BreakAway Games is a video game developer

Video game developer

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 based in Hunt Valley, Maryland

Hunt Valley, Maryland

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 established in 1998. Their executive staff is composed of several veterans from companies such as MicroProse

MicroProse

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, Origin Systems

Origin Systems

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, Atari

Atari

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 and Acclaim Entertainment

Acclaim Entertainment

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.

Since 1998, BreakAway has distinguished itself as a developer of award winning simulation games in a variety of genres in partnership with companies such as Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts

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, Sierra Online, Hasbro

Hasbro

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, The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company

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 and ABC Sports.

BreakAway Games first established themselves in the strategy game

Strategy game

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 market with titles such as Sid Meier's Antietam!

Sid Meier's Antietam!

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(1998), the 2000 expansion Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile for Pharaoh

Pharaoh (computer game)

Pharaoh is an isometric city-building game set in Ancient Egypt created by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Entertainment for Windows-based computers...

, Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle (2001), Austerlitz: Napoleon's Greatest Victory, the Paradise Island expansion for Tropico

Tropico

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, Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom

Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom

Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom is the sixth title in the City Building Series. BreakAway Games was contracted for Emperor after having previously worked on Queen of the Nile...

(2002), and the 2003 expansion Civilization III: Conquests.

BreakAway is one of the largest developers of serious game

Serious game

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s, having developed several high-profile serious games for the U.S. military and the U.S. Department of Justice as well as various health and charity organizations. The company has strategic relationships with AAI

AAI Corporation

AAI Corporation is an aerospace and defense development and manufacturing firm in Hunt Valley, Maryland, USA. It is formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of United Industrial Corporation, AAI was acquired by Textron in 2007 and currently is an operating unit of Textron Systems Corporation...

, Boeing

Boeing

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, Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton

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, GMA Industries, and General Dynamics

General Dynamics

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, among others. The company's ability to form such relationships is the direct result of many years of experience developing military models and operational PC-based warfare simulations for the military. The United States Army Training and Doctrine Command

United States Army Training and Doctrine Command

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, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)

Office of the Secretary of Defense

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, the Army War College, the Navy War College, the National Defense University

National Defense University

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, the United States Joint Forces Command

United States Joint Forces Command

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 Joint Experimentation Directorate and many other governmental and military organizations have also used BreakAway-developed software.

BreakAway is also the prime developer of Pulse!!, a medical treatment training simulation being developed in conjunction with Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

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 in Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, Texas

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External links

• Official Website
• Product Website for BreakAway's Desktop Development Studio mōsbē
• "Leading medical institutions to test Pulse!! Virtual Clinical Learning Lab developed by BreakAway and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi"
• BreakAway Games entry at MobyGames
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  -Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...