Founder of Just Cause developer Avalanche will leave studio in April

Christofer Sundberg, the co-founder of Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios, has announced that he will leave the company at the end of April.

He founded the studio along Linus Blomberg, now Avalanche's chief technical officer, 16 years ago. The developer is best known for its four Just Cause games as well as 2015's Mad Max. Currently, it's working on Rage 2 alongside id Software.

Sundberg announced the decision on his Twitter page on Thursday.

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His timing will coincide with the end of Rage 2's development, and the game is due to launch in mid-May. 

He didn't hint at his future plans. 

Samuel Horti

Samuel Horti is a long-time freelance writer for PC Gamer based in the UK, who loves RPGs and making long lists of games he'll never have time to play.