Beyond a Steel Sky

Beyond a Steel Sky is the long-awaited sequel to the cult classic Beneath a Steel Sky, returning Charles Cecil (Broken Sword series) to the writer's chair with art direction by Dave Gibbons, the legendary comic artist behind Watchmen. You are Robert Foster, hunting a kidnapped child whose trail has led you to Union City, one of the last remaining mega-cities in a world ravaged by wars and political meltdown.

Union City is a utopia run by an altruistic AI, populated by ever-attentive androids, designer living, piazzas, and bars. What's not to love? Its dark underbelly is exactly what you came to investigate. Dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk themes around social control, AI, and total surveillance drive the narrative.

The gameplay innovation is a hacking tool that lets you subvert NPCs and devices in the dynamic gameworld. Multiple solutions emerge from player choices, NPCs are wilful with their own motivations, and intelligent puzzles interweave with the dramatic narrative. A beautifully detailed, comic-book styled world from Gibbons' mind carries the visual identity.