Back in February Avalanche Studios founder Christofer Sundberg published a pair of teaser images via social media: one on Instagram and the second on Twitter two weeks later. Speculation arose that the images were potentially related to Just Cause 3 or a Mad Max project.
Speaking to Edge, Sundberg has revealed the shots were actually from a steampunk sandbox game the Swedish studio was working on five years ago.
Nope, not Just Cause 3.
“They were from a steampunk-style game we had in development that we put on ice,” said Sundberg. “I really love that art style, and to combine it with sandbox gameplay is a dream of mine.”
“Fortunately, being an independent developer I can control my own destiny and we’ll make something in that world sooner or later.”
Sundberg later explained on Twitter the game’s shutdown in 2008 cost the studio around 90 developers but that, five years on, Avalanche “is doing better than ever.”
Avalanche’s steampunk sandbox game is second ill-fated title from the developer that’s come to light in as many weeks; it was recently revealed by ex-development director Oskar Burman the Stockholm-based studio almost got a deal for an open-world Star Wars game over the line with LucasArts.
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