Sorry for the late introduction, but I wanted to get to know the game a bit better before introducing myself to you, but since the news is out in the forum here comes a proper intro.

My name is Pim Holfve and I’m the new CEO for Expansive Worlds. As I’m sure you can all understand, this is something I’m very excited about, since I feel that It’s a true privilege to be part of the fantastic team that has created such a great experience that TheHunter is today.

What I really like about Expansive Worlds is the development process. The team listening closely to you, the community. You guys guiding us in the right direction. It is quite obvious that this is a great way to work. And I want to make it clear that I have no intentions to change this in any way.

So who am I? I’m a 38 year old married father of two kids who live in the forest outside of Stockholm. I’ve been working withing the games industry for the past 7 years and I’m truly passionate about game development. Prior to joining Expansive Worlds I worked at Easy Studios as Producer for Battlefield Heroes and before that I built up the Game Studio at King.com as Game Studio Director. I learned a lot from both those studios and hopefully I can bring that knowledge to TheHunter to give you a better experience and also grow TheHunter.

So what can I say more about myself? Long time ago my plan was to become a professional hockey player, but when that didn’t happen, due to lack of skills and broken knees, I set out to be an graphic artist instead. While studying art I started programming to be able to create multimedia pieces and this lead me to start creating games, since games always have been a passion of mine. But it wasn’t until much later, after many years within advertising and marketing, I actually ended up in the games industry.
I love outdoor activities such as skiing and cycling, but according to my kids I spend way to much time talking about my bikes instead of riding them. Not sure if that is true, but I try to keep the talk to a minimum at home.
Even though I come from a family of hunters I don’t hunt myself (yet), but I greatly appreciate shooting and I’m pretty good at killing clay pigeons with a shootgun, so I try to spend as much time as possible at the shooting range.

So what is my plan now? Firstly I need to get to know the team, the product and the community better. The first two are easy, but the third will mean that I’ll be lurking in the forums to see what you have to say. I don’t plan to do any big changes, the team has, under Roberts excellent leadership, set up a great road map for TheHunter, and I see no need to change that. Initially I will be quite invisible to you, since I have a lot to learn, but as I get warmed up you’ll see and hear more from me.

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