Frontiers of Pandora has been in development for “at least 5 years”.

With Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Ubisoft holds real weight in development. The open world title was created by Ubisoft Massif The Division develops a stand-alone story that precedes and tells it Avatar: Water Road Play.

In conversation, the creative director revealed Magnus JanssenThat project since then At least five years in production he.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora with its own game engine

“The time was spent building an entirely new part of Pandora and developing the tools to bring it to life on the latest generation of consoles and PCs,” Jansen said. Gamesradar.com. The process involved working with Lightstorm Entertainment, a production company James Cameron.

“At the heart of this effort is Snowdrop – our game engine. When we first met Lightstorm (the production company led by James Cameron), Snowdrop showed our partners that we were ready to push the boundaries of technology just as they do in the movies. It was and remains the most important foundation for our ongoing collaboration.”

Pandora will be brought to life with the help of the new Snowdrop engine. – (C) 20th Century Studios, Ubisoft

When movies become video games

Throughout the production process, Ubisoft Massive learned from Lightstorm and Disney. Players will be able to fly through the skies and experience the jungles of West Pandora in a “living, interactive game space”. Time and weather will also be an interesting point in the game, according to the creative director.

When does it appear? Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will be released sometime between April 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024, according to Information from Ubisoft, for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 (PS5), and Windows PC. There are reports that development is in a “rough state”. Since Ubisoft Massive is currently looking for monetization specialists, it can be assumed that it is a live service address Actions. In other words, there will be many different expansions in the form of DLCs after release.