CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY FOR BROKEN SWORD FANS (15/12/2010)
York-based Revolution Software has announced that the second Broken Sword adventure, The Smoking Mirror, will be released as a special edition on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad before Christmas. Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered features fully animated facial expressions, improved background graphics and animation, better cut-scenes, a quality soundtrack from Barrington Pheloung, and a context-sensitive hint system and diary.
Buyers of the game will also receive a new interactive digital comic from Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons, plus full GameCenter integration and a Dropbox cloud saving feature that will allow the saving and playing of games over multiple devices.
The story sees the return of George Stobbart and Nico Collard. While investigating a ruthless drug gang, journalist Nico Collard unexpectedly comes across an ancient artefact. Little can she know that the ornately carved obsidian stone will lead her, and her adventuring companion George Stobbart, into a mysterious escapade of intrigue and deceit, in which they must overcome powerful forces and antagonists who will stop at nothing to fulfil their evil ambitions.
Charles Cecil, Managing Director of Revolution Software and Screen Yorkshire Board Member, says: "Publishing through the App Store has offered us huge opportunities. As well as allowing us to communicate directly with our audience, we are now in the position where we can re-work our original games while simultaneously writing new adventure titles. It is an extraordinary time for the games industry and for independent developers in particular."
"The first Broken Sword: Director's Cut game was a huge global number one hit for Revolution, so this announcement of a sequel is really exciting news," said Jamie Sefton, Sector Manager of Game Republic at Screen Yorkshire. "This new era of developer self-publishing is an incredibly exciting opportunity for Yorkshire games companies, with Revolution and a host of other companies from this region enjoying enormous worldwide success through Apple's App Store and other digital marketplaces."
Find out more about Revolution Software at: http://www.revolution.co.uk/
A PC and Mac version is also promised for early 2011.
