Alaska is huge, and depending on where you are you will find different wildlife. However, we never try to recreate an existing area, rather use it as inspiration to create something fictional yet believable. A lot of inspiration during the development of Yukon Valley was therefore drawn from these shows. I'm a big fan of all the Discovery TV shows based in Alaska, to the point where while I never watch TV otherwise I watch these on a weekly basis. Evolving and building on these behaviors therefore felt like the logical next step, and no animal made more sense to us than the gray wolves, which had been requested by our community for some time. Additionally, following the successful free release of the Lion earlier this year, we knew players enjoyed the challenge of interacting with apex predators and wanted more. Our challenge was therefore to figure out where the logical next step would be, and after listening to player feedback and doing our own research, Alaska just seemed to make the most sense.

Last year saw the release of two reserves, one set in the heated African Savanna and the other set in the rolling mountains of South America. As the name might suggest, it's heavily inspired by the lovely state of Alaska, and the release saw the addition of seven new species to the animal roster. Yukon Valley marks the 6th reserve for theHunter: Call of the Wild. Just in time for the summer holidays, the open-world hunting simulator theHunter: Call of the Wild released a new reserve for Xbox One titled Yukon Valley and I'm here to talk about some of the thoughts and inspirations behind the latest addition to the game.

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