If you have a very, very good memory, you might recall that back in February 2017 Ubisoft announced a partnership with Lightstorm Entertainment and Fox to create an Avatar game, with The Division studio Massive Entertainment developing it. James Cameron himself said at the time he was impressed with Massive's passion for the project as well as their technology, the Snowdrop engine. He thought they'd be the perfect fit to create an Avatar game.
Of course, we always believed this project would be tied to the release dates of the new movies, and with Avatar 2 delayed (for the eighth time) to December 16th, 2022, it was only a matter of time before the game had the same fate. This became official during Ubisoft's Q2 2021 earnings call when Chief Financial Officer Frederick Duguet said (as transcribed by The Motley Fool):
Conversely, with the postponement of the Avatar movie to December 2022, we have accordingly moved our Avatar game to fiscal 2023.
Ubisoft's fiscal year 2023 will begin on April 1st, 2022, and end on March 31st, 2023. Given the aforementioned movie's release date, it is conceivable that the game could either come out at the same time (in December) or a bit later, in early 2023, to ride the hype.
We don't know anything concrete about the Avatar game when it comes to specifics, but we'll be sure to report any rumors or official news as they come. Until then, stay tuned on Wccftech.
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
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