Media Room - Press Releases - 2007

BreakAway's Doug Whatley to Speak at GC Developers Conference in Germany

BALTIMORE, MD (8/15/07) --- BreakAway Ltd, a leading developer of entertainment games, game-based simulations and training software today announced that company founder and CEO, Doug Whatley has been selected to speak at the upcoming GC Developers Conference (GCDC) in Leipzig, Germany. The conference being held August 20 - 22 has become the leading conference for game developers across Europe. GCDC continues to grow as a forum for developers in the areas of computers, game consoles, and mobile entertainment.

Whatley’s presentation will feature an in-depth look at the current state of the serious games industry and will provide a vision for future market growth and demand for serious games development including applications used for training, analysis and decision making across a wide variety of industries and organizations.

“It’s exciting to see the topic of serious games continue to be an integral part of the content offered at leading game developers conferences”, said Doug Whatley, Founder and CEO of BreakAway. “GC Developers Conference brings together the best and the brightest PC, console and handheld developers as we explore ways to best apply breakthrough technological advances being made for both the entertainment and serious games markets.”

BreakAway has over a decade of experience providing game-based simulations and training software products to the Department of Defense, medical and first-responder organizations and corporations. BreakAway’s latest offering, mōsbē™ is the first PC-based desktop development studio providing intuitive and powerful customization tools that allow users to rapidly create simulated environments for testing, training and strategic planning. The first release provides the tools, assets and functionality specifically designed for the needs of the military with future releases planned to address the growing demand for first-responder organizations as well as medical simulation and game-based corporate training.

About BreakAway, Ltd. (www.breakawayltd.com)

Founded in 1998 in Hunt Valley, MD, BreakAway, Ltd. is a leading developer of entertainment games and game-based simulations for modeling, simulation, training, and visualization. By applying tools, technology, and best practices in game design and development to the creation of simulations for experimentation, training, and decision-making analysis, BreakAway is an innovator in using game technology to change the way we learn, communicate, train, and teach.

BreakAway’s flagship product, mōsbē, is the first PC-based desktop development studio created to power serious games. With a suite of development tools based on game technology packaged in an intuitive and easy-to-learn user interface, mōsbē puts the power to create customized simulations in the hands of the user.

With a client list that includes Electronic Arts, Microsoft, the Department of Defense, FDIC, and the National Institute for Justice, BreakAway has emerged as the top serious games company through its Lite Simulation products. A three time Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 winner, BreakAway employs over 100 people in its Hunt Valley, MD headquarters and at its Corpus Christi, TX studio.