{"id":16987,"date":"2017-04-24T09:01:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T16:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/mad-max-developer-avalanche-scores-10-million-from-nordic-film-giant\/"},"modified":"2017-04-24T09:01:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T16:01:31","slug":"mad-max-developer-avalanche-scores-10-million-from-nordic-film-giant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/mad-max-developer-avalanche-scores-10-million-from-nordic-film-giant\/","title":{"rendered":"Mad Max developer Avalanche scores $10 million from Nordic film giant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The studio behind Just Cause has grappled itself a big investment.<\/p>\n

Avalanche Studios announced today that it has received $10 million from\u00a0Nordisk Film, the Nordic entertainment company that operates the largest movie chain in Denmark and Norway. The investment makes Nordisk a minority owner of the developer. Avalanche will use the funds to \u201caccelerate its growth in the international gaming market.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to have Nordisk Film on board as partner\u201d, said Pim Holfve, chief executive officer of Avalanche Studios, said in a press release sent to GamesBeat. \u201cWith a solid background from a range of creative industries, they understand our business well and have a matching company culture. This investment allows us to further accelerate toward our goal of developing and self-publishing more high quality games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Avalanche has offices in Stockholm and New York City. Gamers best know the developer for its open world titles, including the Just Cause series and Mad Max.<\/p>\n

Allan Mathson Hansen, chief executive officer of Nordisk Film, will join\u00a0Avalanche Studios\u2019 board of directors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are investing heavily in gaming and look forward to working with Avalanche Studios on bringing the company to the next level,\u201d Hansen said in the press release. \u201cGaming fits our profile very well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The studio behind Just Cause has grappled itself a big investment. Avalanche Studios announced today that it has received $10 million from\u00a0Nordisk Film, the Nordic entertainment company that operates the largest movie chain in Denmark and Norway. The investment makes Nordisk a minority owner of the developer. Avalanche will use the funds to \u201caccelerate its… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[174,377,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games-media","category-gaming","category-general-info"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t