Ubisoft is taking another crack at the Avatar universe with an upcoming PC and console game in production at The Division maker Massive Entertainment. You might recall 2009's licensed tie-in James Cameron's Avatar: The Game, which was a "waste of time" and a "squandered opportunity," as Jim Sterling called it in his three-out-of-ten review for Destructoid at the time.
Details are light on this new project, but it will use The Division's Snowdrop Engine, and according to Ubisoft, "It was after seeing a Snowdrop-run game prototype, in fact, that Avatar creator James Cameron and Lightstorm [Entertainment] agreed to the partnership."
The pieces are in place for this to be worthwhile but I wonder how safe they'll play it, design-wise. I don't doubt that this will look real pretty given the engine, but that can only get you so far.
Also, reminder: there are four upcoming Avatar movies, with the first due in 2018.
New Avatar Game Spearheaded by Division Developer Massive [Ubisoft]
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