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British video game developer

Revolution Software Limited is a British video game developer based in York, founded in 1989 by Charles Cecil, Tony Warriner, David Sykes and Noirin Carmody.^[1] Its most popular line of games is that of Broken Sword, a series which began in 1996 with Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars.

As of 2024, there have been a further four iterations in the series: The Smoking Mirror (1997), The Sleeping Dragon (2003), The Angel of Death (2006) and The Serpent's Curse (2013).

Company history

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1992–1994: Lure of the Temptress and Beneath a Steel Sky

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The company's logo was inspired by the 1981 film Excalibur and designed in collaboration with a graphic design firm in Hull.^[2]

Released in 1992 for the Amiga, Atari ST and DOS platforms, Lure of the Temptress was both critically and commercially a success^[3] which helped set the company up for their future game releases.