Get your first look at James Cameron’s Avatar Dec. 1
Ubisoft’s video game adaptation of “James Cameron’s Avatar”
has a launch date. The publisher has confirmed that the title will come out on
all platforms Dec. 1 – 2.5 weeks before the film.
The film crew and game maker have been working closely together on the game, doing their best to integrate Cameron’s vision for the film. It was Cameron’s lobbying, in fact, that led Ubisoft to make the game available in stereoscopic 3D – a bold move, but ultimately a pretty useless one, since there aren’t a lot of TVs on the market (and even fewer in homes) that will take advantage of the effects.
While movie-goers are excited about Cameron’s first cinematic release since “Titanic,” the gaming world hasn’t exactly been clamoring for the title. It will likely do well, as followers of the director and fans of the movie grab a copy – but don’t be surprised if the game fails to crack the year’s Top 10 when they’re calculated at the end of December.
Chris Morris reports on the business and culture of video games and offers analysis of recent events and industry trends.
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The problem is gaming has been ripping of Cameron so much over the years uniformed gamers will be going I've seen all this before which is some of the criticism also directed at the Avatar movies from the same quarters.
Look at Halo the UNSC marines are blatant rip-offs of Cameron's Aliens USCM colonial marines even down to the black sergeant with a cigar.
Coupled with the bright visuals mean every two bit video game site is going to compare it against you know what.
Posted by: Anna | October 28, 2009 at 03:16 AM
I have a 3d display (an iz3d) and can't wait to play it in its full 3d glory!
Posted by: yuriythebest | October 27, 2009 at 01:35 PM
Huh, I didn't even know there was a game for it.
Stealth marketing campaign?
Posted by: Ryland Quaid | October 27, 2009 at 12:20 PM