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Ubisoft is working on an Avatar game using the Snowdrop engine

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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French video game publisher Ubisoft is working on a video game based on James Cameron’s Avatar film, and the French video game publisher is using its Snowdrop game engine to deliver highly realistic imagery.

Avatar was the most successful film of all time, generating $2.8 billion at the box office. The sci-fi tale told of the struggle on the planet Pandora, where the Na’vi, 10-feet-tall blue aliens, fight back against the humans who invade and destroy their native habitat in search of rare resources. James Cameron is planning four sequels, including one that is due to debut in December 2018.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.