It’s been quite some time since anything related to James Cameron’s blockbuster movieAvatarreleased. While the film was a massive deal when it first hit theatres, setting top-grossing records that were just recently beat byAvengers: Endgame,the property has only dabbled in video games. However, it turns out a bigAvatarproject is still in the works.
Massive Entertainment, the developer behindThe Division 2,has reconfirmed that a video game adaptation ofAvataris still being worked on, but didn’t touch on any additional details. TheAvatargame was originally announced back in 2017, with little to nothing being revealed about it since then. It isn’t clear how far along the project is in its development or when fans can expect a release date.
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While it’s been quite some time since anything solid about the game was revealed, Ubisoft, technically, is still operating on its initial timeline. The publisher stated thatAvatarwouldn’t be out until after 2020back around the time it was first revealed. That leaves a pretty wide window for when the game will actually release. Given that it’s had at least three years of development time now, there’s a good chance that a trailer may drop around E3, but there’s really no telling.
There are quite a fewAvatarmovies planned between 2021-2027, with James Cameron having some pretty ambitious plans for the franchise, apparently.Avatarbecame a renowned film thanks to its use of CGI to create a convincing world, which, admittedly, holds up far better than some of the other CGI-heavy movies of the time do.
It will be interesting to see what the Avatar game actually looks like whenever it finally releases. There’s now a pretty good chance that the game will make its debut on next-gen hardware, though that may be what Ubisoft, and James Cameron, want for the franchise. For now, Massive has its hands full withThe Division 2’s Warlords of New Yorkexpansion, but it seems like there are some pretty big things on the horizon for the developer.
Hopefully, theAvatargame is successful at convincingly transporting players to an alien planet. There are lots of places that Ubisoft and Massive could take the game, but only time will tell if it’s worth the investment.
Avataris currently in development.
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Source:Screen Rant(Editor’s Note: Screen Rant is a sister site of Game Rant.)
