While Far Cry may be synonymous with open-world tropical playgrounds, spare a thought for Stockholm-based Avalanche Studios whose Just Cause titles provide destructive holidaying destinations of equal appeal. Just Cause sweetens the deal with a grappling hook, too. Now Avalanche is expanding its operation to the US, opening a studio in New York and starting a new project.
While Far Cry may be synonymous with open-world tropical playgrounds, spare a thought for Stockholm-based Avalanche Studios whose Just Cause titles provide destructive holidaying destinations of equal appeal. Just Cause sweetens the deal with a grappling hook, too. Now Avalanche is expanding its operation to the US, opening a studio in New York and starting a new project.
Digital storefronts are having an inexorable effect on the common videogame: names are ever-blander. Touch Grind BMX? At least it's not called Angry Bikes.
The game belies such drabness. With one finger on the handlebars and another on the rear wheel, you guide a riderless bike through linear courses filled with jumps that may be gnarly. The smooth framerate make things very easy on the eye, and when the perspective starts shifting the camera doesn't miss a thing. The magic, of course, is in the tricks.
