The upcomingAvatar: Frontiers of Pandorahas long been a highly anticipated title. The game intends take the franchise to its most ambitious and detailed video game adaptation to date. With that being said, recent developments surrounding the IP and the release ofAvatar: The Way of Watermay mean that the game will have much greater amounts of attention being placed on it.
As an open-world action-adventure title,Avatar: Frontiers of Pandorawill likely possess a fair level of replayability and layered world building, which could give the game quite a bit of longevity. With this in mind, it can be said thatFrontiers of Pandoramay be a fantastic way for fans of the franchise to pass the time before the eventual release of the third mainline film.
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The Success of Avatar: The Way Of Water
To understand the importance ofFrontiers of Pandora, it is necessary to first outline the impact of the franchise’s films andthe recently releasedAvatar: The Way Of Water. TheAvatarfranchise has long been a giant presence within the film industry despite the comparatively low frequency of its releases, with only two films releasing in the last fourteen years.
The Way Of Wateris already the seventh highest grossing film of all time, generating close to $2 billion in the short amount of time that it has been in theaters, matching similar levels of success that the original 2009 film enjoyed. Fans can already look forward to the next chapter in the story, which is well into development, but with there being at least a year-long wait before the next film, the upcoming video gameAvatar: Frontiers of Pandoramay be a perfect way to satiate eagerAvatarenthusiasts.
The Worldbuilding Elements of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandorais currently being developed by Ubisoft, and is aiming for a release window of 2023. As a first-person action-adventure game,Frontiers of Pandorawill tell a tale set away from the main narratives of the popular franchise films, and will allow the player to become familiar with the never-before-seen Western Frontier of the main franchise setting of Pandora.
Given the unique narrative ofFrontiers of Pandoraas well as its new setting, the game presents a perfect opportunity for theAvatarfranchise to do more world building in a new media format. The now greatly anticipatedAvatar 3is aiming for a 2024 release, meaningFrontiers of Pandoracould potentially be the foremost piece of franchise media between its launch and the release of the third film.Avatar 3is likely to explore its own unique section of Pandora in the same way its two predecessors did, so parts ofFrontiers of Pandora’ssetting could even prelude the locations that fans will see in the next franchise film installment.
While it is uncertain as to what timeframe the game takes place in, it is confirmed that the same invading human RDA forces of the films will be the main antagonist force inFrontiers of Pandora. Given this overlap, it can be inferred thatFrontiers of Pandorawill hold some similar narrative beats to the franchise films within a close timeframe, further reinforcing the concept of how the game could be a supplementary experience to the upcoming movie.
It has even been reported thatUbisoft is working alongside James Cameron’s production companyfor the creation ofFrontiers of Pandora, meaning the game could even potentially begin to weave some of its narrative to lead-up to the eventual story ofAvatar 3. Given the huge amount of attention that is now being placed onFrontiers of Pandora, it is clear that the game will be aiming to maintain its audience from its launch right up to the eventual release of the next mainlineAvatarfilm.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandorais currently in development for Amazon Luna, PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
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