It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Well, for some people. Sept. 19 started at midnight GMT, and that’s when Telltale Games began giving away free copies of the first episode of Tales of Monkey Island, the new installment in LucasArts’ classic Monkey Island franchise.
Telltale’s latest episodic series is Tales of Monkey Island, a five-episode saga featuring mighty pirate Guybrush Threepwood and his motley crew. Tales of Monkey Island pulls the legendary franchise thundering and plundering into the modern era with an epic storyline conceived by some of the same team that dreamed up the original games. So polish up your swashbuckles and start practicing your Aaaarrrrr!, because this brand new Monkey Island adventure is available now!
And the first episode is free, until midnight Sept. 19 GMT (8 p.m. EST, or 4 p.m. PST), so get going!