The James Cameron joint, not the other one
Ubisoft is taking another crack at theAvataruniverse with an upcoming PC and console game in production atThe Divisionmaker Massive Entertainment. You might recall 2009’s licensed tie-inJames Cameron’s Avatar: The Game, which was a “waste of time” and a “squandered opportunity,” as Jim Sterling called it in histhree-out-of-ten reviewfor Destructoid at the time.
Details are light on this new project, but it will useThe Division‘s Snowdrop Engine, and according to Ubisoft, “It was after seeing a Snowdrop-run game prototype, in fact, thatAvatarcreator James Cameron and Lightstorm [Entertainment] agreed to the partnership.”
The pieces are in place for this to be worthwhile but I wonder how safe they’ll play it, design-wise. I don’t doubt that this will lookreal prettygiven the engine, but that can only get you so far.
Also, reminder: there arefour upcomingAvatarmovies, with the first due in 2018.
