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Monkey Island’s creator says the Sea of Thieves DLC happened ‘behind his back’

The creator of the Monkey Island collection has claimed the upcoming Sea of Thieves crossover DLC happened “behind his back”.

During the Xbox Games Showcase it was revealed that Sea of Thieves can be getting a free DLC enlargement based mostly on The Secret of Monkey Island.

The new content material, which can be titled The Legend of Monkey Island, can be launched in three month-to-month chapters beginning on July 20.

However, as noticed by Time Extension, Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert claimed to don’t have any information of the DLC when requested about it by followers on Mastodon.

After one consumer mentioned they had been intrigued by the DLC and requested if Gilbert had a lot enter on it, he replied: “Nope. Wasn’t even told about it. Happened behind my back.”

After one other follower requested if he’d been working with the Sea of Thieves crew to convey Monkey Island to the recreation, Gilbert replied: “Nope. It was all done without my knowledge or input.”

Gilbert was the authentic creator of Monkey Island and directed and co-wrote the first two video games in the collection, from which the Sea of Thieves DLC seems to take most of its content material.

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Gilbert returned to the collection in 2022 with Return to Monkey Island, however whereas the recreation was finally critically acclaimed, Gilbert shut down the recreation’s official web site and stopped speaking about it on social media earlier than its launch resulting from “personal attacks” from some followers over its new artwork fashion.

According to Xbox’s description of the upcoming free Monkey Island enlargement for Sea of Thieves: “Your adventures could have you meet Guybrush Threepwood, his beloved Elaine, the dreaded ghost captain LeChuck, Murray the Demonic Talking Skull and extra iconic characters.

“You’ll get to go to freely explorable variations of each Mêlée Island and Monkey Island, fixing puzzles in a point-and-click fashion tailored for Sea of Thieves first-person view – and it’ll all happen in the Sea of the Damned, so that you’ll don’t have any interruptions from different gamers as you relive the iconic collection in a brand-new manner.”