Paramount just announced that it is developing a new video game based on Avatar: The Last Airbender, developed by Saber Interactive. For the uninitiated, Saber is behind titles like Snowrunner and Teardown. We have also published books such as “Evil Dead: The Game” and “World War Z: Aftermath,” and have extensive experience in producing licensed content.
The new Avatarverse games aren’t all that remarkable in and of themselves. After all, there are already a lot of them. However, Paramount is already making a fuss about the title, calling it a “AAA RPG” and claiming it will be “the biggest video game in the history of the series.” That’s not a high bar considering the manga’s checkered history in gaming. There was one good game like Bayonetta featuring Avatar Korra, but other than that it’s mostly garbage.
This upcoming RPG isn’t going to follow Aang or Korra. Players control an “all-new, never-before-seen avatar.” The game is set “thousands of years before” the events of The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. The story is being “developed in close collaboration with Avatar Studios,” but it’s unclear whether franchise creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko are involved in any way.
This appears to be an action RPG rather than a turn-based game, as the press release hints at “dynamic combat” and a quest to “master all four elements.” However, there is no release date and no hint as to how far along the game is. Paramount says it will release it “soon,” but the company hasn’t released a trailer or even any artwork, so one person’s “soon” may be another’s “probably sometime in 2026.” ”.
Either way, sign up. I’m a big cabbage head, or an honorary member of the Ang Gang, or whatever the fans call me. Saber Interactive has proven its worth with other existing IPs, so why not use this IP? It could work.
The Avatar series has been relatively quiet lately, but the Netflix live-action drama has been renewed for two more seasons to finish the story. Franchise creators DiMartino and Konietzko are working on an animated film about Anne and her friends as adults, but we haven’t heard anything about it for a while.
