BreakAway Games is a

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based in

Hunt Valley, Maryland Hunt Valley is an unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, near the site of the Maryland Hunt Cup Steeplechase. It lies just north of the city of Baltimore, along York Road (Maryland Route 45), parallel to Intersta ...

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

MicroProse MicroProse is an American video game publisher and video game developer, developer founded by Bill Stealey, Sid Meier, and Andy Hollis in 1982. It developed and published numerous games, including starting the ''Civilization (series), Civilizatio ...

Origin Systems Origin Systems, Inc. was an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas. It was founded on March 3, 1983, by Richard Garriott and his brother Robert Garriott, Robert. Origin is best known for their groundbreaking work in multiple genres ...

Atari Atari () is a brand name that has been owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by French publisher Atari SA through a subsidiary named Atari Interactive. The original Atari, Inc. (1972–1992), Atari, Inc., ...

and

Acclaim Entertainment Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. was an American video game publisher based in Glen Cove, New York. Originally formed by Greg Fischbach, Robert Holmes and Jim Scoroposki out of an Oyster Bay storefront in 1987, the company established a worldwide d ...

. BreakAway Games first established themselves in the

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market with titles such as ''

Sid Meier's Antietam! ''Sid Meier's Antietam!'' is a real-time Wargame (video games), computer wargame designed by Sid Meier, the co-founder of Firaxis Games, then released in December 1999. It is the sequel to the 1997 ''Sid Meier's Gettysburg!''. Gameplay The game a ...

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

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'', '' Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle'' (2001), '' Austerlitz: Napoleon's Greatest Victory'', the ''

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'' expansion for '' Tropico'', '' Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom'' (2002), and the 2003 expansion '' Civilization III: Conquests''.

EA Los Angeles Danger Close Games (formerly DreamWorks Interactive LLC and EA Los Angeles) was an American video game developer based in Los Angeles. The company was founded in March 1995 as joint venture between DreamWorks SKG and Microsoft (later moved to M ...

tasked them with the development of two expansion packs for their games: '' The Rise of the Witch-king'' for ''

The Battle for Middle-Earth II ''The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II'' is a 2006 real-time strategy video game developed and published by Electronic Arts. Being second part of the Middle-Earth strategy game, it is based on the fantasy novels ''The Lord of t ...

'' in 2006 and ''

Kane's Wrath ''Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath'' is an expansion pack for the 2007 real-time strategy video game '' Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars''. Developed by EA Los Angeles studios and BreakAway Games studios, it was released on March 24, 2008 in ...

'' for '' Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars'' in 2008. BreakAway is one of the largest developers of

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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,

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GMA Industries GMA may refer to: Broadcasting * GMA Network, a Philippine television channel * GMA Network (company), GMA Network Inc., a Philippine broadcasting company * GMA TV, a fake news website which imitated the legitimate GMA News website * ''Good Morn ...

, and

General Dynamics General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American publicly traded, aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Reston, Virginia. As of 2020, it was the fifth-largest defense contractor in the world by arms sales, and 5th largest in the Uni ...

, among others. The

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, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Army War College, the

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, the

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, the

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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 (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, T ...

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