Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Star Wars Outlaws Receive the Ubisoft Open-World Treatment
Ubisoft typically showcases an admirably varied slate at its E3 (or E3-adjacent) summer gaming showcases, and the 2023 show was no different. After all, people interested in Just Dance may not be into The Crew's racing action, or participating in Skull and Bones’ pirate beta. However, Ubisoft Forward was bookended by two tentpoles titles, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Star Wars Outlaws, that share a hook: a spin on Ubisoft's popular open-world environments.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Star Wars Outlaws are both expansive games, developed primarily by Ubisoft’s studio Massive Entertainment. They take two beloved sci-fi film franchises, both currently owned by Disney, and turn them into the familiar open-world experiences that Ubisoft has relied on for many years. The developers try their hardest to evoke the specific sights and sounds of those distinct, alien worlds to make the games feel unique.
Similarities aside, the gameplay demos made it clear these titles will be quite different from each other. In fact, Avatar film director James Cameron appeared on the show to explain how Frontiers of Pandora sits alongside the rest of the Avatar mythos.
You play as a Na’vi—kidnapped and trained by humans—who must rebel and rejoin their people to save the planet. With its lush natural landscapes, combination of tribal weapons with modern first-person firearms, and gameplay segments where you raid enemy camps, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora looked much like Ubisoft’s own Far Cry games. Except you can also ride alien birds.
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