Dave Grossman, game developer

Tales of Monkey Island is a graphic adventure video game developed by Telltale Games under license from LucasArts. It is the fifth game in the Monkey Island series, released a decade after the previous installment. The game was released in five episodic segments between July and December 2009. Players assume the role of Guybrush Threepwood, who accidentally releases a voodoo pox and seeks a cure. The game was conceived in late 2008 following renewed interest in adventure game development within LucasArts. Production began in early 2009, led by Dave Grossman (pictured). The game received generally positive reviews, with praise for its story, writing, humor, voice acting and characterization. Complaints focused on the quality of the game's puzzle design, a weak supporting cast in the early chapters, and the game's control system. Tales of Monkey Island garnered several industry awards and was Telltale's most commercially successful project until Back to the Future: The Game. ( Full article...)

Keir Starmer

• The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election and Keir Starmer (pictured) becomes prime minister.
• Hurricane Beryl, the earliest-recorded Category 5 Atlantic hurricane, leaves at least 12 people dead in the Caribbean and Venezuela.
• In the Netherlands, a new cabinet is sworn in, with Dick Schoof serving as the prime minister.
• A stampede during a religious event in Uttar Pradesh, India, leaves at least 120 people dead.