Christofer Sundberg and Roland Lesterlin of Avalanche Studios, the creator of Just Cause 3.
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Just Cause 3 creators say we need silly shooters, too

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Most shooters are serious games. And they don’t come with super-fast grappling hooks, wingsuits, and parachutes. But that’s what you’ll find in the goofy Just Cause 3, just because it’s fun.

We caught up with the unapologetic creators of Just Cause 3, which is coming out Dec. 1 on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Christofer Sundberg, the chief executive of developer Avalanche Studios, and game director Roland Lesterlin talked to us about Just Cause 3 at a hands-on preview event staged by the game’s publisher, Square Enix.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.