Buena Vista Games has announced that it has acquired Salt Lake City-based Avalanche Software and has recently opened a new development studio in Vancouver, Canada, led by former Electronic Arts senior development and business staff. Avalanche Software’s portfolio includes Tak and the Power of Juju, Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams, Dragonball Z Sagas: Evolution, and the forthcoming 25 to Life. The studio is presently working on a Chicken Little game for Buena Vista.

"The acquisition of Avalanche Software and the creation of a development studio in Vancouver mark a significant milestone in becoming a top tier video game publisher by securing the industry's top talent to build and create game franchises," said Graham Hopper, senior vice president and general manager, Buena Vista Games. "Avalanche Software has a proven track record of creating high quality console games based on its own compelling content and some of the industry's top brands, and is a perfect fit for our Disney-based franchises. The new studio in Vancouver is already off to a strong start and growing rapidly to focus on cutting-edge, action oriented core-gamer content and will be led by a veteran management team formerly of Electronic Arts."

Ramzy Philip