- BreakAway Games
BreakAway Games is a
video game developer based inHunt Valley, Maryland established in1998 . Their executive staff is composed of several veterans from companies such asMicroProse ,Origin Systems ,Atari andAcclaim Entertainment .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 ,Sierra Online ,Hasbro ,The Walt Disney Company andABC Sports .BreakAway Games first established themselves in the
strategy game market with titles such as "Sid Meier's Antietam! " (1998 ), the2000 expansion ' for "Pharaoh", ' (2001 ), ', the ' expansion for "Tropico ", ' (2002 ), and the2003 expansion '.BreakAway is one of the largest developers of
serious game 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,Boeing ,Booz Allen Hamilton ,GMA Industries , andGeneral Dynamics , 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. TheUnited States Army Training and Doctrine Command , theOffice of the Secretary of Defense Net Assessment (OSD) , theArmy War College , theNavy War College , theNational Defense University , theJoint Forces Command 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 withTexas A&M University inCorpus Christi, Texas .External links
* [http://www.breakawayltd.com Official Website]
* [http://www.mosbe.com Product Website for BreakAway's Desktop Development Studio mōsbē]
* [http://www.breakawayltd.com/media/press/2006/breakaway_pulse.shtml "Leading medical institutions to test Pulse!! Virtual Clinical Learning Lab developed by BreakAway and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi"]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/breakaway-games-ltd BreakAway Games] entry atMobyGames
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