"We're delighted by the recent level of interest in a sequel to
Beneath a Steel Sky and are currently discussing design ideas for this project which we plan to go into development following the release of
Broken Sword - The Serpent's Curse," the studio told Develop. "We're deeply touched that our
Steel Sky fans are as enthusiastic today as they were when the original game released in 1994."
The sequel is a pretty big deal to a certain subset of gamers because
Beneath a Steel Sky is widely regarded as an exceptionally good game, with sharp writing, glorious visuals and challenging but not unfairly obtuse gameplay. The Golden Joystick Awards declared it the "Best Adventure Game" of 1995, while PC Gamer gave it a nod for "Best Dialog."
Beneath a Steel Sky 2 will be developed for Windows, Linux, OS X, iOS and Android, with a possibility of a console release as well. It won't be around for awhile -
Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse isn't expected to be ready until April 2013, according to the Kickstarter page, and work on
BASS2 won't begin until sometime after that.