Amazon has finally unveiled its first big-budget AAA games

By Jon Porter

Not content to be a leading online retailer, streaming service, ebook publisher, and grocery store, Amazon has finally unveiled its ambitious videogame publishing plans.

The company announced the news on the eve of 2016’s TwitchCon, a convention surrounding the Amazon-owned livestreaming service.

Three games were announced onstage: Crucible, a multiplayer first-person shooter; New World, a game about constructing and exploring a shared world, and a third-person multiplayer brawler Breakaway.

A Breakaway hit?

After short teasers for the games, the event then focused on Breakaway, a team-based 3rd-person multiplayer brawler which sees brawlers with different abilities facing off against one another. As well as different character-based abilities, the game also heavily integrates support for Twitch.

For example, streamers can directly interact with match-making to build custom matches of viewers. We were told that Amazon hopes that in the future this might lead to broadcasters coaching teams of players.

The event also saw a 4v4 match of Breakaway played live on-stage, featuring a number of high-profile eSports players and Twitch streamers.

The demonstration gave us a closer look at the different character classes, which include a typical selection of tanks, sharpshooters, and support characters.

• Watch the livestream of Breakaway on Twitch

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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming