{"id":554050,"date":"2026-03-11T12:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:44:10","slug":"return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to Monkey Island announced via anti-April Fools joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>April Fools seems to be a prime opportunity for silly pranks and mischievous behaviour. I&rsquo;ve never been a fan of it myself, and neither has Ron Gilbert. So, when the Monkey Island co-creater craftily announced that he might be working on a <strong>new Monkey Island game<\/strong> via his blog, Grumpy Gamer, on April 1, 2022, fans flocked to forums to share their confusion.<\/p>\n<p>Gilbert had sworn off April Fools for 18 years, making the blog April Fools free because &ldquo;it&rsquo;s a stupid tradition.&rdquo; Well said. However, immediately after, Gilbert stated &ldquo;So, to mix things up a little I&rsquo;m taking this opportunity to announce I&rsquo;ve decided to make another Monkey Island.&rdquo; This really threw a spanner in the works for readers, but we can&#8217;t say he didn&#8217;t warn us, because he did&#8230; all the way back in 2013.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If I ever get to make another Monkey Island, I&#39;m going to announce it on April 1st.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ron Gilbert &#8211; Not here anymore, on Mastodon now (@grumpygamer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grumpygamer\/status\/380819751208902656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April Fools seems to be a prime opportunity for silly pranks and mischievous behaviour. I&rsquo;ve never been a fan of it myself, and neither has Ron Gilbert. So, when the Monkey Island co-creater craftily announced that he might be working on a new Monkey Island game via his blog, Grumpy Gamer, on April 1, 2022, fans flocked to forums to share their confusion. Gilbert had sworn off April Fools for 18 years, making the blog April Fools free because &ldquo;it&rsquo;s a stupid tradition.&rdquo; Well said. However, immediately after, Gilbert stated &ldquo;So, to mix things up a little I&rsquo;m taking this opportunity to announce I&rsquo;ve decided to make another Monkey Island.&rdquo; This really threw a spanner in the works for readers, but we can&#8217;t say he&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":554051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[259,617,1844,59,7158,1928,7150,7157],"class_list":["post-554050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vg24-7","tag-action-adventure","tag-devolver-digital","tag-lucasfilm-games","tag-pc","tag-point-and-click","tag-puzzle","tag-return-to-monkey-island","tag-terrible-toybox"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Return to Monkey Island announced via anti-April Fools joke | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April Fools seems to be a prime opportunity for silly pranks and mischievous behaviour. I&rsquo;ve never been a fan of it myself, and neither has Ron\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Return to Monkey Island announced via anti-April Fools joke | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"April Fools seems to be a prime opportunity for silly pranks and mischievous behaviour. I&rsquo;ve never been a fan of it myself, and neither has Ron\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-11T12:44:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"235\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Return to Monkey Island announced via anti-April Fools joke\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-11T12:44:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":168,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Action-Adventure\",\"Devolver Digital\",\"lucasfilm games\",\"PC\",\"Point and Click\",\"Puzzle\",\"return to monkey island\",\"Terrible Toybox\"],\"articleSection\":[\"VG24\\\/7\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\\\/\",\"name\":\"Return to Monkey Island announced via anti-April Fools joke | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-11T12:44:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"April Fools seems to be a prime opportunity for silly pranks and mischievous behaviour. I&rsquo;ve never been a fan of it myself, and neither has Ron\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":235,\"caption\":\"Return to Monkey Island announced via anti-April Fools joke\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Return to Monkey Island announced via anti-April Fools joke\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Return to Monkey Island announced via anti-April Fools joke | Arcader News","description":"April Fools seems to be a prime opportunity for silly pranks and mischievous behaviour. I&rsquo;ve never been a fan of it myself, and neither has Ron","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Return to Monkey Island announced via anti-April Fools joke | Arcader News","og_description":"April Fools seems to be a prime opportunity for silly pranks and mischievous behaviour. I&rsquo;ve never been a fan of it myself, and neither has Ron","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2026-03-11T12:44:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":235,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Return to Monkey Island announced via anti-April Fools joke","datePublished":"2026-03-11T12:44:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/"},"wordCount":168,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke.jpg","keywords":["Action-Adventure","Devolver Digital","lucasfilm games","PC","Point and Click","Puzzle","return to monkey island","Terrible Toybox"],"articleSection":["VG24\/7"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/","name":"Return to Monkey Island announced via anti-April Fools joke | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-11T12:44:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"April Fools seems to be a prime opportunity for silly pranks and mischievous behaviour. I&rsquo;ve never been a fan of it myself, and neither has Ron","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke.jpg","width":480,"height":235,"caption":"Return to Monkey Island announced via anti-April Fools joke"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/return-to-monkey-island-announced-via-anti-april-fools-joke\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Return to Monkey Island announced via anti-April Fools joke"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1270837,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554050\/revisions\/1270837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}