Ubisoft Forward: Star Wars due in 2024, Avatar on December 7
As part of Ubisoft Forward 2023, the company finally gave a release date for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and offered extended looks into the gameplay of Assassin's Creed Mirage, Prince of Prince: The Lost Crown, and Star Wars Outlaws.
The event opened with an in-depth look at Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, showing snippets of gameplay and a deep dive into the story. Avatar director James Cameron made an appearance via a pre-recorded segment saying it's "always been [his] vision to explore technologies" and mediums beyond film to show more of Pandora's world.
Frontiers of Pandora, which will launch on December 7, was described by Massive game director Ditte Deenfeldt as an open-world action-adventure title, which will explore new characters, new settings, and a new story that will "coexist" with the one of the two Cameron films. It'll also offer two player co-op.
A big part of the show was dedicated to the Assassin's Creed franchise. Red Storm Entertainment's Assassin's Creed Nexus VR, previously announced as part of a Meta Quest event in September 2020, was featured in a short segment, though very little was actually revealed about the title beyond the fact that it will let players take the role of either Ezio, Kassandra or Connor.
Assassin's Creed mobile title Codename Jade, published by Level Infinite, was mentioned as well, with a closed beta planned in the near future.
A new trailer and an extended gameplay segment on the upcoming Assassin's Creed Mirage were also featured, showing the title going back to the franchise's stealth roots and traditional gameplay. Ubisoft Montreal community developer Clément Dagonneau confirmed that the title, due to release on October 12, was really "designed as an homage to the
Read more on gamesindustry.biz
