Breakout Arena: Multiplayer

Breakout Arena is Breakout, head to head: two to four phones battle it out in one arena, connected over Wi-Fi, a phone's hotspot or Bluetooth. No server, no account, no sign-up.

★ HOW IT WORKS

In front of your goal stands a wall of bricks in your color, with your paddle in front of it. Block the balls and protect your wall: if a ball slips past, it smashes your bricks – and if it flies through a gap into your goal, you lose a life. At the same time, steer the balls at the other players' walls to score points and grab goodies. Last one standing wins.

There are always at least two balls in play, so there's never a dull moment.

★ THREE ARENAS

• 2 players: face to face on a tall rectangle

• 3 players: in a circle

• 4 players: in a square

Every phone rotates the arena so your side is always at the bottom. Control it with one finger – just swipe left and right.

★ GOODIES

• Wider paddle

• Shrink your opponents' paddles

• Multiball – the ball splits into three

• Extra life

• Shield in front of your goal

• Fireball – balls smash straight through bricks

• Slow motion

• Reversed controls for your opponents

• Bonus points

★ AI OPPONENTS AND PRACTICE

The host fills empty seats with AI opponents, and if someone leaves, an AI takes over. Want to practice? Play against 1 to 3 AI opponents completely offline – no network needed.

★ ANDROID AND IPHONE TOGETHER

Over Bluetooth, Android phones and iPhones can play in the same match.

★ ALSO

• Rematch with a single tap

• Music and sound effects can be turned off, vibration

• Free with ads – banners only in the menus, never during a match

By betactive develop.