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Broken Sword is a franchise centered on a series of adventure video games. The first game in the series, Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars, was released in 1996 by video game company Revolution Software. The first sequel, Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror, was released only a year later, in 1997, and was followed by two more direct sequels: Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon in 2003, and Broken Sword: The Angel of Death. A remake of the first game in the series, known as Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars - Director's Cut, was released in 2009, and a remake of the second game in the series, known as Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered. Revolution, the developer, has confirmed that there will be a new Broken Sword game in the future, but did not cofirm that it is currently in development.

The main protagonists of the series is are "George Stobbart", an American patent lawyer, and "Nicole Collard", a French freelance journalist, while Nicole is not a playable character in the original The Shadow of the Templars'. is also a pivital character in the game, and is playable in every game in the series except the original The Shadow of the Templars.

The Broken Sword series was originally conceived in 1994 by Charles Ceci, Noirin Carmody and Sean Brennan, while talking about the mythology of the Knights Templar. After producing award-winning games for children, the Millers decided their next project would be for adults. Drawing on childhood stories, the brothers spent months designing the Ages players would investigate. The name Myst came from Jules Verne's novel The Mysterious Island. After Riven was released, Robyn left Cyan to pursue other projects and Cyan began developing Uru; developers Presto Studios and Ubisoft created Exile and Revelation before Cyan returned to complete the series with End of Ages. The Shadow of the Templars and its sequels were a critical and commercial successes, selling more than twelve million copies; the games drove sales of personal computers and CD-ROM drives, as well as attracting casual gamers with its nonviolent gameplay. The video games' success has led to three published novels in addition to soundtracks, a comic series, television and movie pitches, and a feature film adaptation of the second novel, The Book of Ti'ana, that is currently in development.

Games

Game
	Release year	Developer	Platforms
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars	1996	Revolution Software	PC (Microsoft Windows, DOS), PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Mobile phone, Wii, Nintendo DS, iOS, Mac OS X
Known as Circle of Blood in the US, it is the first game in the series, and developed by Revolution Software. Originally released in 1996 for PlayStation and PC platforms, the game was later ported to the Game Boy Advance and Mobile phone, and remade for Windows, Mac OS X, Nintendo DS, Wii and iOS as a director's cut. In The Shadow of the Templars, the player assumes the role of "George Stobbart"–a fictional young American patent lawyer, who is an eyewitness and victim of a bomb attack on a small Parisian cafe. It was a critical and comercial success, garning critical acclaim and selling around one million copies.
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror	1997	Revolution Software	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, iOS, Mac OS X
Flush with the success of The Shadow of the Templars, Revolution began work on The Smoking Mirror, which was released only a year later, in 1997. Originally released for Windows and PlayStation, it was re-released to the iOS, Windows, and Mac OS X as a remastered edition. It is the only game in the series not to follow the Knights Templar story line. The Shadow of the Templars, The Smoking Mirror was a comercial success, selling around 1 million units, but was not as acclaimed as the first game, and received mixed to positive reviews.
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon	2003	Revolution Software	Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox
The third game of the series, The Sleeping Dragon, was a departure from the previous games in the series, featuring 3D graphics, and the only game in the series to use a direct control interface. It continues on the story of The Shadow of the Templars. The game received highly positive reviews and sold a few hundred thousand copies.
Broken Sword: The Angel of Death	2006	Revolution Software, Sumo Digital	Microsoft Windows
The latest installment in the series, The Angel of Death, was the first game in the series not to be developed only by Revolution, but was co-developed with Sumo Digital. While the game featured 3D graphics, it returns to the point and click interface, but the character's movements can also be cotroled using [[|keyboard (coputing)|keyboard]] arrows. It is the only game in the series not to be released on any console. It sold a few hundred thousand copies, but received mixed to positive reviews.