Our latest coverage of breakaway.
Kotaku reported today that Amazon's free to play team arena brawler is basically cancelled. Interestingly, no layoffs were reported and the game isn't quite fully cancelled as it may re-emerge in some form later. Still, the game is currently on "indefinite hiatus". While Breakaway never quite launched, it has undergone quite a few beta tests over the last year. Breakaway [...]
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With the rise of the eSports scene, broadcasting tournaments on live TV and streaming them on YouTube or Twitch have quickly become the norm. Apparently, the norm wasn’t enough for Amazon Game Studios and their upcoming sports-brawler-slash-MOBA Breakaway. Amazon thought it would be cool to hold an eSports match and broadcast it live from an active military ship. Luckily, the [...]
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It seems that Amazon is all about making the fans happy which is why they decided to give their upcoming MOBA Breakaway a major overhaul ahead of their Alpha weekend test last week. The devs discuss the changes in a recent dev blog: “Don’t worry – Breakaway’s still about fast action, strategic teamwork, and dunking on fools. We listened to [...]
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Remember how Breakaway is returning on June 15th for more Alpha playtest weekends? Well, it seems that, before it opens the floodgates again, Amazon Game Studios wants to make sure that the game is in working order. According to an anonymous source who provided the image below, an Alpha playtest is live right now and is set to run until [...]
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You remember Breakaway, don't you? Amazon Game Studios' debut MOBA title that is shaking up the genre by introducing various sports elements? It had its first Alpha playtest weekend last December? Yeah, that one. Amazon Game Studios announced recently that it will be returning on June 15th for more Alpha playtest weekends, with an "s." You may recall that many [...]
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You guys remember John Smedley, right? President of Sony Online Entertainment, which later became Daybreak Game Company? Most recently worked on Hero's Song, which his company Pixelmage Games raised over $2.8 million to develop before canceling the game a month into Early Access? Yeah, that guy. He just got hired by Amazon Game Studios. But wait, that's not all. He [...]
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As has become somewhat of a tradition at this point, Amazon Game Studios has decided to share some stats from Breakaway's recent public Alpha. They're not the most impressive test stats of recent times, but the Alpha was only open for a weekend and there are quite a few oddly specific stats included. Amazon Game Studios opted to leave out [...]
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Breakaway Gameplay First Look - MMOs.comWatch this video on YouTube Breakaway Gameplay First Look by Omer Breakaway is a free to play 4v4 MOBA developed and published by Amazon Game Studios. It's the first game from Amazon and it plays a bit like Battlerite, as players have access to all their abilities and their ultimate from the get-go. The objective of [...]
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It's been a while since Amazon Game Studios formally unveiled its first game, Breakaway, but today, we finally get to play it. How does it play? Does the handball/MOBA hybrid even work? What even is this game? These questions and more will be answered this weekend, as Breakaway's first Alpha weekend begins later today. To take part, all you have to [...]
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Breakaway is a 4v4 MOBA where two teams score points by getting a ball (called a relic) into the opponent's goal. Add buildable structures and different combat roles into the mix, and let the chaos ensue. Publisher: Amazon Game Studios Type: MOBA Release Date: December 15, 2016 (alpha) Shut Down Date: March 31, 2018 Pros: +Unique 4v4 gameplay. +Variety of [...]
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