Ubisoft is planning a significant update toAvatar: Frontiers of Pandoralater this year that will bring long-requested features like New Game Plus and a third-person mode.Avatar: Frontiers of Pandorawas undoubtedly an interesting licensed swing by Ubisoft that ended up largely flying under the radar upon its December 2023 release in a year filled with behemoths likeBaldur’s Gate 3,The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom,and others that sucked up all the oxygen in the gaming zeitgeist at the time.
Despite a somewhat quiet release in terms of fanfare,Avatar: Frontiers of Pandorastill managedto sell very well, attracting roughly two million players in its first few weeks. Developer Massive Entertainment later dropped two story DLCs in 2024. The first one, named The Sky Breaker, debuted in July, and the second, titled Secrets of the Spires, landed in late November. As with almost every AAA game,Avatar: Frontiers of Pandorapeppered a sizable number of updates and patches in-between, adding features like a more balanced 40 FPS mode, but some of fans' larger requests remained missing until now.
Massive is planning a major update forAvatar: Frontiers of Pandorawhich will go live near the end of 2025 on December 5, the game’s two-year anniversary. The two big features being brought to the game as part of this update are New Game Plus and an exciting third-person mode. Massive confirms that in New Game Plus, players will be able to begin anew journey inAvatar: Frontiers of Pandorawhile keeping their inventories and unlocked skills in-tact. Additionally, the mode will offer a new skill tree, higher-leveled gear, and more dangerous enemies.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Getting New Game Plus and Third-Person Modes in December
Many fans ofJames Cameron’sAvatarfilm franchisewere initially upset to learn thatAvatar: Frontiers of Pandorawould be a first-person experience when the game was first unveiled. Upon release, this first-person perspective combined with Ubisoft’s often criticized open-world game design left many players feeling likeFrontiers of Pandorawas merely an “Avatar-flavoredFar Crygame.” With this new update coming out in December, perhapsAvatar: Frontiers of Pandoramay finally prompt gamers who were initially put off by its first-person perspective to give it a try in third-person. The update is likely to come with other smaller improvements and features that may be revealed in the days leading up to the update’s release.
This upcomingAvatar: Frontiers of Pandoraupdate is timed perfectly for the release of the thirdAvatarfilm,Avatar: Fire and Ash, which is stamped with a December 17 release date. Due to this, fans of James Cameron’s ever-popular sci-fi franchise are set up for a great time this holiday, asFire and Ashis arguably the biggest movie coming out near the end of the yearnext toWicked: For Good.
