Editing Revolution Software (section)

===1996–1997: ''Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars'' and ''Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror''===
Despite the success of ''Beneath a Steel Sky'', it was the company's next game that they would become best known for, and which would have both the biggest critical and commercial success.<ref name="bs1" /> ''[[Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars]]'' was released for PC and [[PlayStation]] in 1996 and was later ported to the [[Game Boy Advance]] in 2002. The game revolves around the story of George Stobbart, an American tourist whose holiday in Paris is rudely interrupted by a bombing. Investigating, he runs into photo-journalist Nicole Collard, and the two embark on a globe-trotting adventure. The hand drawn graphics, story and characters, and gameplay helped cement the company's reputation for story driven games.<ref name="bs1">{{cite web |url=http://revolution.co.uk/?page_id=5&game_id=3&platform_id=0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008031613/http://revolution.co.uk/?page_id=5&game_id=3&platform_id=0|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 October 2011 |title=Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars |publisher=Revolution Software}}</ref> The game was quickly followed by a well-received sequel, ''[[Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://revolution.co.uk/?page_id=5&game_id=4&platform_id=0 |title=Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror |publisher=Revolution Software |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315094822/http://revolution.co.uk/?page_id=5&game_id=4&platform_id=0 |archive-date=15 March 2012}}</ref> According to Charles Cecil, each of the first two ''[[Broken Sword]]'' games sold around 1,000,000 copies in the mid-1990s.