Editing Monkey Island (section)

====''Return to Monkey Island''====
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With the purchase of LucasArts by [[the Walt Disney Company]] in 2012, the rights to the franchise are now property of Disney.<ref>{{cite news |last=Yin-Poole |first=Wesley |date=November 30, 2012 |title=Ron Gilbert wishes he owned Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion |newspaper=Eurogamer.net |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-30-ron-gilbert-wishes-he-owned-monkey-island-and-maniac-mansion |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103054337/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-30-ron-gilbert-wishes-he-owned-monkey-island-and-maniac-mansion |archive-date=January 3, 2013}}</ref> In the second half of 2010s, Disney Interactive ceased the production on gaming and transitioned to a licensing model. Gilbert wrote on Twitter that he was interested in buying the ''Monkey Island'' and ''Maniac Mansion'' properties.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=734843964709175297|user=grumpygamer|title=Dear @Disney, now that you're not making games, please sell me my Monkey Island and Mansion Mansion IP. I'll pay real actual money for them.|author-link=Ron Gilbert|date=May 23, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720004450/https://twitter.com/grumpygamer/status/734843964709175297|archivedate=July 20, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Fans of the series launched an online petition asking Disney to sell the franchise to Gilbert; by December 2021, the petition had gathered about 29,000 signatures.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hughes |first=Matthew |date=May 15, 2018 |title=Monkey Island fans are begging Disney to sell the rights back to its creator |url=https://thenextweb.com/gaming/2018/05/15/monkey-island-fans-are-begging-disney-to-sell-the-rights-back-to-its-creator/ |publisher=The Next Web |access-date=June 19, 2018 |archive-date=May 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519020512/https://thenextweb.com/gaming/2018/05/15/monkey-island-fans-are-begging-disney-to-sell-the-rights-back-to-its-creator/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Return to Monkey Island'', the sixth ''Monkey Island'' installment, was released on September 19, 2022 on the Nintendo Switch and Windows, coming to other formats later.<ref name="Verge 2022" /> It is a collaboration between Gilbert's Terrible Toybox studio and [[Lucasfilm Games]], and published by [[Devolver Digital]].<ref name="Verge 2022">{{cite web|last=Peters|first=Jay|url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/4/23009951/ron-gilbert-return-to-monkey-island|title=Ron Gilbert is making a new Monkey Island game, and it will be out this year|website=The Verge|date=April 4, 2022|access-date=April 4, 2022|archive-date=April 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406171044/https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/4/23009951/ron-gilbert-return-to-monkey-island|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[frame story]] in the game serves to explain and continue from the ending of ''LeChuck's Revenge'', while the main narrative takes place after the other games in the series.<ref name="Verge 2022" /> Ron Gilbert has expressed his desire to tell a simple and focused pirate story in the game, while also redefining the adventure game user interface and deepening the greater lore. In addition to Gilbert, Grossman returns as co-writer, with music from veteran series composers [[Michael Land]], [[Peter McConnell]], and [[Clint Bajakian]], and [[Dominic Armato]], [[Alexandra Boyd]], and [[Denny Delk]] reprising their roles as Guybrush, Elaine, and Murray.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-14 |title=Ron Gilbert, Dave Grossman – Return to Monkey Island |url=https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/ron-gilbert-dave-grossman-return-to-monkey-island |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Adventure Gamers |language=en |archive-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714213039/https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/ron-gilbert-dave-grossman-return-to-monkey-island/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Verge 2022" /> [[Jess Harnell]] replaces the retired [[Earl Boen]] as the voice of LeChuck.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-14 |title=Ron Gilbert, Dave Grossman – Return to Monkey Island |url=https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/ron-gilbert-dave-grossman-return-to-monkey-island |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Adventure Gamers |language=en |archive-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714213039/https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/ron-gilbert-dave-grossman-return-to-monkey-island/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-08 |url=https://twitter.com/grumpygamer/status/1556660449696854016 |title=For those of you wondering, LeChuck is voiced by the amazing @JessHarnell |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Twitter |language=en |archive-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808151637/https://twitter.com/grumpygamer/status/1556660449696854016 |url-status=live }}</ref>