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Avalanche Studios is the company that made the Just Cause game series.
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Description
Not to be confused with Avalanche Software, it's an independent, privately held video games developer based in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in March 2003 by Christofer Sundberg, Linus Blomberg and Viktor Blomberg. Avalanche Studios focuses on developing original intellectual properties for games and other media and base their projects on the Avalanche Engine (link to wikipedia). The Avalanche Engine (link to this wiki) is a unique game technology, powering landscapes in explicit detail.
It was reported on 24 October 2008 that 77 employees were laid off due to Avalanche losing two publishing contracts.
24 March Avalanche announced that they have formed a new development studio called Expansive Worlds which is the casual and online games division with a strong focus on community-driven subscription-based titles.
Click here for a 10 minute video where the company leadership talks about the company history, focusing mostly on the New York division that created Just Cause 3. The the video section below about life at their Stockholm studio.
Fact list
- Founded: March 2003.
- HQ: Stockholm, Sweden
- Key people: Christofer Sundberg, Linus Blomberg, Viktor Blomberg, Roland Lesterlin.
- Employes: About 250 (as of april 2016).
- Subsidiaries: Expansive Worlds.
Games
Game | Release year | Platforms | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Xbox | Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS2 | PS3 | PS4 | Windows XP | Windows Vista, or later | ||
Just Cause | 2006 | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes |
The Hunter (link to wikipedia) | 2009 | No | No | ? | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes |
Just Cause 2 | 2010 | No | Yes | ? | No | Yes | ? | No | Yes |
Renegade Ops (link to wikipedia) | 2011 | No | Yes | ? | No | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
AionGuard (link to wikipedia) | Canceled in 2010, but might still be made eventually | No | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Mad Max (link to wikipedia) | 2014 | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Just Cause 3 | 2015 | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
See also: Just Cause game series.
See also
Internal links:
- Eidos Interactive.
- Avalanche Engine.
- Category:Real people (some Avalanche Studios employees are there).
External links: