theHunter is a series of simulation video games developed by Expansive Worlds and published by its parent company Avalanche Studios. The first game in the series known as theHunter: Classic was developed and published by Emote Games in association with Avalanche Studios and released in April 2009. Subsequently Avalanche Studios bought the rights to the franchise and opened Expansive Worlds as a subsidiary that would exclusively focus on theHunter development. A standalone expansion theHunter: Primal was developed and published by Expansive Worlds and Avalanche Studios and released on March 15 2015. The most recent entry in the series theHunter: Call of the Wild was developed by Expansive Worlds and published by Avalanche Studios in February 2017.