Reportedly, Avalanche Studios, the development group responsible for Just Cause and 2015's Mad Max game, entered production on Mad Max 2 before the pandemic. The criminally underrated Mad Max game experienced many fits and starts before finally getting off the ground. Franchise custodian George Miller initially partnered with Baldur's Gate developer Interplay Entertainment and later God of War (2018) Director Cory Barlog for a Mad Max: Fury Road adaptation that ultimately never saw the light of day.
When Avalanche Studios became involved in the 2010s, the team elected to tell its own story in the post-apocalyptic universe, one far removed from the central plot of the 2015 Mad Max film. The studio accomplished as much to varying degrees of success, crafting a compelling open-world and intricate car combat system that set the experience apart from many of its contemporaries on console and PC. Fans of the game have long hoped Avalanche would revisit the bone-dry wasteland, but, barring Mad Max content in Cyberpunk 2077, it seemed as though the groundbreaking action series had taken a hiatus from the interactive medium.
Recently, Twitter user Wendy W Fok (via SegmentNext) shared an image of herself at an Avalanche office in New York before the pandemic. Fok claimed a developer invited her to "get [3D] scanned" for a rebel part in Mad Max 2, an apparent sequel to the 2015 game that Avalanche Studios and publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have yet to publicly announce. Check out Fok's post in the tweet linked below:
Since Mad Max 2 existence remains unconfirmed, nothing is known about Avalanche's supposed progress on the sequel. And if the title was in development pre-pandemic, there's currently no word on whether WBIE still plans to move forward with the endeavor. With all of the above in mind, then, fans would do well to keep their expectations in check about the future of Avalanche's Mad Max game series.
The crew at Avalanche Studios Group has kept busy since the Mad Max days. In late 2015, the team rolled out Just Cause 3, then followed it up three years later with the release of Just Cause 4 in December 2018. Avalanche also partnered with id Software to develop Rage 2 and has begun work on the co-op heist game Contraband for Xbox Game Studios. With two other production crews under its umbrella - Expansive Worlds and Systemic Reaction - it's not too hard to believe that a Mad Max 2 title could secretly be in development.
Source: Wendy W Fok/Twitter (via SegmentNext)