Broken Sword 5 interview: Bringing a classic adventure series to Switch on September 21

Revolution Software’s classic point-and-click adventure series Broken Sword started 22 years ago on PC, but it’s kept up with the times. The studio has remastered and remade the first two entries in the franchise for mobile devices, and now its most recent title, Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse, is coming to Nintendo Switch on September 21.

Community has been an important part of Revolution’s journey. Studio cofounder and CEO Charles Cecil and his team raised over $800,000 through a crowdfunding campaign for Broken Sword 5, which gave them a unique opportunity to get direct feedback from their fans. It’s the fifth installation in a series that features recurring protagonists George Stobbart and Nicole “Nico” Collard. Where in the past they’ve investigated the Knights Templar, this time they unravel a conspiracy around a mysterious medallion featuring an ouroboros. It released in two episodes, one in late 2013 and the second in early 2014.