Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora release date, trailer, news and rumors

Date:
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 09:50:58 +0000

Description:
James Camerons movie franchise Avatar might make a better game than it did film. Here's everything we know about Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.

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Its one of the biggest films of all time, and now Avatar is returning to the world of video games. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is a new action game
coming from Ubisoft, the publisher behind the Far Cry and Assassins Creed franchises and it sure looks pretty.

Revealed at E3 2021 , Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will let players explore the titular world of Pandora, as the battle rages on between the native Navi aliens and human invaders.

Theres still lots to learn about Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, but its perfectly timed for the series, with the first of four new Avatar sequels releasing in 2022. Thats the same year Frontiers of Pandora is penciled in for, so it seems one is set to complement the other.

Far Cry set on Pandora? Thats the vibe were getting so far. Read on for everything this is to know about Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Avatar 2 : release date, first images and everything we know Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora: cut to the chase What is it? A game set in the world of James Camerons Avatar movies When can I play it? TBC 2022 What can I play it on? PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Stadia and Amazon Luna Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora release date (Image credit: Ubisoft)

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will release sometime in 2022 for PS5 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S , PC, Stadia and Amazon Luna .

Frontiers of Pandora was officially revealed during Ubisofts Ubisoft Forward showcase at E3 2021 - taking us all somewhat by surprise. Were hoping to get
a more solid release date in the coming month, or at least a more narrow release window, but it looks like theres not too long to wait until we get to explore Pandora. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora trailer

First-look trailer
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora was surprisingly revealed at Ubisofts Ubisoft Forward event at E3 2021 - and its coming in 2022. We already knew an Avatar game was in development, but we didnt expect to see it so soon. The trailer gives us a look at Pandora, which looks arguably even more stunning than it did in the 2009 film, from its peculiar creatures to thriving flora and
fauna.

But not everything is peachy in Pandora, as the RDA (or Resources Development Administration) looks to threaten not just the world but those who live in
it. But the Navi arent going down without a fight. Check out the trailer below: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora: screenshots

We took some screenshots from the Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora trailer that you can check out below: Image 1 of 6 (Image credit: Ubisoft) Image 2 of 6 (Image credit: Ubisoft) Image 3 of 6 (Image credit: Ubisoft) Image 4 of 6 (Image credit: Ubisoft) Image 5 of 6 (Image credit: Ubisoft) Image 6 of 6 (Image credit: Ubisoft) Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora: gameplay (Image credit: Ubisoft)

Details on Frontiers of Pandoras gameplay are a bit light right now but weve been able to gather a few potential snippets from the games reveal trailer.

The games trailer shows a first-person perspective in parts, suggesting we could play some - if not the whole game - in this perspective. We also see a NaVi riding a mount - that doesnt quite look like a Direhorse - suggesting that we will hopefully be able to partake in mounted combat, or well at least be able to traverse Pandora on (kind of) horseback. The world also seems to
be inhabited by creatures we both have - and havent - seen in the film, so expect some surprises.

There also seems to be some sort of hub for NaVi to congregate in. Were
hoping this could mean online play - we also hope we can customize our NaVi.

From the trailer, it also looks like Pandoras native NaVi will be taking on the RDA, like in the film, who threaten to destroy their world and have quite the collection of armed tech at their disposal. The trailer shows RDA helicopters on the warpath, trying to destroy a NaVi. The NaVi jumps on a Great Leonopteryx, firing arrows at the helicopter, before a final arrow
fixed with an explosive device hits the vehicle, which then bursts into flames. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora: news and rumors (Image credit: Ubisoft)

Powered by Snowdrop

We know that Frontiers of Pandora is built in Ubisofts Snowdrop engine, with games such as Tom Clancys The Division 2, South Park: The Fractured But Whole and Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle having already used this engine.

In February 2017, it was announced that we are embarking on an amazing journey, together with Lightstorm Entertainment and FoxNext Games, to the world of Pandora, developing a new cutting-edge game set on the beautiful and dangerous moon from the prominent Avatar film franchise, Massive
Entertainment site reads.

Our studio is leveraging its expertise and its proprietary technology, the Snowdrop engine, to deliver the wonders of Pandora to everyone. Players will be immersed in this astonishing world.

Delayed to coincide with Avatar 2
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is due to land in 2022, as is the Avatar film sequel: Avatar 2 . While were not quite sure when the Avatar game was due to release initially, we do know its release was delayed following the delay of the film - which now isnt releasing until December 2022. With Avatar 2 releasing in late 2022, its possible that we could see Frontiers of Pandora releasing in late 2022 too, to coincide with its release. Though this is speculation at this point. Either way, were sure the developers will appreciate having as much time as possible to polish up the gameplay. Could
it be that rarest of things a movie tie-in that doesnt suck, and releases on time?

A focus on the current-gen
Developer Ubisoft Massive has detailed why Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
won't release on last-gen machines like PS4 and Xbox One. As you'd expect, it's for technical reasons.

In an interview with IGN , Technical Director of Programming Nikolay Stefanov explained just how much more of a scene can be rendered on PS5 and Xbox
Series X thanks to their more powerful tech, explaining: [New consoles allowed] us to have much better object detail up close to you, but also when you're flying high up in the air to have a lovely vista and far-distance rendering, where we can even use the ray tracing to do shadows super far
away, you know, three or four kilometers away from you."

This should also mean that areas like dense jungles and forests will be able to load and render far more efficiently than on last-gen tech. Areas such as these traditionally struggle to maintain a steady frame rate and texture quality due to the sheer amount of objects that have to be rendered on screen at any given time. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora: what we want to see (Image credit: Ubisoft)

Its incredibly early days for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora weve seen the first-ever trailer, on the back of little to no pre-release leaks. So were very much wandering in the dark about what we could experience in the game.

But if there are two key elements to the franchise, based on the first film
at least, thats the relationship between humans and the Navi, and the
wondrous nature of the planet Pandora itself.

So first up, were really hoping for a big, explorable game world to enjoy Ubisoft has excellent experience making huge open-world games with Assassins Creed and Far Cry, but its never had as imaginative a backdrop as Pandora to tap into. The colorful sci-fi planet, full of alien creatures and wild
plants, would have potentially huge secrets to uncover were hoping Ubisoft doesnt have to stick too closely to any film plot and is able to stretch its legs over the potential that the world offers.

The other thing wed love to see, like the film, is the interplay between humans and the Navi. Rather than play as just one race, were hoping we get
the opportunity to play as both. The Navi has really interesting
relationships with the nature around them, letting them ride creatures and make use of primitive weaponry, while the humans have gunships, mechs, and
all that cool sci-fi machinery you associate with James Camerons best work.
To paraphrase that most excellent of memes , why not [play as] both? New
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