Ron Gilbert and Tim Schafer reunited

[Darth Roxor]

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/112/1123575p1.html

Famed Monkey Island creator and recent Death Spank designer Ron Gilbert has joined Tim Schafer at Double Fine Productions. The two are reunited after developing several titles in the 90s, including The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge.

Gilbert is developing a new project, separate from the four previously announced titles by the studio, including Costume Quest, published by THQ.

"It's an idea that I've been batting around for many, many years," Gilbert told Kotaku. "I've been talking to Tim over the last couple of months about it and it sort of percolated back up.

"It's very different than DeathSpank, it's a bit of a departure from that. It's going in a very interesting direction. Fans of those old adventure games will like it," he added.

Gilbert left developer Hothead Games in April as production on Death Spank came to an end. The game's sequel, DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, was released last week.

Now that's probably a truckload of Let's hope something cool comes out of it.

 

[Hobo Elf]

I *just* marathoned Monkey Island 1 & 2 today. This is just icing on the cake.

 

[Gragt]

Will it be released for PC or only consoles?

 

[Metro]

Will it be released for PC or only consoles?

 

[Kosmonaut]

Thanks Dork Suxxor, this is actually good news! :D

 

[Eyeball]

Only if they go back to actually making adventure games, as the mechanics of both men's non-adventures have been clunky. I loved Psychonauts to death, but the actual control scheme and combat was pretty meh.

I recommend the Special Edition version of ME2, by the way - it has developer commentary in some of the scenes, and I'm enough of a fanboy to really enjoy that sort of thing in a video game. It also has non-shitty artwork, unlike MI1SE, and the fantastic voice acting of Dominic Armato and Earl Bowen.

 

[asper]

Uhh, "Costume Quest"?

 

[Eyeball]

Uhh, "Costume Quest"?

Nigga gotta eat, I guess.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

The only better news I could possibly hear from Double Fine Studios would be the announcement of Psychonauts 2.

 

[DriacKin]

Pfft. I'll take an original IP over a sequel any day of the week. Especially a promising one like this.

 

[DriacKin]

Only if they go back to actually making adventure games, as the mechanics of both men's non-adventures have been clunky. I loved Psychonauts to death, but the actual control scheme and combat was pretty meh.

Agreed. Psychonauts may have been one of the best games of the last decade, but it still pales in comparison to Schaffer's previous work (Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle, etc...)

Also, let it be said that Schaffer is a vastly superior writer to MCA.

 

[Eyeball]

Schafer really is a weird genius - I own no consoles so I could not play Brutal Legend, but godDAMN, what a fucking awesome setting!

The actual gameplay, again, looked pretty uninteresting, mix of a poorly balanced hack-and-slash and a Sacrifice ripoff, but the game just oozed sheer STYLE. Despite the having the fat unfunny cocksucker Jack Black as the lead character.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

I'll support Double Fine by buying their first downloadable game "Costume Quest", even though I never bought a game online for console before.

Besides, DF is now done with making big games, because humor just isn't worth a big budget in the eyes of publishers.

Currently playing Brütal Legend anyways, which is, despite weak gameplay, really awesome!

 

[Zeus]

I'm so excited, I just can't hide it. I'm about to lose control, and I think I like it.

 

[Metro]

Oh, is Costume Quest console only, too? Jesus Christ. I'm not going to get excited about this until they announce a PC version of whatever it is...