The forthcoming video game Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora by Ubisoft is set in James Cameron’s enormously popular Avatar franchise.
The Avatar films are among the highest-grossing films of all time without taking inflation into account.
With a 2009 movie tie-in game that acted as a precursor for the first Avatar movie and let players choose between controlling a member of the Na’vi or the RDA with various gameplay and weaponry, Ubisoft has previous expertise with the Avatar series.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora promises to be a much bigger experience than Ubisoft’s more linear 2009 title, allowing players to Pandora exploration of a brand-new area through a massive open world for the first time ever.
The release date was first announced at Ubisoft Forward 2023.
The Way of Water and the upcoming Avatar sequels both have Winter release dates, and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will drop on December 7.
The Child of Two Worlds Pack, which includes a cosmetic set and weapon skins, is currently available for pre-order.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora appears to be a current-gen only title right now.
The game will be available on the PlayStation 5, PC, Xbox Series X/S, and Amazon Luna, which is a cloud based gaming platform.
Players on the latter console will also have exclusive access to the Aranahe Warrior Pack at launch.
Since Ubisoft’s press release stated that Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora had been developed exclusively in order to maximize the power of new-gen consoles and PC, there has been no word regarding support for previous gen hardware or a Nintendo Switch release.
A release on these platforms therefore seems highly unlikely.
The game will emphasize the conflict between the RDA and the alien Na’vi tribe, much like the movies did.
A major objective of the game is to destroy these bases and enable the constantly-evolving open world of Pandora to “heal” once this pollution is gone.
The human-led RDA seeks to plunder Pandora for its resources, setting up numerous bases all across the planet and causing widespread pollution while also poaching some of the local animals.
Gamers will get to take control of a character raised and trained by the RDA after being kidnapped as a kid by John Mercer, one of the RDA leaders and likely the game’s antagonist.
The character was actually born a Na’vi but was raised and trained by the RDA.
She has experience with both the traditional longbow weapons of the tribes and the cutting-edge military technology of the RDA thanks to her unusual upbringing, making her quite formidable.
Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora, which is set in the previously unexplored Western Frontier of Pandora, is set 15 years after the events of the first Avatar movie and before The Way of Water.
At this point, humanity has returned to Pandora to keep utilizing its resources. Despite being free of the RDA, the Na’vi protagonist finds themselves a stranger in their own home.
The main campaign of the game follows the Na’vi as they attempt to reunite with their long-lost heritage, learn from the past of their ancestors, and come to terms with what it means to be a Na’vi while working with other clans to defend Pandora.
The majority of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is an open-world first-person action-adventure game.
However, it does seem to have instances of third-person gameplay since taming and using animals on Pandora as mounts and other such instances.
The game also has a unique skill tree that players can unlock as they advance in the game.
These abilities and “instincts” aid players in analyzing and strategically planning their attacks, surviving, and reuniting with the Na’vi clans and the animals that inhabit Pandora.
The protagonist’s knowledge of technology is combined with the more conventional tribal weaponry of the Na’vi in a crafting system that will help gamers in their adventure.
Furthermore, resources become better as Pandora starts to heal.
The Na’vi weaponry is “more accurate,” with the longbow being ideal for long range targets and the staff sling being a wonderful method to set up traps, according to the Ubisoft Forward gameplay preview.
Assault rifles, shotguns, and rocket launchers are just a few examples of the less accurate but more potent weaponry that the protagonist can use because of his human training with the RDA.
Players will be able to employ the Na’vi protagonist’s naturally improved strength and agility to disassemble AMP units by hand in addition to the aforementioned weaponry, making them a force to be reckoned with in combat.