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Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge

LeChuck's Revenge Revamp Confirmed [Updated]
Written Wednesday, March 10, 2010 By Dan Webb

In a double whammy of tweets over on that Twitter thing, LucasArts recently announced that the Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition would be heading to PSN and Mac, before confirming our initial suspicions that LeChuck's Revenge: Special Edition would also be inbound.

The tweet stated, "Oh yeah, another thing: LeChucks Revenge: Special Edition is official! New puzzles, new enemies, new hair!"

Unfortunately, it's the GDC LucasArts party at the moment and they're probably too drunk to let us know platforms, prices and release dates, but as soon as we know, we'll loop you in.

We're assuming it's going to be an Xbox Live Arcade jobby... you know, after the original sold 23 trillion copies.*

*stats made up by us.

[Update:] Joystiq who are attending the LucasArts GDC party have just confirmed that this will see an Xbox Live Arcade release, as suspected.

They also report that according to the publisher, the new version will receive a new control mechanism that allows you to "move Guybrush around, so you feel more connected to him."

Of course, the other special edition treatment is also on the cards.

Happy days!

 

User Comments
Comment #1 by Brambledamble
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 09:06:05 PM

epic win

Comment #2 by cg Raptor
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 09:06:33 PM

I remember playing this as a kid. Good times.

Comment #3 by MrBubbles x360a
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 09:10:06 PM

Alrite Sounds interesting. Still gotta get the first one tho :D

Comment #4 by Xwarzone P
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 09:13:58 PM

From a tweet about five seconds ago: PSN, XBLA, Mac, iPhone, PC.

Comment #5 by WaahhJedi
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 09:16:15 PM

Fuggin sweeeeet

Comment #6 by davemccauley
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 09:23:19 PM

Can't wait for this, it's going to be awesome!

Comment #7 by Obsulete
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 09:24:09 PM

sweet

Comment #8 by mjc0961
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 09:27:25 PM

Man, I wish all these devs would start being more respectable and stop announcing their news over Twitter like teenage girls. -_-

But no matter... I'm all for buying this when it comes out.

Comment #9 by dementedlullaby
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 09:31:46 PM

LOL 8. Made me laugh.

Haven't bothered with the first. Played it ages ago and if it had deal of the week I might be tempted.

Comment #10 by MakoBallistic
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 09:34:16 PM

cool, you can actually control guybrush this time, thats a first as far as im aware.

Comment #11 by xXTh3CracKKilaXx
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 09:45:23 PM

This is some great news for my shitty days but why does this game have a 50% user rating. Some people just amaze me beyond logic.

Comment #12 by MIKE0029
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 09:56:58 PM

Nice, hopefully it comes out soon.

Comment #13 by Jamjah69
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 10:13:29 PM

So pleased to hear this news! After playing the 1st special edition, I always hoped we would see a remake of the second!

THERE IS A GOD!

Comment #14 by FYC Punker
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 10:55:57 PM

YYYYYEEEEESSSS EPPPPIIIICCC WIIIINNNNNNNN!!!!

Comment #15 by ddrlenz
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:10:23 PM

Huzzah! Gotta love it!

Comment #16 by tunaleg
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:29:08 PM

Monkey Island FTW

Comment #17 by garken1435
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:41:34 PM

YEEEEEES! This stuff is gold, and having them revamped makes them so much cooler! Can't wait for this to come out... hope the other two make it as well.

Comment #18 by ViNyLek
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 12:02:03 AM

Great news^^

Comment #19 by Katzii_Yataki
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 01:00:14 AM

I hope the "control Guybrush" thing is optional, or at least not present in the old school version.

I do however have a seriously high amount of anticipation for this one and Summer can't come by fast enough as far as I'm concerned. I hope it leads to a high-definition (since what REALLY needs tweaking with the graphics?) version of Curse.

Comment #20 by Dmas
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 01:30:05 AM

YAY !!!! i love monkey island, i hope they will also bring a HD version of MI3 cause i loved that one the most !

Comment #21 by ril14ey
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 01:31:14 AM

Just hope the spitting contest isnt as hard
Looking forward to this and the "updated controls" should be good

Wonder if Grim Fandango will get the same treatment further down the track

Comment #22 by Katarn84
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 01:42:48 AM

Atomic win!

Comment #23 by tastefulmrship
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 02:06:18 AM

Looks like I've got a busy Springtime! (LITE already finished... now working on NORMAL - PART II!)

Possible achievements; Lock Stan in the coffin, kill Guybrush, visit Melee Island(TM) & don't swear @ the console when LeChuck is teleporting you everywhere & you can't get anything done (PART IV)! (It's worse than Insult Swordfighting)

Again, though, Manny Calavera would look simply amazing in full HD! (Please, please, please, please!... & maybe a LA/TTG co-op?)

Comment #24 by InfestusDnB
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 02:59:10 AM

Awesome, used to love all the Monkey Island games on the amiga/atari, Long live Guybrush!!

Comment #25 by weffalump
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 03:29:14 AM

Awesome news. Hopefully no stupid record time achievement.

Comment #26 by Jay101000101100
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 03:49:28 AM

I was a young teenager when Monkey Island 2 came out and remember fondly my time spent trying to emulate the spitting competition with my friends. Can't wait to play this again without having to swap between 11 discs every five minutes!

Comment #27 by ghostofsnow
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 04:23:25 AM

WooHoo!

Comment #28 by macd
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 04:30:13 AM

Monkey Island wasn't the game I thought it was (confused it with something else) but it was a great fun game. I'll probably get this, either new or when it is on DotW at some point... we'll see.

Comment #29 by dirge
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 04:50:59 AM

Brilliant! Never actually finished it so will be great to get back into it and finish it this time!

Comment #30 by Voxael
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 05:19:50 AM

Fucking sweet.
Grim Fandango next please.

Comment #31 by Barry619
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 05:42:41 AM

Great, but I hate the sound of the control guybrush thing, please make it optional if it has to be in the game at all, the re-make of Monkey Island 1 was perfect, no need for any changes or shit!!!

Comment #32 by Seddo
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 06:21:04 AM

First one was awesome, first day download for me.

Comment #33 by TurboRuhland
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 07:40:42 AM

Sweeeeeeet! I played the heck out of the first one, so the second one will be awesome! And more! Keep 'em coming!

I agree with the above comment about Grim Fandango. WANT.

Comment #34 by Nemralis
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 09:08:32 AM

Hopefully it will come at the same bargain price as the first one did, that would be great!

Comment #35 by TrishTheDish
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 09:13:06 AM

See, how can ANYONE possibly doubt there's a God now after reading that newslink?

Comment #36 by LilGurgi
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 09:35:15 AM

Another win in my opinion. Played the original Monkey Island back in the day and played it again when it was released on Live. I'll be getting this one as well.

Comment #37 by stawg007
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:27:49 AM

never played this but i played curse of monkey island and it was awesome
release that and il be happy

Comment #38 by Dmas
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:08:32 AM

i accually hope they will redo some more originals, let's say.

Day of the tentacle, the dig, indiana jones and the fate of atlantis, loom, will buy them nomather what

i love them !!

Comment #39 by MetallicaDan
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:13:52 AM

YESSS! More Monkey Island! Bring on Loom, Grim Fandango, Day of the Tentacle, WE WANT THEM ALLLLL!


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Developer:
LucasArts

Publisher:
LucasArts

Genre:
Adventure

Release:

US: July 07, 2010

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