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Broken Sword 5, Episode 2 out today on Windows, Mac, Linux
The second episode of Revolution Software's classic-styled point-and-click adventure game Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse is out today on Steam, Good Old Games and Get Games, finishing up heroic duo George and Nico's latest globetrotting journey. The first episode of The Serpent's Curse launched late last year for PC and mobile platforms. Broken Sword 5 exceeded its Kickstarter goal in 2012 during a boom period for crowdfunded point-and-click adventure game projects, earning nearly $800,000 in backer pledges. Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse - Episode 2 is due to hit the PlayStation Vita, iOS and Android devices soon. [Video: Revolution Software]
Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse Episode 1 out now on iOS
The first episode of the crowdfunded Broken Sword revival is out now on iOS, priced $5/£3. The second episode of The Serpent's Curse, which all platforms are still waiting on, is due to be added "shortly" as an in-app purchase. If you're interested in checking it out, we'd advise doing it soon: The $5 tag for Episode 1 is a promotional one. There's no word what the regular asking price will be, but the full two-episode Steam version is currently going for $25/£19. After raising more than double its $400,000 funding goal, developer Revolution brought the new entry in the long-running point-and-click series to Steam and Vita in 2013. The final episode is coming as a free update on those platforms, and it's due in Q1 2014 i.e. soon. As for the question of a release date for Android; we think the answer has something do with this goat that keeps butting us, but otherwise we're stuck. We'll keep you informed. [Image: Revolution Software]
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse submitted to Apple
The first episode of two-parter Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse should be available soon on iOS. Developer Revolution Software says it has submitted the final build to Apple and is awaiting approval. Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse made its debut on Steam back in December. The game is available on PC, Mac OSX and Linux; a PS Vita port is also available. The second and final part of Broken Sword 5 will be available in Q1 2014 as a free update to the base game. Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse, the latest in the iconic point-and-click adventure series started in 1996, was financed through Kickstarter, where Revolution managed to secure $771,561 to make the game. Broken Sword 5 follows lawyer George Stobbart and journalist Nico Collard, both of whom find themselves caught up in the theft of a mysterious painting – an art piece that has ties to Spanish fascists in the second World War. Image: Revolution Software
First episode of Broken Sword 5 pointing and clicking on December 4
The first episode of Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse will launch on December 4, developer Revolution Software announced. The point-and-click adventure will arrive on PC, Mac and Linux first with Android and iOS versions following "soon after," though no release date for the mobile games has been set. The game will also come to Vita later this year. Revolution Software earned $771,561 on Kickstarter in September 2012 to fund the next entry in the adventure series, which began in 1996. Broken Sword 5 is split into two episodes, each episode being "a full sized game in its own right," the developer writes. The second episode is due out in January 2014.
Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse pokes around on PS Vita
Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse, the fifth entry in the long-running adventure game series, is coming to the PS Vita. "The PS Vita is an ideal device for an adventure game - the combination of the front and rear touch screen, as well as the analog stick and shoulder buttons, gives us so much scope to create a really great user interface," Charles Cecil, Revolution Software co-founder, writes on the PlayStation Blog. Sadly, the majority of his post recounts the series' legacy and doesn't go into any specifics about the PS Vita port. Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse, due later this year, is also coming to PC, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android. The game was successfully funded through Kickstarter last year, earning $771, 560 – nearly twice its goal of $400,000.
Broken Sword Kickstarter didn't hit 'Beneath a Steel Sky 2' goal, sequel is a go anyway
Revolution Software asked for $400,000 to Kickstart the fifth installment of its point-and-click-adventure franchise, Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse. The Kickstarter closed with $771,561, leaving the team more than $800,000 including PayPal donations.The Serpent's Curse included stretch goals after cresting the initial amount, and it hit three of them, but fell short of the $1 million goal that would have greenlit a sequel to Beneath a Steel Sky. Revolution plans to develop Beneath a Steel Sky 2 regardless of the stretch goal misfire, studio co-founder Tony Warriner tells Develop."We're delighted by the recent level of interest in a sequel to Beneath a Steel Sky and are currently discussing design ideas for this project, which we plan to go into development following the release of Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse," Warriner says. "We're deeply touched that our Steel Sky fans are as enthusiastic today as they were when the original game released in 1994."The Serpent's Curse hit goals to restore the "Director's Cuttings" and include more game content, add exotic locations in North Africa and the Middle East, and add one backer's likeness and name to the game.The Serpent's Curse should be available for PC, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android devices in early 2013.
Beneath a Steel Sky gets sequel if Broken Sword Kickstarter hits $1 million
After hitting its $400,000 target yesterday, the Broken Sword: the Serpent's Curse Kickstarter just went up a notch. Should the fundraiser now reach $1 million then 'Beneath a Steel Sky 2' also gets greenlighted. We're used to bonuses after Kickstarter targets are reached early, but Revolution Software's is a real double whammy.Revolution remastered the 1994 classic three years ago for iOS, but the British developer is desperate to continue the cyberpunk point-and-click adventure. With the Serpent's Curse Kickstarter approaching $0.5 million with half its allowed time to go, a Beneath a Steel Sky sequel is certainly looking plausible.Revolution announced other targeted bonuses after getting funded yesterday. $500,000 worth of donations sees Serpent's Curse come with director's cut goodies, $650,000 brings two extra locations for George and Nico to explore, and $800,000 lets Revolution realise its "wildest ambitions" with the game. That last one is a bit vague, but our eyes were drawn to "the return of the infamous goat."
Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse Kickstarter funded, curse still going strong
With 16 days to go, Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse just crept past its Kickstarter target of $400,000. UK studio Revolution Software launched the campaign for the adventure series' fifth entry in August, and in less than half its allowed time The Serpent's Curse is now officially funded. One step closer to breaking that curse, we hope.Revolution also announced recently that the game is coming to Android too ... should you buy in for $25 or more, that is. You could also just buy the game when it arrives on Android, of course, knowing that it's totally headed there.
Broken Sword returns (via Kickstarter) in 'The Serpent's Curse,' coming in 'early 2013'
It's been five years since the last Broken Sword franchise entry, but that doesn't mean Revolution Software forgot about its long-running adventure game series. The fifth entry – Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse – got announced this morning for PC/Mac alongside the launch of the project's Kickstarter page.Rather than following previous tradition, The Serpent's Curse is a hardcore first-person shooter set in the world of Broken Sword, but a thousand years into the future after the apocalypse ravaged society. KIDDING! It's another adventure game like previous entries – a teaser with the beginning of the next game is just above.If you invest $15 in the project, you'll receive a digital copy of the game "along with a host of bonus material." You can always invest more and get more stuff from Revolution, if that's your kinda thing. The folks at Revolution are allotting $400K just to develop their game, which needs to reach its goal by 30 days from now.
