World Embraces New Tales of Monkey Island Series, Making it the Best Performing to Date for Publisher Telltale

August 18, 2009

World Embraces New Tales of
Monkey Island Series, Making it the Best Performing to Date for Publisher
Telltale

Building to Anticipated Launch of
Chapter 2: "Siege of Spinner Cay" on August 20

Tales of Monkey Island, the new five
episode adventure from Telltale Inc, has triumphantly set sail toward the open
seas. Based on the beloved adventure series starring Mighty Pirate Guybrush
Threepwood, Tales of Monkey Island delivers the first new Monkey Island
storyline in nine years. This series of maritime escapades has proven a
tremendous hit with seadogs and landlubbers alike (otherwise known as ‘critics’
and ‘consumers’ for the nautically challenged.) The auspicious debut of Tales of
Monkey Island makes it the best performing series to date for Telltale, which
recently commemorated its fifth anniversary. The first chapter "Launch of the
Screaming Narwhal" quickly catapulted to the #1 position on the top 20 WiiWare
service popularity charts in multiple regions around the world for the weeks of
August 3rd and August 10th and also secured the #1 slot on the Top Seller’s list
for Steam’s online channel in its launch week.


Click here to download a new Tales of Monkey Island
Chapter 2: "Siege of Spinner Cay" trailer.

Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 2:
"Siege of Spinner Cay" will launch for PC on August 20th with the WiiWare
edition following shortly thereafter. The five-chapter series can be purchased
for $34.95 on PC at
www.telltalegames.com
and the WiiWare games are available from the Wii Shop
Channel.

"We’re happy to see that Tales of
Monkey Island has captured the interest of longtime fans and new customers who
can appreciate a great game when it comes across their horizon," said Telltale
CEO Dan Connors.

Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 1 has
been very well received by the media:

The Onion AV Club: A well-deserved
fresh of breath air puts more wind in the sales of a beloved franchise.

Chicago Sun times: Grossman and the
rest of the Telltale Games team have succeeded in creating a fun and funny
point-and-click adventure that recalls the gameplay of the heyday of the
original series. The cliffhanger ending should leave you on the edge of your
seat for next month’s installment.

GamesRadar: Easily Telltale’s best
game so far, and the funniest comedy adventure in ages.

In the tradition of classic movie
serials, Tales of Monkey Island will unfold over five months, with each chapter
raising the stakes on Guybrush Threepwood’s quest to eradicate an insidious
voodoo pox, reunite with his wife and vanquish his arch rival LeChuck. The story
deepens through interweaving threads in each chapter building to surprising
twists in the grand finale coming this fall!