The Avatar RPG has been placed in an iceberg.
Looks like the disappointing streak of video games in the Avatar universe continues. As first reported IGNthe AAA role-playing game set in the Avatar franchise is no longer in production. Shawn Kittelsen, senior vice president and head of creative and production at Paramount Games Studio, said IGN that the title was not in production when Paramount Games Studio was created, the result of the combination of Paramount and Skydance’s gaming divisions following the massive merger.
Kittelsen notably declared IGN that the Avatar RPG “was not in production”, but hinted that this “doesn’t mean you won’t get a AAA Avatar game at some point, but it might come in a different iteration”. That’s not very promising, but the bar is already set pretty low when it comes to Avatar video games. The now-on-hold RPG Avatar dates back to late 2024 when Paramount announced a big-budget RPG based on the hit cartoon series. At the time, Paramount said it would be “the biggest video game in franchise history” with “an all-new, never-before-seen Avatar.” Even though the universe was the same, the game would delve into a period several thousand years before the events of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
On the other hand, Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game has garnered a lot of interest from fans of the anime series and the fighting game community. The 1v1 2D fighting game was pushed back from its July 2 release date to July 23, but generated more hype by introducing Azula and Kyoshi as playable characters.
