Type
Business expansion
Country
Sweden
Region
Stockholm;
Location of affected unit(s)
Stockholm
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing
Other Manufacturing
32.4 - Manufacture of games and toys

140 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
12 June 2007
Employment effect (start)
12 June 2007
Foreseen end date

Description

Avalanche Studios is a private company that creates computer games. The company is currently in the final stages of developing 'Just Cause', a free-roaming action adventure game for Xbox 360, Xbox, PC and PS2. At the same time, they are also working on two projects that have not been unveiled yet. Following the rapid increase in activity, the company announced on 12 June 2007 that it is planning to create 140 new jobs.


Sources

  • 12 June 2007: Dagens Industri

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Avalanche Studios, Business expansion in Sweden, factsheet number 65491, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65491.