microsoft has announced that rejuvenated point-and-click classic monkey island 2 special edition: lechuck's revenge will launch on xbox live arcade next wednesday, on july 7th, for 800 ms points. we've confirmed with lucasarts that the pc version -- distributed via direct2drive and steam -- will also become available on july 7th, with the us playstation network getting it one day sooner on july 6th. all versions will cost $10.

in this special edition, the monkey island milieu been instilled with all the modernity lucasarts could muster, including new high-definition art, fully voiced dialogue and 16-player voodoo doll deathmatch a neat developer's commentary mode. as with the the secret of monkey island: special edition, you'll be able to switch between the new version and the game's original form at any time. we find the pixelated zombie pirate lechuck to be more unsettling, but actually hearing him describe the ''''''screaming chair'''''' this time may change our minds.
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monkey island 2 special edition coming to psn on july 6, xbla and pc on july 7 originally appeared on joystiq on tue, 29 jun 2010 14:58:00 est. please see our terms for use of feeds.




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