Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: Reforged confirmed for Switch

August 16: Revolution Software today confirmed that it’s working on a Switch version of Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: Reforged and shared a release date for the game. The title will be available for Nintendo’s console on September 19, 2024.

Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: Reforged is an updated version of the classic point-and-click adventure game. Redone graphics and enhanced audio are a couple of the highlighted features. In fact, you can easily swap between the new visuals of the original and Reforged.

A bunch of additional information about the game can be found in the following overview:

A substantial enhancement of one of the most popular adventures of all time, Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: Reforged was revealed to much fanfare back at Gamescom 2023 in Köln. Standing as a completely revitalised and ‘reforged’ version of George and Nico’s original globe-trotting adventure, players will be taken from the atmospheric avenues of the French capital to the mystery-laden mountains of Syria, the sun-soaked coastline of Spain and a whole host of stunning locations in between.

The backgrounds have been repainted from the line art originally drawn by Don Blooth layout artists, the sprites have been reanimated and the audio has been enhanced to bring new levels of fidelity to the speech and the legendary soundtrack composed by the late great Barrington Pheloung.

Redefining adventure gameplay for the modern era, a new ‘story mode’ will dynamically balance narrative and gameplay progression to offer a stunning gameplay experience for a whole new generation of adventure fans to enjoy.

Key Features

• Step out onto the streets of Paris as American tourist George Stobbart finds himself embroiled in a mysterious journey of intrigue and jeopardy.
• Enjoy a globe-spanning adventure, exploring exotic locations, solving ancient mysteries, and thwarting a dark conspiracy to reveal the secret truths of the Knights Templar.
• Voyage through the game’s iconic locations illustrated in beautiful 4K (on supported formats) on contemporary consoles for the first time ever.
• Listen to enhanced audio as Revolution delivers the finest, most stunning version of George and Nico’s original adventure to date.
• Switch between the original 1996 version of the game and the new reforged visuals at the click of a button.
• Play the game the way that you want to – choose between a ‘traditional mode’ for people who enjoy adventures the way they used to be, and a ‘story mode’ for those who want subtle hints to ensure they never get frustrated

View a trailer for the game below.

Release Date Trailer

September 18: The Switch version is seeing a slight delay. It will now launch in October, though we don’t have an exact date.

October 31: The game ended up being delayed even further than planned. However, we’re now hearing that the Switch version launches next week, November 7.