theHunter is a revolutionary hunting simulator that unites traditional gaming and social networking. Download the game client and you'll find a visually stunning hunting world, populated with a huge range of highly realistic animals, from small game and birds to heavy weight trophy targets like bear, deer and elk, all created by Avalanche Studios, the award winning developer of Just Cause.

theHunter features an incredibly realistic and visually detailed hunting environment with true to life animal behaviors. Uniquely, the game gives players the social network tools and web interface to build an online community of hunters, all of whom experience the thrill of the hunt within a connected environment.

With a strong focus on realism, ethical hunting and fair chase combined with state-of-the-art gaming technology theHunter appeals to both hunting enthusiasts as well as gamers. Track and hunt mule deer, whitetail, turkey, pheasant and many more using bow, rifles, shotguns or even revolvers with a huge range of equipment in the massive world of theHunter.

theHunter has now more than 500,000 registered players, announced Expansive Worlds, developer and publisher of the game.

"We're proud to have reached this milestone together with our extremely dedicated community of players" said Stefan Pettersson, CEO at Expansive Worlds. "This is just the beginning, this year will bring the most extensive additions to the game yet as well as exciting partnerships within the hunting industry."

theHunter is free to play with premium content available for members. The game is constantly developed with features, environment and new speciesadded continuously. Sign-up, download and play.