More than a decade after James Cameron's Avatar premiered in theaters, Disney has decided to release an MMO set in the film's universe. Avatar: Reckoning is an upcoming mobile MMO set to launch later this year from Disney, Archosaur Games, Tencent, and Lighstorm Entertainment.
What can fans expect from the Avatar MMO?
The 2009 film, Avatar, is the most financially successful movie ever. The sci-fi epic was the first to gross over $2 billion and is largely credited for creating the widespread popularity of 3D in theaters. But, while Avatar remains unseated at top of the global box office, it feels a bit too late to explore sequels and spin-offs in other media more than a decade after it was first released. For some reason though, that's what is happening right now.
Reckoning is just the latest Avatar game that's been confirmed. The first one, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, was first showcased at E3 2021 by Ubisoft and is expected to be released sometime this year.