desperate, it�s likely that they could have sold the licence to someone who actually wants to make adventure games.

Mixnmojo speculates remains refreshingly laid-back, preferring not to become too hysterical and jump to conclusions, but many Mojo readers hope that this could be Sam & Max 2... 2. However, since a segment of the team have only just got off that, it could be the case that they�re tired of working on that franchise and want to move to something else.

It could also be Grim Fandango 2, but that�s not too likely either, as a) they might not want to do it without Tim and b) they might not want to continue on the story as Grim Fandango�s ending pretty much summed everything up. So by the powers of deduction Monkey Island 5 is a fairly safe bet. Fingers crossed.

We�ll keep you posted on any further developments, but for now visit TellTale�s excellent web-site, and perhaps read this recent Q&A about the company.

Update: Discuss all your theories here.

Wow, sounds great! I can't wait to find out what it is. If it is any of the possible games you mentioned, I reckon it will be Monkey Island 5...

Posted Oct 02, 2004

Yeah, but that's pressuming that they work on something they've already worked on before

I wonder if this should be taken to be something from the mysterious new game. Any ideas as to what that is?

Posted Oct 02, 2004

Heh...kinda looks like the comic book character Bone. Ya know, that little white guy with the really cute face and nose and he's just..........um......yeah.

Posted Oct 02, 2004

Looks like a certain rabbit without the ears.

Posted Oct 02, 2004

By that same logic, I think it's safe to say that it's a shadow of Bernard Bernouli without the detail. :~

Posted Oct 02, 2004

Apparently, we can stop the speculation.

According to an interview with Gamespot. It's Sam 'N' Max 2...

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/10/01/news_6109473.html

Posted Oct 02, 2004

Where does it say that, silent?

Posted Oct 03, 2004

Man, I hope it's Monkey Island 5, I've been waiting forever for a sequal.

Posted Oct 03, 2004

And God, if Telltale are doing it instead of LucasArts then it's more likely kick arse. I would creme myself if that happened.

These guys sound so awesome - really enthusiastic adventure game makers with some great talent and the desire to bring back the old LucasArts magic. They seem to know exactly what the fans want. I mean, their whole company is a response to the LEC Hate movement that swept over the community after Sam & Max 2 was cancelled.

If you haven't read that Q&A yet you really should - it sounds like they want to revive a lot of old LucasArts adventure game lisences.

I'm sure their games will be great, whatever it is they decide to do.

Posted Oct 03, 2004

I'd also like to see a Maniac Mansion 3, although S&M 2 seems the most likely due to the way they kept mentioning it in their interviews.

Posted Oct 03, 2004

We must remember, as much as enduring at Sam and Max are, they are not as widely known as Monkey Island. Now, all, let us pray, and then rise for hymn 245 "Ding Dong, The Lucas Is Dead"

Posted Oct 03, 2004

I'm slightly confused - who were the people working on that vampire adventure game? Was that a different company of ex-LucasArts people?

Posted Oct 03, 2004

That's Bill Tiller's company. If you didn't already know, Tiller was the lead background artist on the Curse of Monkey Island, and had a big output on the style of the game (he invented the famouse curly clouds, for example).

I'm not sure on the exact details, but I believe he left LucasArts sometime between Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine and Escape from Monkey Island. As far as I know, he's the only ex-LucasArts member in his company, though I'm almost certainly wrong in saying that. See their web-site here.

Le Chimp: I think the reason they're reffering to Sam & Max 2 so much in their interviews is because they want to tell the world that they're "those guys". The cancellation of S&M2 was pretty big news in the games industry, so I guess they want to ride on that publicity wave.

Posted Oct 03, 2004

I'm so happy now I could die.

Posted Oct 03, 2004

Please don't! If you're dead you won't be able to play all of TellTale's new games!

Posted Oct 03, 2004

As far as I see it, they aren't gonna be working on any LEC licenses for a while.
I think a lot of people have just been adding 2 and 2 together and getting 5.
Their new project will most likely be a thing we never heard of, (the shadow guy).

Although I can't think of anyone better to make lucasart's games than anyone who *isn't* lucasarts.

Posted Oct 04, 2004

"Their new project will most likely be a thing we never heard of"

But they said "we can tell you it's something many of you already know and love", and that coupled with their LEC game background leads us to suspect that it might be an LEC lisence. That, and the fact that LEC are likely to sell adventure game lisences these days.

You're right that it might not be LEC-related, though.

Posted Oct 04, 2004

Mixnmojo speculates nothing! Mixnmojo reported that Gamespot speculated that its Sam & Max 2... 2. Samandmax.net speculates that speculation has gotten out of control.

That shadow is clearly Mr. Saturn from the classic SNES game "Earthbound," except with a human body attached to his head. We can all stop speculating.

Posted Oct 04, 2004

I stand corrected!

Posted Oct 04, 2004

Yeah thats him.
I knew I recognised him. LEC may be one step away from a permanent room in Father O'Maley's Rest Home For The Terminally Short Of Cash, but ol' George may be unwilling to sell licenses.

Or perhaps LEC will do what they do best these days. Either make bad games or make no games. Its highly unlikely that LEC will return to its adventuring roots, and they are so proud (in the negative way) that they may never sell them on.

Posted Oct 04, 2004

Maybe they'll hire Ron Gilbert (if they have that Monkey Island license) and let him do Monkey Island 3 the right way. Sure, CMI and EMI were good, but they were nothing like what Ron Gilbert had planned. I say he gets a shot at telling the rest of the story the way he had planned. :P

Posted Oct 07, 2004