A brand new AAA online game set within the universe of Avatar: The Final Airbender is being developed for consoles and PC with an all-new story, and from the sound of it, we can’t see Aang, Korra or anybody else within the reveals. There is not any launch date set simply but.
The as-yet-untitled role-playing sport can have gamers taking up the function of an all-new, never-before-seen Avatar, in accordance with a press launch. The sport is “set 1000’s of years prior to now,” lengthy earlier than both Avatar: The Final Airbender or its sequel collection, The Legend of Korra. However it’ll have acquainted points of the reveals, because the participant’s Avatar will grasp all 4 parts and battle alongside companions whereas grappling with choices as “the keeper of steadiness on the planet.”
“We all know loyal followers of Avatar: The Final Airbender have been looking forward to extra tales that convey them into the universe of the present, and thru gaming, we’re in a position to broaden the world-building and permit followers to expertise the brand new content material in a totally immersive approach,” Doug Rosen, SVP of video games and rising media at Paramount, mentioned within the press launch.
Given the sport’s timeframe, it is unclear whether or not it will likely be set far again sufficient to inform the story of the primary Avatar, Wan, who emerged 10,000 years earlier than The Legend of Korra (the present the place he was launched). Paramount declined to remark, and the sport’s developer, Saber Interactive, did not reply to a request for remark by time of publication.
“Our group members are a number of the most devoted, passionate creatives on the market and it is an honor to affix forces with Avatar Studios and Paramount Video games to additional broaden the Avatar Legends universe in video video games,” Josh Austin, head of IP improvement and licensing at Saber Interactive, mentioned within the press launch.
Saber Interactive not too long ago launched Warhammer 40,000:House Marine II, a co-op shooter happening in Video games Workshop’s brutal Warhammer 40K universe.
The untitled Avatar sport is being developed in collaboration with Avatar Studios, the division of Nickelodeon Animation helmed by Avatar and Korra creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino. It is unclear how a lot they or Avatar Studios is concerned within the sport.
The Avatar franchise has had a handful of sport diversifications prior to now, together with the multiplatform motion brawler The Legend of Korra that arrived in 2014 to blended evaluations. Konietzko and DiMartino had been initially concerned with main the Netflix live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Final Airbender however left the manufacturing as a result of artistic variations, and the primary season debuted again in March to a blended reception, although a second second is coming.
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