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Number of employees 250 Fatalist Partners AB Expansive Worlds AB Website Fatalist Development AB, Avalanche Studios, is a video game developer based in,. It was founded in March 2003 by Christofer Sundberg and Linus Blomberg. Avalanche Studios focuses on developing projects and bases them on the Avalanche Engine. Formed after the collapse of Rock Solid Games, the studio has expanded from six members to 250 staff members. As well as their main studio in Stockholm, they have two further studios: a studio in (since November 2011), that worked on; and a subsidiary studio in Stockholm named Expansive Worlds, that worked on.
Since the company's establishment, it has worked on multiple projects, including the series of published by and, and. They have also developed the, top-down shooter and Rumble City, their first mobile game. The company aims to begin self-publishing new original in the future. Contents. History Prior to founding Avalanche Studios was founded by Christofer Sundberg and Linus Blomberg in 2003.
Prior to the establishment of the studio, Sundberg had worked in as well as for. Both of them joined, a that had published games such as. Eventually, Sundberg and Blomberg left and founded their own company called Rock Solid Studios during the of 2001. The company partnered with to develop a video game adaptation of, a movie series from. Titled, it was set to be released for, and in 2003.
During that period, another Stockholm-based video game development studio, announced that they would acquire Rock Solid. The agreement between the two companies was ultimately broken by Starbreeze, and the acquisition was stopped.
In addition, Universal decided to cancel Tremors: The Game, which led Rock Solid to declare bankruptcy. With the failure and collapse of Rock Solid, Sundberg and Blomberg became unemployed and in debt.
They eventually decided to start over in 2003, establishing Avalanche Studios with six other employees. Reflecting on the founding in 2015, Sundberg stated that the studio was born in 'pure chaos', and attributed their failure with Rock Solid to trusting 'the wrong people'. Linus Blomberg, co-founder of Avalanche Studios. When naming the company, Sundberg, Blomberg and the other employees brought up a list of military code words used during. They ultimately decided upon ' as the company's name.
The company worked on a prototype project called Rico: Terror in the Tropics in 2003. The project, designed by Sundberg himself, would eventually become Avalanche's first title,. He pitched the game's concept to publisher, which was accepted. According to Sundberg, he wanted to develop a game 'where you could skydive onto the roof of a car and keep on going'. The game was released in 2006 for, PlayStation 2 and. Sundberg considered Just Cause to be the 'DNA' and 'center point of the studio', since it was the first game they developed. Following Just Cause, Avalanche began to provide technical assistance to.
Originally developed and published by Emote Games, the franchise was acquired by Avalanche on 18 February 2010. As The Hunter is an online-activated games, Avalanche established a subsidiary studio called Expansive Worlds on 24 March 2010 to provide support to the continuous development of The Hunter. The new studio will also work on new online games. Also in development during Avalanche's work on The Hunter was and.
AionGuard is a fantasy video game that was ultimately put on hold. Just Cause 2 was announced in January 2008. Powered by the Avalanche Engine 2.0, Avalanche Studios' in-house, the game included several new and improved features.
Originally set to be released in 2008, the game subsequently missed its target release window. In 2008, the studio suffered from layoffs; Avalanche dismissed 77 staff members after the company lost approximately 35 million due to the loss of two contracted projects. One of them was later leaked as Arcadia, a game that was once was to be published.
After the incident, Sundberg claimed that the company would remain as a small studio in the future. Just Cause 2 was not released in 2009, which was regarded as 'a bad year for most companies including ourselves' by Sundberg.
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In May 2009, 20 more employees were laid-off. Despite Avalanche's layoffs, development of Just Cause 2 was completed, and the game was launched in March 2010 for, and.
2011 Upon the completion of Just Cause 2, Avalanche teased a new project. A new title, called, was announced on 30 March 2011. The team was approached by to develop a new downloadable using the Avalanche Engine. Compared to their past titles, the game's production and development periods were much shorter.
Renegade Ops was released on 14 October 2011. On 15 June 2011, Avalanche announced that the company would establish a new division in. The studio was officially opened on 17 November 2011, and the first title set to be developed by the New York division was revealed. Codenamed Project Mamba, the title was a set to be released for 'next-gen' consoles and in 2014. The new studio is located in, and is led by David Grijns, who was a former employee of and. According to Grijns, Avalanche Studios chose New York City as their location due to less competition. They also aimed to change the 'inhospitable' environment of the game industry there.
2012–15 In 2012, Avalanche began the development of. Prior to the game's development, Avalanche had pitched several projects that were set in a post-apocalyptic environment to different publishers. While the original projects never came to fruition, an opportunity was presented to Avalanche Studios by to develop a video game set within the Mad Max universe. Film director and creator of the Mad Max franchise, was consulted during the game's pre-production period., the game director of, joined the studio in 2010 and left in 2012.
Prior to his arrival, he had already been working on a Mad Max game with Miller, leading to a confusing relationship between the two projects. In August 2014, Avalanche Studios announced that they were developing several new projects, calling 2015 'the biggest year since the inception of Avalanche Studios more than a decade ago'.
In addition, the company announced that the Stockholm-based studio would be moved to a larger building for further expansion in the third quarter of 2015. Mad Max was originally set to be released in 2014, but was delayed to September 2015. While Mad Max was being developed by Avalanche's studio in Stockholm, the New York division was working on.
