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Read More »Avalanche Studios get $10million investment from Nordisk Film
Can AI play with madness?: Artificial intelligence in Mad Max
In taking on the world of Mad Max, Avalanche Studios set itself a tough challenge: how to recreate the manic behaviour of its inhabitants. We ask lead gameplay programmer Stefan Dagnell why Havok and madness make the perfect couple
Read More »FIFA 16 UK digital revenue hits £4.5m in September
EA’s smash hit FIFA 16 dominated the digital market just as much as the physical one, new figures from SuperData reveal. The console versions of the game were downloaded almost 85,000 times by the end of September, generating more than 4.5m. That revenue included microtransactions made via the game’s Ultimate …
Read More »Mad Max gets September release date, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions cancelled
Avalanche’s take on the Mad Max series has been dated for this September. The PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC and SteamOS versions of the game will be hitting stores on September 4th. And according to Game Informer, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions have been cancelled, a move that …
Read More »New office for Just Cause developer
Mad Max developer Avalanche is moving into a large new studio space in Stockholm, Sweden. And the studio has promised ‘several surprises’ planned for next year. Smart money is on a new Just Cause.?? The new office will be more than 32,000 square feet in size and situated nearby to …
Read More »VIDEO: Warner delays Mad Max until 2015
Mad Max now won’t be released this year. Publisher Warner Bros has announced the new date at the same time it has released a new trailer for the game, which can be seen below. It had originally been planned to arrive this year. The game is in development for PS4, …
Read More »Avalanche Studios: Triple-A games model is 15 years behind
Mad Max developer says publisher focus on blockbusters is "really not healthy"
Read More »50 Things to look forward to in 2014
MCV takes a look at the biggest releases and events that will affect the games industry in the next year. 1. Dark Souls II For the masochistic gamers out there a sequel to the insanely difficult Dark Souls will be coming to stores in March. The series has a relentless …
Read More »From Just Cause to Mad Max – Avalanche ten years on
Studio co-founder Christofer Sundberg tells Develop about tackling the Mad Max IP, free-to-play, and ten years at the reins
Read More »SONY: Mad Max game coming to PlayStation 4
In what nearly looked like a Fallout 4 reveal, Sony announced PS4 will be getting a game based on the franchise that defined the post-apocalyptic genre: Mad Max. The game is being published by Warner Bros and developed by Avalance Studios, the creators of Just Cause – so expect an …
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