Avalanche Studios AB

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Avalanche Studios was founded by Christofer Sundberg, Linus Blomberg and Viktor Blomberg in 2003. The studio is located in Stockholm, Sweden and currently employs 90 people. It is the trading name of the company Fatalist Development AB.

Avalanche Studios is a privately held development company for independent games. It focuses on original IP or selected high-profile licenses and innovative games technology. In September 2006 the company released its first game, Just Cause. The sequel, Just Cause 2 was released March 2010.

In March 2010, Avalanche Studios announced that they formed a new development studio called Expansive Worlds which will be the casual and online games division with a strong focus on community-driven subscription-based titles. Expansive Worlds develops and publishes theHunter, which was acquired in February 2010 from Emote Games Ltd.

The Avalanche Engine (current version 2.0) is the studios' proprietary engine. The engine is focused on large landscapes with varied climates zones. The engine also features advanced weather effects and day-to-night cycles. The engine is used in Just Cause, Just Cause 2 and theHunter.

It is not to be confused with WB Games | Avalanche.

Credited on 19 Games from 2006 to 2021

theHunter: Call of the Wild - 2021 Edition (2020 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Windows)
Generation Zero: Island Bundle (2019 on PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One)
Just Cause 4: Reloaded (2019 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Windows...)
theHunter: Call of the Wild - Reserve Bundle (2019 on Windows)
Rage 2 (2019 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One...)
Generation Zero (2019 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
theHunter: Call of the Wild - Reserve Bundle (2018 on Xbox One)
Just Cause 4 (2018 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
theHunter: Call of the Wild - 2019 Edition (2018 on Windows)
theHunter: Call of the Wild (2017 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Just Cause 3 (2015 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Mad Max (2015 on Linux, Windows, Macintosh...)
theHunter: Primal (2015 on Windows)
Just Cause 3 (Collector's Edition) (2015 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Renegade Ops (2011 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Just Cause 2 (2010 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (2010 on Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
theHunter (2009 on Windows)
Just Cause (2006 on Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox...)

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October 2008

The company confirms to have laid off 77 employees (of a staff of 160) after losing two publishing contracts during the course of the year.

March 2003

Company founded.

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Company location (2008):

Avalanche Studios

Åsögatan 108

S118 29 Stockholm

Sweden

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