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Wow, what timing. Just as GoG.com has posted up the graphical remake of the first Broken Sword game, developer Revolution Software has announced plans to release a similar remake for Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror. This will be a fairly straight remake of the classic adventure game with no new material added. However it will be getting improved music and graphics including fully animated facial expressions. There will also be a new hint system and diary and will feature support for Dropbox for save games that will enable players to play the game on multiple PCs.

The Broken Sword 2 revamp will also come with an new digital comic drawn by Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons. While the game will be released first for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, it should be out for the PC and Mac early in 2011.

[Via Rock Paper Shotgun]

One of the truly classic PC adventure games is Broken Sword: Shadow Of The Templars. The title, originally developed by Revolution Software and released back in 1992, is now getting a "director's cut" version on the PC in a manner similar to LucasArts' graphical remakes of the first two Monkey Island games.

Both Steam and GamersGate have the game available for purchase and download for $9.99. (GamersGate also has a Mac version). The director's cut includes a new storyline that's been added to the original along with some new first person mini-games, improved audio, a new help system and new "facial expressions" that have been drawn by Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons

It's one of the biggest time sinks that people who work in offices on PCs know so well. It's a game so addictive that some companies and governments have tried to ban folks from playing it at work. It's Minesweeper, which is perhaps the first true casual PC game.

Now comes word that a full adventure game based on Minesweeper may be in the works. G4TV reports that Revolution Software, the creators of the Broken Sword series, are developing such a project. According to the article the game is being developed by giving it real characters and a back story as to why the mines are there. This report uses a source that is not from Revolution Software so we are putting this in a "rumor" file until the developer makes it official.

Still, it's a bold concept. What's next? A game that has a back story for Solitaire?

If you like adventure games, the name Charles Cecil means a lot. The head of UK-based Revolution Software helped to create the classic Broken Sword series of games along with Beneath A Steel Sky, a sci-fi adventure game with artwork by Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons. That latter game has recently been re-released on the iPhone.

Now Eurogamer reports the Cecil is ready to dip his hand back into making games again (his last original game was helping with the design of the 2K Games-published adaptation of The DaVinci Code movie in 2006). Speaking at tthe Eurogamer Expo he states, "All I can say is, I am working with Dave Gibbons and we're working on a new adventure game." That's all he would admit to although he did add, "I love writing and playing adventure games and that is what I'm going to stick to."

We've written many times in the past about how game-to-movie adaptations just don't work for the most part. However, part of the reason may be because most games don't have solid storylines to hang a movie plot on. That may prove to be an opening for Charles Cecil, the head of Revolution Software and creator of the acclaimed Broken Sword adventure game series.

In a new chat with IncGames, Cecil says he's been on getting a movie version of the Broken Sword series started. saying. "1 am in discussions with Radar Pictures, the production company behind Last Samurai and Chronicles of Riddick amongst many other films. We are still planning the project and I have been re-writing the game to work as a film treatment." Oddly enough the plots for the Broken Sword games have similarities to succesful films like The Da Vinci Code and National Treasure. Cecil says he's award of that and adds, "We are aiming this as a post-Da Vince Code story – it is 'knowing' in its approach."

Weekend sales deals are always all the rage and GoG.com's regular weekend bundle deal is back again after a week's hiatus. This time the DRM-free game download site is offering folks a chance to get Revolution Software's adventure games Broken Sword 2 and Broken Sword 3 for just $9.98 for this weekend only. As usual if you already have one of the games you can get the other for a $1 discount.

That's not all, however, GoG.com is also offering ways to win free GoG.com games with Broken Sword titles. One is a word search contest with Broken Sword-related words. The three people who finds the most words gets a free game code. Also three people who bought Broken Sword 2 and 3 from GoG.com will be randomly picked to win a free game code.

It's another week of DRM-free game goodness at GoG.com this week. The game download site has added three new games to their line-up including two from a new publisher to the site JoWood. One is the Black Edition for Painkiller, the terrific 2004 first person shooter from developer People Can Fly. The Black Edition also contains the 2005 expansion pack and some free artwork for $9.99.

Also added to the line-up is the WWII RTS game Panzer Elite from now defunct developer Wings Simulations. This game also has some free extras like a desktop them, a Panzer history and some game mods and its again just $9.99. Finally we have a new super-spy themed adventure game from Revolution Software, In Cold Blood, that can be purchased and downloaded for just $5.99.

Just before the holidays, our favorite DRM-free game download site GoG.com added two games from Revolution Software (Beneath a Steel Sky and Lure of the Temptress) for free. Now the site has added yet another classic adventure game from the developer, Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror, to its game lineup.

While the game isn't free this time, the $5.99 price is tiny to pay for one of the best adventure game titles of the 1990s. The download also includes some free bonus artwork for the game. If you like Broken Sword 2 you will be happy to know GoG.com will add its 3D graphical sequel, Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon, to its line-up in the near future.

Yes, Big Download has been running a contest starting earlier this week where 15 of you might walk away with a free game code from GoG.com. However, the DRM-free game download service from the folks at CD Projekt announced today that they have already posted up two games that are free to download for anyone...yep, anyone with a free GoG.com account.

The two games are Beneath a Steel Sky and Lure of the Temptress. Both are classic point-and-click adventure game titles and both from Revolution Software. Beneath a Steel Sky even comes with its associate comic book drawn by Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons.