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Double Fine’s Ron Gilbert says that the upcoming release of adventure game The Cave has no inventory, will include some light platforming as well as a cast of seven which will greatly enhanced replayability.
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Ron Gilbert has said he will contact Disney “at some point” regarding regaining rights to the Monkey Island franchise.

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Disney’s acquisition of Lucasarts means that the house of mouse now owns the rights to Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. However, co-creator Ron Gilbert is unhappy with the situation, and feels that he should own the rights to both.

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It’s a sad day for Monkey Island fans, but a good day for LucasArts haters.

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Lucasarts has announced The Monkey Island Special Edition Collection for Europe, which will land at retail on September 9.

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Digital downloads are all very well, of course, but there’s just something about the sight of a shelf full of game boxes that makes you think “gosh! If I ever move, I’m going to need two trucks.”

Nevertheless if you go in for all this physical media stuff, TellTale’s episodic Tales of Monkey Island is getting a nice shiny Collector’s Edition just dying to be arranged by alphabetisation or colour-coding. Have a look at the trailer through the break.

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With “Monkey Island meets Diablo” action-RPG DeathSpank officially out the door, Ron Gilbert’s making his way toward the exit as well.

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Telltale has announced that the Tales of Monkey Island DVD is coming to retail, and if you are already a season owner, you can get it for the cost of shipping.

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If you’ve been saving all your money for a Wii version of  Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal, instead of the PC or Xbox Live Arcade version, we’ve got news for you: it’s coming today to WiiWare.

But only if you live in North America, sadly. However, Telltale Games have said that they will be sharing release plans for PAL very soon.

Well, if your American and have a Wii, why are you sitting here listening to us babble? Go check it out.

Comic-Con is seriously looking like the place to be next week, what with LucasArts announcing that it will be there showing off loads of stuff along with “several world exclusive announcements at the Star Wars Spectacular keynote on Friday”.

Those in attendance can expect: Hands-on time with Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes and LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues, an Old Republic mini-comic and The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition signings, trailer showings, and The Old Republic Panel.

We will be covering this from our comfy desk chairs at home, damn it, so be sure check in with us while it’s on-going.

Full thing through the jump.

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Monkey Island: Special Edition has been listed on the USK’s site, according to this GamerBytes story.

The German ratings board’s database appears to be down at the moment, but there’s an image of the listing there.

The game’s down for an Xbox 360 release. We’ve got a mail out to Acti.