Players assemble a team from an expanding roster of legendary warriors, including the relentless gladiator Spartacus, the twisted sorceress Morgan Le Fay, and the bloodthirsty warlord Vlad the Impaler. At the start of each round, warriors can summon persistent buildables onto the playing field that dynamically alter the game. Buildables can besiege foes, shield teammates, or create new pathways through the arena. Players fight for dominance across fabled locations such as El Dorado, Atlantis, and Styx. They battle to control the Relic--the center of Breakaway’s action--passing it to teammates, defending it from attackers, and smashing it into an opponent’s base to score.

The rules are simple: work with your team to seize the Relic, then move it into your opponent’s base to score!  Players choose from a dream team of warriors from myth and legend —like Spartacus, Anne Bonny, and Victor Frankenstein—and compete in exhilarating best-of-five games. Each warrior brings unique abilities to the arena and can turn the tide of battle with powerful Buildables, including siege weapons, flaming catapults, speed ramps, and giant walls, that persist through the entire match.

Late last year Amazon Game Studios sent its competitive multiplayer title Breakaway back to the drawing board, but that may not have had the desired effect since further development on the game seems to have been canceled.

Hey Everyone—

We wanted to update you on the development of Breakaway.

Since our last announcement, we have worked to implement community feedback and iterate on Breakaway’s core gameplay. While we have developed many ideas and made a lot of progress, we are also setting a very high bar for ourselves. In spite of our efforts, we didn’t achieve the breakthrough that made the game what we all hoped it could be. After a lot of soul searching, the team decided to focus on new ideas. As a result, Breakaway is no longer in active development.

We remain exceptionally proud of the team’s work, and feel privileged to have been a part of such a dedicated and enthusiastic community. We will reach out to this channel as soon as we have news to share regarding our new projects, and if a thunderbolt of inspiration strikes that leads us back to Breakaway, you’ll be the first to know.

Thanks,

The Breakaway Team

Rain fire on opponents with Spartacus’ Catapult. Fortify your allies with the healing aura of Alona’s Sun Shrine. Shatter the earth with Thorgrim’s Demolition Hammer. Trap the enemy with Rawlins’ Jail. Each warrior summons unique Buildables that can alter the pace of combat, or reshape the arena.

Breakaway is powered by Amazon Lumberyard and integrates directly with Twitch. Breakaway introduces four new ways for the Twitch community to interact with broadcasters. Metastream allows streamers to customize their broadcasts with real-time stat overlays. Broadcaster Match Builder lets broadcasters invite their followers to join their matches. Broadcaster Spotlight adds to the excitement of streaming. It tells players when they’re in a match that’s being broadcast, and lets them follow the broadcaster with a single click. Stream+ gives broadcasters new ways to interact with their viewers through polls, and by allowing viewers to wager loyalty points that are redeemable for in-game rewards.