{"id":1263105,"date":"2026-03-04T04:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ckL6CNUmjoyeFHdX7Z3MWN"},"modified":"2026-03-04T04:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:03:13","slug":"after-a-forgettable-launch-ubisofts-avatar-game-is-getting-a-huge-new-update-later-this-year-introducing-new-game-plus-and-a-third-person-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/after-a-forgettable-launch-ubisofts-avatar-game-is-getting-a-huge-new-update-later-this-year-introducing-new-game-plus-and-a-third-person-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"After a forgettable launch, Ubisoft’s Avatar game is getting a huge new update later this year, introducing new game plus and a third-person mode"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I liked Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora<\/a> more than I expected I would when it rumbled into Steam’s digital jungle back in 2023. Despite finding James Cameron’s films about as interesting as picking out the sock fluff from between my toes, Avatar’s remarkable rainforest world was fantastic to explore both visually and mechanically, and I enjoyed booting around human soldiers with my giant Na’vi feet, even if the broader combat was watered down from its Far Cry origins.<\/p>\n

In fact, I was surprised the game’s launch was so muted, squeezed into the end of December with seemingly little marketing fanfare from Ubisoft. It seemed like the game was fairly quickly forgotten about too, generating relatively little discussion, and without much evident support from developer Massive beyond releasing a couple of paid DLC patches.<\/p>\n

But quiet doesn’t necessarily mean inactive, and it seems Massive has been busy behind the scenes. An update released in April overhauled the game’s Hunter’s guide, and now Massive has revealed an even larger update coming later this year, one that will add two of the community’s most hotly requested features to the game.<\/p>\n

As explained by creative director Omar Boual in the video below<\/a>, the first of these updates is new game plus. As you’d expect from such a mode, this lets players replay the story against tougher foes with all the gear and abilities from their first playthrough. But it also introduces stronger gear, and allows players to “unlock a new skill tree”, giving returning Na’vi extra impetus to explore Pandora again.<\/p>\n

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