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Telltale is bringing a new generation of gamers fresh Tales of Monkey Island. The new episodic adventure games plays like Sam & Max or Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People. That is to say it plays like the original classic point-and-click adventure game, the Secret of Monkey Island. For the maiden voyage of Tales of Monkey Island, Telltale presents the first of five monthly episodes, Launch of the Screaming Narwhal available today for the PC or as WiiWare..

I’m a veteran of the Monkey Island series. Although I’m really looking forward to the re-imagined Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition coming out later this summer, I was very excited about new stories featuring Guybrush Threepwood, and those mysterious monkeys. I can honestly tell you that Telltale has done an excellent job retaining the bumbling, yet witty and sarcastic Guybrush Threepwood and the ensemble of characters that keep this setting fresh almost 20 years after the first game launched.

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Tuesday July 7th, Guybrush Threepwood is back with the first episode of the new Tales of Monkey Island series, Launch of the Screaming Narwhal. Telltale has released a video, screenshots and concept art for the first Monkey Island adventure in a decade. The gameplay footage gives you the look and feel of the new episodes and should assure you that the Guybrush Threepwood we all know and love, or at least tolerate, is indeed back.

Check out more graphic goodness from Telltale or soon you’ll be wearing my sword like a shish kebab!

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LucasArts has gamers setting sale for Monkey Island in two new updates of this classic adventure series. Guybrush Threepwood is coming at you in new episodic adventures from the creative team behind Sam & Max and Strong Bad, Telltale. Gamers can enjoy Tales of Monkey Island in five months of brand new swashbuckling adventures for the PC and WiiWare

The word on the web on the Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition has turned out great for Money Island fans. gamers will get to meet all their favorite characters from the Secret of Money Island in there-imagined first adventure of Guybrush Threepwood with HD graphics and full voiceovers. Learn the art of insult sword fighting with Guybrush to a new musical score. The game will be out for the Xbox 360 and PC.

Get the full details on Tales of Monkey Island and the Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition from the press release following the break. There’s also word of an easter egg included on the upcoming Wii version of Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings.

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The results for Igg’s Tales of Pirates Character PS Contest are in. Players were challenged to participate in Olympic events and commemorate the occasion with creative works based on their events. bYou can find the more player created art on the Igg ToP Forums.

ToPs is a 3D MMO that sports a fun casual environment without violence making it ideal as a starter MMO for kids or those who prefer to socialize rather than fight. To check out Tales of Pirates official website for more on the world setting. You can also download the free Tales of Pirates v1.37 Client courtesy of FileFront.

IGG is so pleased with the reaction to its Tales of Pirates: Easy Credits for All event, it’s extending the event until the end of the year.

The deal is very simple: once you’ve accumulated 90 hrs of time logged into TOPS, you can turn in your time for credits in the first seven days of the following month. The higher your character’s level, the more credits your time is worth. For all the intimate details visit the Tales of Pirates website.

King’s Bounty: The Legend is an adventure with tactical turn-based battles and RPG elements unfolding in a fantasy world. The main character (warrior, mage or paladin) and his army of companions travel across a huge continent, visiting dozens of different locations all connected to each other. While communicating with NPCs and fulfilling different tasks, the player controls their character in real-time mode and all battles have a strong emphasis on turn-based tactical elements.

King’s Bounty: The Legend is a knight saga containing a blend of role-playing adventure and tactical battles reviving the traditions of the original “King’s Bounty” game. Taking your army of loyal companions in arms across a huge continent made up from dozens of linked locations you will set kings on the throne and overthrow them, saving princesses from the claws of dragons, searchfor pirates’ treasure chests, and vanquish villains who are attempting world domination.

Your character travels in real-time across lands and waters, into the underground and across the skies, searching for treasures, getting equipment, developing multiple skills and fulfilling orders of kings to promote career. When fighting enemies the game switches into Tactics mode. You can control the troops on the battle arena, use the spell book and summon powerful Spirits of Rage.

As the game plot unveils the player will come across puzzles and mysteries and face choices such as either making and alliance with a powerful necromancer or stealing from the Dwarven treasury. Just never break the oath you gave to your king. He does not forget or forgive.

Game Features:

• Up-to-date engine that supports the latest graphics solutions
• Flawless graphics style following classical fantasy traditions
• Attractive, elaborate and user-friendly interface
• Thrilling plot worked out under the guidance of renowned sci-fi writers
• A combination of a dynamic adventure and tactical turn-based battles
• Heroes can move freely across the game world which consists of dozens diverse locations
• Three character types with different game progress styles
• A rich role-playing system including 7 parameters and more than 30 skills and perks and a highly-developed system of tasks and relations
• More than 70 spells to use on the battle arena and in everyday life
• An alternative option for magic development are the Spirits of Rage to be summoned in combat
• More than 60 unique creatures with special abilities and skills ready to fight in your army
• Unique enemies and boss characters
• Dozens of different battle arenas
• Unique arenas for castle sieges
• Various traps and bonuses on battle arenas that can change the course of fight
• Unique system of live items acting of their own will and changing their essence
• Ability to start a family, find a wife and have children

Currently in development by Katauri Interactive and to be published by the 1C Company (and Atari), King’s Bounty: The Legend for the PC is expected to hit shelves on September 23rd in North America. It has already been released in Europe.

You can watch another interesting but strange trailer for the game after the jump.

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Ossian Studios has put up another Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate Spotlight on the BioWare community site. The latest developer article on the first adventure pack for NWN2 focuses on the Lore of Westgate.

Folk around the western Inner Sea view Westgate as a cesspool of decadent evil, eager to make financial deals with pirates to leave its ships alone and to attack those from other ports, or to arrange shortages and wars to drive prices up. And these views are right, for the intrigues, secret deals, black markets, murders, skeleton-filled closets, and supposedly hidden treasures of the city are endless. Behind literally every corner exists the opportunity for the crafty and clever to become wealthy… and the gullible and naïve to become dead.

As the largest and oldest city on the Dragon coast, Westgate has a colorful past which many seeking fortune and fame hope to be more truth than myth. Tales of dragon hordes, forgotten subterranean temples and Verovan’s lost hoard have lured treasure hunters in the the labyrinthine sewers under Westgate searching for forgotten cashes of loot and artifacts. Some even return to tell the tale

The background story for Westgate is a rich and well fleshed out tale. If the in game story line is as interesting as the mythology, the Mysteries of Westgate should be well worth plumbing indeed.

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IGG is celebrating the release of Tales of Pirates with some special spring events. Hide and Seek is back and the whole server is invited to participate. Players have four days to find a GM hiding in Argent City or Shaitan City to recieve their Mystery Pet Egg.

The BOSS Exhibition will allow players to face off against some of TOP’s toughest bosses outside Shaitan City to earn rare treasures. The event lasts twelve hours repeat each March 24-28.

IGG is also encouraging players to catch up with friends made along the way by providing a Friend’s Space from 00:00 on March 24th to 24:00 on March 31st on the Official forum——friend space.

Get the full details on these events on Tales of Pirates.

Old Man Winter decided to dump a little over 6 inches of snow on us last night. Looking out into that glorious winter wonderland, memories of sledding as a kid and making snowmen sprang to mind as I looked out over my vast bright white yard. I contemplated getting all bundled up in coveralls (yes I own a pair, wanna fight about it?) and my boots and creating a snowman so intricate and creative that I would be the envy of all the neighbors for having such a neat piece of art adorning my front lawn. Then reality can running in and viciously kicked my fantasy in the crotch. I then realized that I am not 10 years old anymore, and no one wants to see a grown woman in coveralls slipping and falling all over the place – and due to the bulkiness and weight said coveralls, rolling around in the snow trying desperately to get up. That would be very undignified, plus, I have never been patient enough to sculpt a really cool snowman, let alone one that any four year old could outdo – so I stayed in the house and worked instead. Such is the life of a grown-up.

Whether, like me, you are too old to play in the snow, are deficient of snow, or are just glued lethargically to your computer trying desperately to fill the void of another boring Saturday afternoon, you can always try out some of our latest demos or download some patches you may have been unaware of.

Here are some of the demos that hit FileFront this week: Arctic Stud Poker Run, Auto Cross Racing, and Tumblebugs 2.

Patches that hit FileFront this week are as follows: Frontlines: Fuels of War, SimCity Societies, Tales of Pirates, Gears of War, Medal of Honor: Airborne, Crysis and tons more.

As always, for the complete list click here and here. Have a great weekend.