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| Platform: |
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Wii, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, iOS, Android, Java ME, Symbian^3 |
| Release Date: |
December 1, 2009 |
| Developer: |
Ubisoft Montreal |
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game is a 2009
third-person action video game based on
James Cameron's 2009 film
Avatar. The game was developed by
Ubisoft Montreal and released on the
PlayStation 3,
Xbox 360,
Microsoft Windows,
Wii and
Nintendo DS on December 1, 2009, with a
PSP version released later on December 7. It uses the same technology as the film to be displayed in
stereoscopic 3D. As of May 19, 2010, the game has sold nearly 2.7 million copies.
The game, which acts as a
prequel to the film, features
Sigourney Weaver,
Stephen Lang,
Michelle Rodriguez, and
Giovanni Ribisi, who reprise their roles from the film. The casting and voice production for
Avatar: The Game was handled by
Blindlight.
The online services for the game were shut down on August 8, 2014.
A standalone second game based on the series,
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, is scheduled to be released in 2022.
Ubisoft developed
Avatar: The Game in conjunction with director
James Cameron as he filmed
Avatar. According to Cameron: "For the movie
Avatar we are creating a world rich in character, detail, conflict and cultural depth. It has the raw material for a game that the more demanding gamers of today will want to get their hands on - one that is rich in visuals and ideas, and challenging in play". While
Sigourney Weaver,
Michelle Rodriguez, and
Stephen Lang reprised their voices for their characters,
Sam Worthington and
Zoe Saldana, leading roles in the film, did not. The game was developed as an adaptation of the movie of the same name, with an original storyline and similar features. The developers had
carte blanche from the movie.
Composer
Chance Thomas was hired to write the music for
Avatar: The Game. It was unclear at the time whether the score would contain pieces of the original score composed by
James Horner for the movie.
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