{"id":17524,"date":"2011-12-02T20:17:35","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T10:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=17524"},"modified":"2011-12-02T20:17:35","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T10:17:35","slug":"balls-to-the-wall-%e2%80%93-atari-announces-breakout%c2%ae-boost-coming-soon-to-iphone-ipad-and-ipod-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=17524","title":{"rendered":"Balls to the Wall \u2013 Atari Announces Breakout\u00ae: Boost, Coming Soon to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>Evolved Freemium Version of Wildly Popular Classic Features Adjustable<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>Speed Slider and Over 200 Unlockable Levels<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>London, United Kingdom \u2013 Dec. 1, 2011<\/strong> \u2013 Atari, one of the world\u2019s most recognised publishers and developers of interactive entertainment, today announced <em>Breakout\u00ae: Boost<\/em> for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, \u00a0a fresh iteration of the groundbreaking 1976 single-player title that claimed the small change of millions and spawned imitations for decades. The all-new free-to-play <em>Breakout: Boost<\/em> features Boost Control, five levels included in the initial download, over 200 additional levels unlockable through in-app purchases, and a slew of new power-ups, bricks and gameplay additions to discover. The new title will be available soon as a free universal download for iOS devices.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Breakout: Boost<\/em> combines the addictive gameplay that has had gamers addicted for decades with modern features like the innovative Boost Control, which players can adjust at will to ramp up the challenge or slow things down for more casual gameplay. Playing at faster speeds will increase a player\u2019s score, providing the edge for champion brick-breakers taking on a friend\u2019s high score through OpenFeint and Game Center integration. <em>Breakout: Boost<\/em> further mixes up the classic formula with power-ups like the Grenade and Acid Balls, and new obstacles including Explosive and Mystery Bricks, providing new challenges for old school experts and countless hours of arcade fun for all.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Breakout: Boost<\/em> features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boost Control allows players to manually adjust the ball\u2019s speed, scaling up the speed to increase the score multiplier<\/li>\n<li>Five free levels and over 200 more unique brick layouts available via in-app purchase<\/li>\n<li>Special ball upgrades to aid your destruction, such as the Fire, Acid, Splitting and Grenade balls<\/li>\n<li>New and unique brick varieties standing in your way, including Exploding, Mystery, x4 and Metal<\/li>\n<li>Save and restore in-progress games, so you can stop and start at your convenience<\/li>\n<li>Game Center and OpenFeint integration for score leaderboards and achievements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Head over to and \u201cLike\u201d the official <em>Breakout: Boost<\/em> Facebook page to stay tuned for more information regarding the game\u2019s launch and new content updates: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.ymlp261.net\/ewearauqbyataqbarawej\/click.php\">www.facebook.com\/breakout<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Atari games and the latest news:\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; Visit our website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/t.ymlp261.net\/ewmavauqbyagaqbanawej\/click.php\">www.atari.com<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; Like us on Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/t.ymlp261.net\/ewjazauqbyafaqbafawej\/click.php\">www.facebook.com\/atari<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8211; Follow us on Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/t.ymlp261.net\/ewbakauqbyanaqbaxawej\/click.php\">www.twitter.com\/atari<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evolved Freemium Version of Wildly Popular Classic Features Adjustable Speed Slider and Over 200 Unlockable Levels\u00a0 London, United Kingdom \u2013 Dec. 1, 2011 \u2013 Atari, one of the world\u2019s most recognised publishers and developers of interactive entertainment, today announced Breakout\u00ae: Boost for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, \u00a0a fresh iteration of the groundbreaking 1976 single-player<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=17524\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17524"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17529,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17524\/revisions\/17529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}