Breakaway preview: Amazon's first game blends basketball with the MOBA genre

December 16, 2016

Breakaway’s Black Knight is a fearsome foe—all 400 pounds of him. Clad in spiky black armor, standing seven feet tall, and with a man-sized axe in his massive gauntlets, he’s basically a murderous brick wall standing between me and freedom. Luckily he’s also slow. And me? I’m Spartacus, famed gladiator, lithe and quick. In a modern-day David and Goliath situation, I strafe my way around the Black Knight’s left side, flitting just past his weapon and making a break for— ...For the basket? It’s true. I sprint up the stairs of fabled El Dorado, leap into the air like some ancient-world Michael Jordan, and slam a golden ball down into the pit on the ground. 1-0, our team.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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