Introducing Breakaway: Amazon's esports game by the Killer Instinct devs

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Killer Instinct developer Double Helix was acquired by Amazon Game Studios shortly after the release of its free-to-play fighting game and now the developer is courting the esports market with Breakaway, a four-vs-four competitive action arena title. Revealed today at TwitchCon, Breakaway uses the dev's penchant for deep fighting systems, only this time re-appropriates towards complex team-based action.
The general gist of Breakaway is that two teams compete to bring a relic into a goal on their opponents' end of the field. There are two additional ways to win: defeating every member of the opposing team through combat, or running out the clock while the relic is on the opposing team's side of the map.
Each character can carry the relic, but it's easily dropped through a complex fighting system. How complex? Each character comes equipped with a core attack and three unique special moves tied to cooldown timers. For example, Alona, the healer, can cast a spell increasing the HP of those around her, or Spartacus' Assault can do a bunch of quick combos.
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