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The development of Just Cause 3 also began in early 2012. While the previous Just Cause games were developed by the Swedish studio, the development of Just Cause 3 was transferred to the New York studio to give the title a fresh start. The game was the first title published by after their acquisition of Eidos Interactive.
Avalanche Studios sent a team to visit a jungle in to inspect the local landscapes and environments to help them create the game worlds for both Mad Max and Just Cause 3. In addition to Mad Max and Just Cause 3, 'a standalone expansion of The Hunter featuring dinosaurs, titled The Hunter: Primal, was released on 's on 15 December 2014. The full game was launched on 31 March 2015. The company also released their first mobile title called Rumble City. It is a games and was released on 7 July 2015. In October 2015, the company announced that both the New York office and the Stockholm office suffered minor lay-offs as the studio was undergoing major transition between projects and that it was unable to maintain multiple large teams during this period.
In June 2016, the Sweden office announced that they had hired Cameron Foote, the lead designer of Just Cause 2's multiplayer mod, to work on both Avalanche's 'present and future projects'. Future In a video interview with, Sundberg revealed that the company will focus on developing new original in the future and, despite continuing to work with other larger publishers, the company's focus will be shifted to self-publishing. Games Games developed Year Title Genre Platform(s) 2006 Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No No No 2009 No No No No No No Yes No No No 2010 No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No 2011 No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No 2015 No No No No No No Yes No No No 2015 Rumble City No No No No No No No No Yes Yes 2015 No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No 2015 No No Yes No No Yes Yes No No No 2017 No No Yes No No Yes Yes No No No Just Cause series is a series of games starring Rico Rodriguez as the protagonist, an operative from 'The Agency', a military organization in Just Cause and Just Cause 2.
The series is known for allowing players to create chaos and providing players freedom in exploring the game's world. Gameplay revolves around gunplay and the use of the and. While the original Just Cause was not particularly well received by critics, its sequel, Just Cause 2, received critical acclaim. The PC version of the game received an 84 out of 100 from, a.
Some reviewers also regarded the game as 'one of the most entertaining shooters ever created'. Upon release, Just Cause 2 was proven to be more popular than its predecessors; over 2 million players played the game's demo, and over 6 million players purchased the final game. As the game did not ship with any multiplayer feature, a multiplayer PC, which can accommodate more than one thousands players in a single map, was created by a modder. Avalanche Studios supported the mod, made the mod official on 16 December 2013, and released the mod on Steam as free downloadable content for players who had purchased the game.
Just Cause 3, the latest title in the series, was released for, and on 1 December 2015. Sundberg considered the collaboration with Square Enix as 'a long-term partnership'. During 's press conference, Square Enix of America CEO, Phil Rogers, stated that he considered Just Cause a major franchise that can stand 'side by side' with other iconic. Mad Max was the first title developed by Avalanche Studios outside of the Just Cause series. It was also the company's first licensed video game. The game follows the series' as he ventures into a wasteland to search for his lost car, the Interceptor. The title was initially slated for a 2012 reveal, but was later announced.
Originally set to be released for Microsoft Windows, and, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game were cancelled due to hardware restrictions. A port was also announced.
Other projects The team also worked on, a hunting video game. The game is a commercial success for Avalanche, with Sundberg claiming that the title 'contributes quite a lot to Avalanche's financial success'. Avalanche considered The Hunter to be an experiment for them to see whether the free-to-play business model suited the company or not.
Is another original title from Avalanche. It is a which had drawn inspirations from 1986's, 1992's and 1993's. The team aimed to 'recreate classics' with Renegade Ops, similar to 2010's.
The game received generally positive reviews upon release. Avalanche Studios' first mobile game, titled Rumble City, is a strategy board game which takes inspiration from the American bike culture during the 1960s. It was released in July 2015 for and devices.
Avalanche Studios was set to be collaborating with Square Enix on the development of the airship segment of. However, it was later revealed that the company only provided information to them, instead of working directly with them. The studio also worked on several cancelled projects.
In 2009, Avalanche announced, a God of War-style fantasy game which features fighters, and for the and. Influences for the game were drawn from and works from and. However, the project was eventually put on hold indefinitely in 2010. In 2012, the company announced a non- game, which was eventually cancelled in 2014. The studio almost collaborated with to develop an open world video game based on the universe. A -themed game was also reported to be in development, but was later put on hold. Philosophy Starting from Avalanche Studios' inception, the company's primary focus is to create open world sandbox games, citing as their inspiration.
According to Blomberg, the studio has always been interested in creating open world games, and they aimed to be 'the best' in developing them. The company seeks to remain flexible to market changes and tries not to limit themselves to one business model. Avalanche also focuses on developing games with long gameplay length and high replay value. Sundberg considers Avalanche Studios to be an independent company, and often keeps the rights to their. Sundberg also stated that video game developers should not put too much weight in income; as a result, the company seldom develops 'forced' multiplayer modes, as they believe that approach 'makes absolutely no sense' and does not add any value to the game. When seeking future projects, the studio chooses projects that they are passionate about and allow creative freedom. They only make games that 'they love to play' or games that 'can bring a smile to people's faces'.
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