# Return To Monkey Island is now official, release date: Sep 19,2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\ **Created:** [April 5, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998 "2022-04-05T02:16:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![giobbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@giobbi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/giobbi)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/1 "2022-04-05T02:16:34Z")
this is the link to the DevolverDigital official video. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sahskKAxSCY/maxresdefault.jpg "Return to Monkey Island | Coming 2022") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahskKAxSCY) Ron Gilbert’s Terrible Toybox, Devolver Digital and LucasGames (not MMucas Games 😉 official announced the new adventure. If I’ve understood correctly, it will place its story at the end of MI2, but taking some characters from The Curse of Monkey Island (Murray… any other?). The countdown has begun!!! ---
**Author:** ![tlammert](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/tlammert/32/22_2.png) [@tlammert](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tlammert)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/2 "2022-04-05T05:09:37Z")
> [@Ron declares he is working on a new Monkey Island](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/ron-declares-he-is-working-on-a-new-monkey-island/4993/60): > > Today’s news and the outpouring of joy and happiness it has generated, is truly unlike anything I have ever experienced in the gaming industry… I have been in such an elated mood all day. I was so far removed from the idea of their being another MI game (let alone with the incredible Team that is lined up) that I literally rolled my eyes at Ron’s April Fool… thought no more about it and went about my business… I hadn’t posted or interacted much on here or any of my other retro or lucas based ha… ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/3 "2022-05-05T12:09:41Z")
According to [Sushi’s prediction](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/poll-when-will-rtmi-be-released/5058/30), the game will be released on November, 4th! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/4 "2022-08-14T16:10:12Z")
From [this Reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/MonkeyIsland/comments/wnldjz/possible_return_to_monkey_island_release_date/): Take this with a **BIG PINCH OF SALT** : in Devolver Digital official website, the code of [the page for Return to Monkey Island](https://www.devolverdigital.com/games/return-to-monkey-island) contains a block of structured data with information on the game. There are two date “keys”: “date\_override” : “Coming 2022” (which is what appears in the page to users) “date” : “2022-09-01T12:00:00.000Z” It could be a placeholder (in which case, I wonder why that specific date) or the actual release date. [Pastebin of the structured data](https://pastebin.com/XLQuzsmU) [Copy of the page on Archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20220813181938/https://www.devolverdigital.com/games/return-to-monkey-island) ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/5 "2022-08-14T16:14:18Z")
[![](https://c.tenor.com/Pei0vQc1RsUAAAAC/get-excited-excited.gif) ](https://c.tenor.com/Pei0vQc1RsUAAAAC/get-excited-excited.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Guga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/guga/32/14476_2.png) [@Guga](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Guga)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/6 "2022-08-15T05:53:43Z")
I doubt it’s going out in 15 days, I expect them to disclose the release date before publishing and 15 days is not enough time in my opinion ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/7 "2022-08-15T08:24:01Z")
I’m with Guga. Plus the date looks like … > [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#): > > … a placeholder (in which case, I wonder why that specific date) The time has no specific timezone coded in. And I wouldn’t assume that they will publish the game when Ron is asleep. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![seguso](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/seguso/32/1232_2.png) [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/8 "2022-08-15T10:24:13Z")
Not on September 1st but sometime in September! ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/9 "2022-08-15T10:33:23Z")
Unless they misclicked and meant October or December or something. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kuma](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/kuma/32/105_2.png) [@Kuma](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Kuma)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/10 "2022-08-15T14:49:23Z")
No Monkey Island Monday today? ---
**Author:** ![Paul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/paul/32/15080_2.png) [@Paul](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Paul)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/11 "2022-08-15T14:55:24Z")
[![](https://c.tenor.com/5AwAZOY-F94AAAAC/star-wars-yoda.gif) ](https://c.tenor.com/5AwAZOY-F94AAAAC/star-wars-yoda.gif) ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/12 "2022-08-15T17:26:05Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > The time has no specific timezone coded in. That’s true, the timezone is “Z” which means UTC. It’s noon in Greenwich time. ---
**Author:** ![seguso](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/seguso/32/1232_2.png) [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/13 "2022-08-16T13:13:53Z")
On twitter, I note how Devolver advertises just one game at a time. Right now it’s “Cult of the lamb”. Previously it was Card Shark. Devolver focuses completely on the latest game, for about one month. It seems it needs/likes to release its games with a one-month gap. This means Monkey Island should not be more than 20-30 days from now. ---
**Author:** ![Paul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/paul/32/15080_2.png) [@Paul](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Paul)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/14 "2022-08-22T13:44:38Z")
No Monkey Island Monday today? ---
**Author:** ![seguso](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/seguso/32/1232_2.png) [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/15 "2022-08-22T14:24:00Z")
I don’t know, but tomorrow there’s something for sure: > ---
**Author:** ![ephialtes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ephialtes/32/11961_2.png) [@ephialtes](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ephialtes)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/16 "2022-08-22T14:58:50Z")
😆 > ---
**Author:** ![seguso](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/seguso/32/1232_2.png) [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/17 "2022-08-22T15:01:06Z")
User interface reveal! > ---
**Author:** ![seguso](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/seguso/32/1232_2.png) [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/18 "2022-08-22T15:04:18Z")
User interface: Looks like Delores with custom sentence on mouseover. But we haven’t seen what happens with the right button. I’m uncertain if the “look” is on mouseover, like in Unavowed. 🙂 Edit: wrong thread 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/19 "2022-08-23T18:50:22Z")
September 19, it’s official! > ---
**Author:** ![tlammert](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/tlammert/32/22_2.png) [@tlammert](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tlammert)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998/20 "2022-08-23T20:00:01Z")
Damn, finally. It is really getting hard to avoid everything that has spoilers… Man I still can’t wait for it [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/return-to-monkey-island-is-now-official-release-date-sep-19-2022/4998.md?page=2)