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Atari’s Breakout is getting a side-scrolling reboot
Breakout Beyond builds on the 1976 classic with neon-infused power-ups and local co-op. It arrives later this year for PC and all major consoles.
The upcoming version of the simple 1976 brick-smashing hit rotates the playing field by 90 degrees and adds auto-scrolling, neon effects, power-ups and local co-op. Ditto for auto-scrolling, as this version pans left-to-right toward a goal rather than simply requiring you to break all the bricks on a fixed screen. You can also break special blocks that unlock power-ups: bombs that clear out everything from a set radius, a force field to shield the ball and a freakin’ laser cannon that lets you blast bricks out of your way, a la Space Invaders.
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