Ron Gilbert, famed creator of the Monkey Island series, has now joined Double Fine Productions. This means he will be reunited with Tim Schafer. The two worked together on 90s adventure games while at LucasArts, including The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge.
Earlier this year Gilbert left Hothead Games shortly after production on DeathSpank had ended. He is now focused on his newest project for Double Fine, which will not be one of the four smaller games the developer is currently working on.
"It’s an idea that I’ve been batting around for many, many years," Gilbert said. "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."
If it’s anywhere near the quality of those aforementioned adventure classics then this is certainly something to be excited about.
[Kotaku]
