Hunted Forever
{{Short description|2008 video game}}
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|platforms=Adobe Flash
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Hunted Forever is browser based platform game released in 2008.{{cite news | last = Rossignol | first = Jim | title = Hunted Forever | website = Rock Paper Shotgun | date = 2008-10-21 | url = http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/21/hunted-forever/ | access-date = 2008-12-10}}{{cite news | last = McElroy | first = Justin | title = GTAIV named Time's GOTY | work = The Joystiq Free Game Club | publisher = Joystiq | date = 2008-10-20 | url = http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/20/the-joystiq-free-game-club-hunted-forever/ | access-date = 2008-12-10}} It was created by Canadian developer Evan Miller who was a college student at the time.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} The game was developed in 6 weeks in Adobe Flash. Miller first published the game on the social gaming website King in October 2008, from where it spread to other online gaming websites.{{cite press release | title = The little game that took on Grand Theft Auto | publisher = Kingsoft | date = 2008-12-12 | url = http://www.gamershell.com/companies/kingsoft/535232.html | access-date = 2008-12-13 | archive-date = 2009-05-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090520094434/http://www.gamershell.com/companies/kingsoft/535232.html | url-status = live }}
The game was listed in the 8th spot in Time's "Top 10 Video Games of 2008" list, where it was praised for its style and innovation.{{cite news | last = Grossman | first = Lev | title = Top 10 Video Games | work = Top 10 Everything of 2008 | publisher = Time Magazine | url = http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1863763_1863776,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081211065846/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1863763_1863776,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 11, 2008 | access-date = 2008-12-10 | date=2008-11-03}}{{cite news|author=TomM_GScom |title=GTAIV named Time's GOTY |work=Sidebar |publisher=GameSpot |date=2008-12-09 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/blogs/sidebar/909182374/26703533/gtaiv-named-times-goty.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6202151 |access-date=2008-12-10 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211022023/http://www.gamespot.com/news/blogs/sidebar/909182374/26703533/gtaiv-named-times-goty.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6202151 |archive-date=2008-12-11 }} As of late 2008, the game has been played some 2 million times.{{cite news | title = Hunted Forever Launch Success Reported| work = News: General| publisher = Gamershell | date = 2008-12-09 | url = http://www.gamershell.com/news_66306.html | access-date = 2008-12-13}}