Stefanía Guðrún Halldórsdóttir’s Post

We’re beyond excited to announce that Stefanía Guðrún Halldórsdóttir will join Avalanche Studios Group as Chief Executive Officer! Stefanía is a games industry veteran with extensive experience in open-world and live-service games. During the past decade, she’s been the Development Director of the singularly successful EVE Online and the General Manager of CCP Games in Iceland. In addition, she’s lived, studied, and worked in Austria, Denmark, and China. We’re thrilled to soon add Sweden to the list! Over the years, Stefanía has gained a broad and diverse set of experiences in gaming, natural science, and, most recently, finance. For the past three years, she’s been part of Eyrir Vöxtur, a thriving ESG fund that invests in companies that have a positive impact on society and the environment. Stefanía shares Avalanche Studios Group’s passion for developing innovative games alongside our dedicated communities. She’s also a values-driven strategist, an inclusive leader, and – incidentally – an avid hunter. In short, Stefanía’s background makes her uniquely qualified to steer Avalanche Studios Group as we write the next chapter in our epic, 20-year storyline. While celebrating two decades of worlds beyond limits, we’re also speeding ahead. Across four cities and three divisions, we’re currently developing more games than at any previous point in our company’s history. The release of Ravenbound is just around the corner; we’re hard at work on Contraband in partnership with Xbox Game Studios – and behind the scenes, our creative divisions Avalanche Studios, Expansive Worlds, and Systemic Reaction are cooking up even more epicness. Stefanía will join Avalanche Studios Group as CEO in August, but we can’t wait to welcome her, so we won’t. Welcome, Stefanía!