After a very tough 2009 with continued lay-offs we are very proud that we ended last year with a big new project signed that we are all super-excited about. Recently we secured the rights to theHunter and will soon announce our plans for this very exciting and unique IP. All in all - things are happening at Avalanche Studios and you can't work at a better and more fun studio. Please take a look at our open positions and hopefully there's a career move for you to explore. 

Avalanche Studios, the developer of theHunter game client today announced the acquisition of the full rights to theHunter intellectual property. The studio will assume and continue the development and will soon announce the future plans for the game.

 

The rights to theHunter were previously owned by Emote Games Ltd while the rights to the Avalanche Engine, the game engine behind theHunter were owned by Avalanche Studios.

 

“We are very happy that the discussions were concluded in our favor.” comments Linus Blomberg, Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Avalanche Studios. “The game has unfortunately suffered from the extremely tough business climate during 2009. We are fully committed to the development of theHunter and to the continued investment in the IP. We will reach out to the community as soon as possible as we are transferring the operations and development of the service to our premises.”

 

Avalanche Studios aim to have as little downtime of the game as possible during the transfer of the service. As the transfer has been completed a new update of the game is planned with new exciting content, including a new game environment, new animals, and new weapons.

 

“theHunter presents us with very exciting opportunities, and we have high ambitions for this game” comments Christofer Sundberg, Founder & Creative Director of Avalanche Studios. “Having control over all aspects of the service puts us in a good position to cooperate closely with the community and improve the experience even further.”

For more information about theHunter and to play the game please visit www.thehunter.com.

As you have probably noticed by now, our new website is up. We’ll continue to update the page the next couple of months as we get closer to the release of our third game Just Cause 2. If you are looking for a job at Avalanche Studios, please check our open job positions under Contact.

Avalanche Studios will attend GDC 2010 with no less than fourspeakers within the areas of production and programming. Fredrik Sjöö, John Fuller, Andreas Nilsson and Mathias Westerdahl will be speaking on yet to be announced topics. Game Developer's Conference 2010 takes place between the 9-13th of March, about a week before the release of Just Cause 2.

We’ve been saying ‘early next year’ for long enough.

Previously... on March 23rd:

1903 - The Wright Brothers apply for a patent on their invention of one of the first successful airplanes.
1919 - In Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
1965 - NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
1978 - Perez Hilton born.

And now?

2009 - Just Cause 2 Released!

That's right, Just Cause 2 will release in-stores on March 23rd, 2010 in North America and March 26th in Europe, Middle East, and Australasia!