

While at times serious, it contained much of the humor that the genre was famous for.Ĭharles Cecil-CEO of Revolution Software, the studio behind the Broken Sword franchise-has once again teamed up with award-winning artist Dave Gibbons for the sequel, called Beyond a Steel Sky, though it will differ from the original.

Set in a dystopian future, the game sees players take control of protagonist Robert Foster as he tries to escape from Union City with help from his AI friend, Joey. While it might not have had the impact of The Secret of Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, or Full Throttle, 1994's Beneath a Steel Sky was beloved by many PC and Amiga owners-myself included.

Later this year, we'll finally see the long-awaited sequel to one of these titles: Beneath a Steel Sky. Something to look forward to: Those of a certain age may nostalgically recall the golden era of point-and-click adventure games that were so prevalent in the mid-1990s.
