The fantasy sports game “Breakaway” from Amazon has been discontinued. After significant changes to the core gameplay, the developers were dissatisfied and decided to pull the plug.
Breakaway comes from Amazon Game Studios and was seen within the community as a mix of Overwatch and Rocket League. While players could brawl with melee and ranged heroes in the arena, the objective was to get the game ball into the opponent’s goal. A chaotic principle that was somehow fun, but left many questions unanswered.
After pausing the project last autumn, the development of Breakaway is now being canceled.
Breakaway underwent changes in the core gameplay, but it didn’t help
In autumn 2017, the studio announced that based on feedback from the testing phases, they wanted to thoroughly revise the game. At that time, it was unclear how long that would take. After that, things went quiet regarding Breakaway.
The team recently stated on Reddit that the development of Breakaway has been halted. Although the developers had many ideas and made progress, ultimately it was not enough.
The team set the bar pretty high for the game and did not achieve the breakthrough in development that would make the game what they had hoped for. After long consideration, the Breakaway team is now focusing on new ideas and stopping the development of Breakaway.
A small glimmer of hope, however, remains for the fans who fell in love with the game. “Should we be struck by a bolt of inspiration that brings us back to Breakaway, we will be the first to let you know,” it is stated on Reddit.
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