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April 4, 2022

Monkey Island Is Returning — With Ron Gilbert As Captain!

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One of the most classic PC gaming series of all time is returning once more — this time with its original boss commanding the deck. Ron Gilbert, creator of Monkey Island, formally announced the new game on April 1, knowing no one would believe him. Three days later, he confirmed it and reminded everyone he had said, seven years prior, that if he were to ever be involved with another game he would announce it on April Fools Day. He was true to his word, and apparently still has the same sense of humor. Return To Monkey Island is the title, and it turns out Gilbert’s team has been working on it for the last two years in secrecy. It’s nearly done and you WILL play it before 2022 is through (that is, if you buy it…someone once said something about never paying more than $20 for a computer game). The game will take place where Gilbert left off…and here’s where people not familiar with the series will need an

August 17, 2016

New Video Reveals Cancelled Star Wars Games

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A new video by Unseen64 and DIdYouKnowGaming? has revealed that LucasArts cancelled two rather interesting projects several years ago. According to the footage, these included a Star Wars: Rogue Squadron spin-off called Dark Squadron and an unnamed title that would feature Chewbacca as the main protagonist. The never-before-seen project was asset to be an action-adventure game starring the famous Wookiee. It would tell the story of Chewbacca’s history, explaining where he came from and how he began working with his best friend Han Solo. This would see the player taking control of the warrior as he progressed from an important figure on his home planet of Kashyyk to a bounty hunter before finally ending up as a co-pilot on the Millennium Falcon. Unfortunately, the game was ultimately cancelled by George Lucas personally. The director balked at the idea of having Chewbacca as the protagonist in any game and leading a story, despite a publishing committee at LucasArts feeling that the project had plenty of potential. The second cancelled game was

February 29, 2016

The Untold Story Of Pilotwings For Gamecube

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Unseen 64, the wonderful archive of all games half-finished and unreleased, has done the impossible and dug up information on what until now was considered a myth: the Gamecube version of Pilotwings. Usually Pilotwings shows up whenever Nintendo needs to show off an impressive new graphical feature. It demoed Mode 7 in 1991, 3D graphics in 1996 and a literal 3-D display in 2011. What would have necessitated a Pilotwings on the Gamecube? As the developer behind the project tells it, they were going for a different take. Julian Eggebrecht, former head of Factor 5’s San Rafael studios, revealed to Unseen 64 that after impressing Nintendo with two Star Wars games, Rogue Leader and Rogue Leader II, Factor 5 was considering working with Nintendo directly on one of their own properties. Since they’d already proven themselves experts in the flying game field, Julian thought they should try their hand at Pilotwings, and he had the perfect spin. Inspired by the movie The Right Stuff, players would step into the role

September 7, 2015

Ron Gilbert Wants To Buy Monkey Island From Disney

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According to a recent post on his personal blog to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Monkey Island series, Ron Gilbert would love to get his hands on the adventure franchise. The ex-LucasArts developer explained how he had always wanted to create a third game in a trilogy for Monkey Island and that for that to happen, Disney would have to be willing to sell the rights to him. “I don’t know if I will ever get to make another Monkey Island. I always envisioned the game as a trilogy and I really hope I do, but I don’t know if it will ever happen. Monkey Island is now owned by Disney and they haven’t shown any desire to sell me the IP. I don’t know if I could make Monkey Island 3a without complete control over what I was making and the only way to do that is to own it. Disney: Call me.” The first Monkey Island game released in 1990 with The Secret of Monkey Island, a

April 28, 2015

7 Great Game Studios That Have Died

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As the video game industry has grown over the past twenty years to become one of the biggest entertainment markets in the world, there has been a rise in the number of developers working to create games for customers. Many have become household names for incredible titles they have developed, such as with Bungie for Halo and Rockstar with Grand Theft Auto. However, it is not all plain sailing for these studios. A variety of events can lead to them going out of business or simply fading from prominence even after releasing some of the best games of all time. They might go into financial problems due to a title not performing as well as expected, be acquired and then shut by a publisher or suffer from some other unseen obstacle that they simply can’t overcome – whatever the case though, many developers have effectively died in recent times. 7. Bizarre Creations This Liverpool based studio was initially founded in 1988 as Raising Hell Software before it changed its name

January 13, 2015

Remastered Grim Fandango (AKA the Best Adventure Game Ever) Now Up For Pre-Order

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Do you find it bold to declare Grim Fandango the best adventure game ever, when there are so many other high quality candidates in the genre like The Longest Journey, Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars and The Day of the Tentacle? You’ll have to take it up with my past self, who so confidently made that declaration while sitting glued to his computer, ignoring the outside world a few years after the game originally came out in 1998. I don’t think you’ll change his mind, he’s busy. Besides, I’m not alone. Many sites focused on adventure games such as Adventuregamers.com have also put Grim Fandango at the top of their list. If you have played it, you’re probably nodding your head anyway. But if you haven’t, you have a chance to judge for yourself soon, when the remastered version of Tim Schafer’s dark comic masterpiece hits digital distribution outlets. Online store GOG.com just opened pre-orders for the game, which has a Jan. 27 release. The game features new graphics,

July 9, 2014

Grim Fandango Coming To PS4, PS Vita, and PC

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Double Fine has revealed that the remastered version of Grim Fandango will be coming to the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and PC. The developer announced the news in a tweet that confirmed the game would also be coming to PC, Mac, and Linux. Double Fine first announced the remastered version of Grim Fandango at E3 2014 during Sony’s press conference. If you’re hoping to play Grim Fandango on other platforms, you’re out of luck. Gio Corsi, director of third-party production for Sony, stated that the game will be a PlayStation exclusive. “Hey gang, #GrimFandango is a #PlayStation console exclusive for #PS4 & #Vita! We are really excited! #Good2BGrim,” he said on Twitter. Grim Fandango was originally released in 1998 by LucasArts. Directed by Tim Schafer, Grim Fandango is an adventure game, in which the player controls Manuel “Manny” Calavera as he tries to save Mercedes “Meche” Colomar. No specific release date was given, but we’ll update you when more information is revealed.

May 3, 2013

Armed with Controllers plays: Star Wars Episode 1: Jedi Power Battles

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Last Friday, we introduced you to Armed with Controllers, a YouTube channel run be three light-hearted Londoners who like to spend their free time engrossed in videogames old and new. Their debut on The Paranoid Gamer, Fabs’ Injustice: Gods Among Us playthrough, has gone down a storm with our audience, and so true to our promise to make them a regular feature we have another video for you.

April 4, 2013

Disney closes LucasArts, Star Wars 1313 and Star Wars: First Assault cancelled

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Just a little over 150 days after acquiring LucasFilm, Disney has shut down the gaming division LucasArts and cancelled all current projects. Staff at LucasArts were informed of the shutdown this morning where 150 staff members were laid off.

May 24, 2012