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[sonycowboy]

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2004--Eidos, one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, announces it has signed a development deal with Swedish based Avalanche Studios.

Avalanche Studios specialises in the creation of innovative game concepts using its cutting edge proprietary technology. It is developing an action game entitled Just Cause for Eidos, which will be released in 2005 on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC.

Martin Alltimes, head of European external development at Eidos, says: "Avalanche Studios offers a great fit to Eidos' product strategy of IP ownership and the development of original content utilising ground-breaking technology. Building on the excellent work to date, I am confident this relationship will produce an exceptional game."

Christofer Sundberg, director of Avalanche, says: "We are very proud to be part of the Eidos developer network. Eidos is a strong and ambitious publisher with a long history of releasing AAA titles and making blockbusters out of original content. Our ambition is to build a long term relationship with our publishing partner, and Eidos has already proven to be an excellent choice."

 

[Deleted member 284]

I just hope Avalanche cashes in as much as possible before the gravy train stops @ Eidos.

 

[The Bookerman]

Avalanche once did a fuckin crappy job of porting Mortal Kombat triolgy on psx.

Man do they suck.

 

[jetjevons]

Not the same Avalanche I'm pretty sure. This Avalanche used to be Rock Solid Studios. They are located in Sweden. They were working on the Tremors game for me back when I was at Conspiracy. They are an extremely talented bunch. Keep your eyes on this game.

 

[ManaByte]

Just because they didn't announce the game they are working on, it doesn't mean there isn't a game.

This may come as a total shock to some of you, but most games can be in development for two or more years before you even hear a rumor of it being worked on.