Gilbert's new call to Disney comes a couple of weeks after the company decided to end its game publishing business for good (canning Disney Infinity in the process). 'I would love to get the rights back to Monkey Island and be able to really make the game I want to make,' Gilbert told Eurogamer at the time.Ī year later, he penned a detailed blog post explaining what his Monkey Island game would look like, if it ever got made. In late 2012, at the time of Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm and LucasArts, he said pretty much the same thing, noting how unlikely it was Disney would ever do anything with it. Gilbert publicly put the call out to Disney last night via his Twitter account.īut it's far from the first time Gilbert has discussed regaining his game franchises. That includes the rights to beloved adventure game franchise Monkey Island, as well as Gilbert's 1987 classic Maniac Mansion.īoth franchises are now owned by Disney following the company's acquisition of LucasArts, where Gilbert worked for the best part of a decade.ĭisney isn't doing anything with either series and, to be realistic, the likeliest scenario is that it never will.
Ron Gilbert, creator of Monkey Island, has asked Disney to sell back his gaming IP.
