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Amazon's Breakaway Is Basically Canceled

DragnelusDragnelus Member EpicPosts: 3,503
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https://compete.kotaku.com/sources-amazons-breakaway-is-basically-canceled-1819874378

No layoffs are planned at the moment for the internet shipping giant’s gaming arm, but the game is on “indefinite hiatus,” a source said.

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  • DaranarDaranar Member UncommonPosts: 392
    Cool.  As much as I love Amazon.  We don't need another corporate publisher pushing p2w (or Amazon's new Stream To Win) competitive PvP games.  Market is flooded anyway.

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  • ForgrimmForgrimm Member EpicPosts: 3,059
    It looked bad anyway. Hopefully they're still working on New World.
  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    http://www.mmorpg.com/breakaway/news/rumor-amazon-game-studios-first-game-on-indefinite-hiatus-1000046139


    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 


  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,498
    SBFord said:
    http://www.mmorpg.com/breakaway/news/rumor-amazon-game-studios-first-game-on-indefinite-hiatus-1000046139
    Yeah, but you didn't have two unnamed sources inside Amazon to confirm its basically cancelled.

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  • EldurianEldurian Member EpicPosts: 2,736
    edited October 2017
    Honestly that's what I was expecting all along. AAA MMOs are dead for the time being. Hate Kickstarters as much as you want, you have a choice between waiting on them or the as-of-yet-unnamed Magic The Gathering MMO by Cryptic, which I am feeling will likely be canceled as well.
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  • ForgrimmForgrimm Member EpicPosts: 3,059
    Eldurian said:
    Honestly that's what I was expecting all alone. AAA MMOs are dead for the time being. Hate Kickstarters as much as you want, you have a choice between waiting on them or the as-of-yet-unnamed Magic The Gathering MMO by Cryptic, which I am feeling will likely be canceled as well.
    Breakaway wasn't going to be an mmo, it was going to be a 4 vs 4 pvp game. New World, which they're hopefully still working on, is the mmo.
  • anemoanemo Member RarePosts: 1,903
    Forgrimm said:
    Eldurian said:
    Honestly that's what I was expecting all alone. AAA MMOs are dead for the time being. Hate Kickstarters as much as you want, you have a choice between waiting on them or the as-of-yet-unnamed Magic The Gathering MMO by Cryptic, which I am feeling will likely be canceled as well.
    Breakaway wasn't going to be an mmo, it was going to be a 4 vs 4 pvp game. New World, which they're hopefully still working on, is the mmo.
    There has been supposedly been hinting that it's going to be closer to one of those limited pop count survival crafting games.  Though that's only as reliable as a few dozen redditors, and considering that recommendations on the preorder page doesn't really have any MMOs I guess it's possible (I'd at least expect EVE timecards to show up, but they don't).

    As for breakaway, Amazon probably felt like it has had no chance since every other Wanna Be DOTA A Like Arena Game But Different has been failing.   Why would you want your studios first game to be a guaranteed failure.
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  • nariusseldonnariusseldon Member EpicPosts: 27,775
    Eldurian said:
    Honestly that's what I was expecting all along. AAA MMOs are dead for the time being. Hate Kickstarters as much as you want, you have a choice between waiting on them or the as-of-yet-unnamed Magic The Gathering MMO by Cryptic, which I am feeling will likely be canceled as well.

    nah .. that is a false dilemma.

    My choice is to watch Stranger Things season 2, then decide whether to play Destiny 2, Wolfenstein or Assassin Creed Origin.

    And oh, John Grisham has a new novel out too. I highly doubt i have time to squeeze in another AAA MMO, even if there is one coming out. 
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