Revolution Software Ltd.

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Revolution Software is a UK game development studio established in 1990 by Charles Cecil, Tony Warriner, David Sykes and Noirin Carmody. The company focuses on adventure titles and its first release was Lure of the Temptress in 1992. The early titles were all developed using their proprietary Virtual Theatre engine, which was used for the last time in the second Broken Sword game Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror (1997).

The studio is especially known for the 1994 dystopian adventure Beneath a Steel Sky, and the Broken Sword series with four games released between 1994 and 2006. Around 2000 the studio worked on the licensed titles Disney's Story Studio: Disney's Mulan and Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado, and launched In Cold Blood as an original IP.

Following the fourth Broken Sword game Secrets of the Ark: A Broken Sword Game in 2006, no new titles were released. Instead, the studio worked on a director's cut and a remastered version of earlier installments in the series. The traditional PC focus was expanded by making them available on new platforms such as Nintendo DS, Wii, Android and iOS.

In July 2012 a fifth game in the Broken Sword series, Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse, was announced through a Kickstarter campaign based on crowd funding. When the target was reached on 5th September 2012, stretch goals were made available along with option to greenlight the development of Beneath a Steel Sky 2.

Credited on 20 Games from 1992 to 2020

Beyond a Steel Sky (2020 on Linux, Windows, Macintosh...)
Broken Sword: 20th Anniversary Collection (2017 on Macintosh, Linux, Windows)
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse (Backer Edition) (2014 on Linux, Windows, Macintosh)
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse - Episode 1: Paris in the Spring (2013 on iPhone, Android, iPad...)
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse (2013 on Linux, Windows, Macintosh...)
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut (2010 on Windows, Macintosh, Linux)
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered (2009 on Linux, Windows, Macintosh...)
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut (2009 on Linux, Windows, Nintendo DS...)
Little Britain: The Video Game (2007 on Windows, PlayStation 2, PSP)
Secrets of the Ark: A Broken Sword Game (2006 on Windows)
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon (2003 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado (2000 on Windows, PlayStation)
In Cold Blood (2000 on Windows, PlayStation)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: 2nd Edition (2000 on Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation 2...)
Disney's Animated Storybook: Mulan (1998 on Windows, PlayStation, Macintosh)
Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror (1997 on Windows, PlayStation)
Circle of Blood (1996 on DOS, Windows, PlayStation...)
Beneath a Steel Sky (1994 on Linux, DOS, Windows...)
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992 on DOS, Windows 3.x, Amiga...)
Lure of the Temptress (1992 on DOS, Windows, Amiga...)

History +

July 30, 2009

The company announces to establish the handheld entertainment division Revolution Pocket.

1990

company founded

Trivia +

Company contact information:

Revolution Software Ltd

Kings House

12 King Street

York

YO1 9WP

tel (01904) 639721

fax (01904) 639712

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