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One of the UK’s longest-running studios is bringing back a cult classic IP after a huge 25 year gap
Read More »Beyond a Steel Sky – How Revolution went from a modem to the App Store and reimagined a 25-year old IP
Revolution Software, Payload and more back SpecialEffect’s One Special Day
Studios will give everything to charity on July 15th, Yogscast and Escape Technology also on board
Read More »Revolution and Bullfrog veteran promoted to art director at Climax
Gary Welch has worked on franchises including Broken Sword, Theme Park, Harry Potter and Assassin’s Creed Chronicles
Read More »Crowdfunding experts to share their secrets at Interface next month
Revolution Software, Playtonic and Edge Case to speak in 'The £6m Panel' on May 5th
Read More »Revolution, Playtonic and Edge Case to discuss crowd-funding at special Interface panel next month
Leading games developers will discuss how to make the most of crowd-funding at an opening keynote panel at Interface next month. The panel will include industry veteran Charles Cecil, who took his Broken Sword series to Kickstarter in 2012 and made over 770,000. Playtonic’s Andy Robinson will also join the …
Read More »All of Revolution’s games bundled into 25th Anniversary release
Developer Revolution has announced a 25th Anniversary SKU bundling its entire back catalogue of titles. Included in the 29.99 release are Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars, BS1: Director’s Cut, BS2: The Smoking Mirror, BS2: Remastered, BS3: The Sleeping Dragon, BS4: The Angel of Death and BS5: The Serpent’s Curse. …
Read More »Charles Cecil: Remembering the ‘ultra indie’ 80s dev scene
The Revolution co-founder ponders a time when a stolen car radio almost decided Revolution software's fate
Read More »Charles Cecil: ‘Adventure games never went away’
If you ever needed proof of the positive power of the digital revolution, then look no further than the adventure game. Seven years ago, the point-and-click adventure was a dead genre. There was a a Broken Sword here, a handful of budget releases there, but on the whole adventure games …
Read More »Revolution wouldn’t have survived without Apple
Charles Cecil reveals the impact of the iPhone on the Broken Sword studio
Read More »Revolution Software: If it wasn’t for Apple, we would be dead by now
Broken Sword developer Revolution is celebrating its 25th birthday at Gamescom, but it almost didn’t make it this far. Founder and industry luminary Charles Cecil says that working with publishers and retailers forced the firm to borrow money to survive, and that it was Apple’s decision to enter the games …
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