Ubisoft’s Avatar game has been delayed alongside Far Cry 6 and...

Far Cry 6 and Rainbow Six Quarantine aren’t the only Ubisoft games that have been delayed. The French publisher confirmed in its latest report that its new Avatar game, which is based on the James Cameron film franchise, has been postponed to a new date in the future.

This new avatar game, developed in The Division’s Massive Entertainment studio, will now be released in Ubisoft’s fiscal year, which begins April 2022. The first sequel to the Avatar film, Avatar 2, is due to be released in December 2022 after its own delay. It would make sense to release the game around this time to take advantage of the hype, but no firm date has been announced yet.

The new delay for the Avatar game was made in response to the delay in the film, said Ubisoft management on a winning call.

Ubisoft’s first Avatar game was released in December 2009 along with Cameron’s blockbuster, which would become the top grossing film of all time until its dethronement by Avengers: Endgame in 2019.

Almost nothing is known about Ubisoft’s new Avatar game other than the fact that it is set to Pandora and will be available on PC and consoles. No date has been set and no gameplay is displayed. Given the schedule, the game is expected to be released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.

In addition to Massive Entertainment, the new Ubisoft studio Ubisoft Stockholm is contributing to this game. Ubisoft announced that it has hired Battlefield veteran Patrick Bach to lead the team, which is on a hiring frenzy.

Far Cry 6 and Rainbow Six Siege are now set to be released by Ubisoft in fiscal year 2021-2022, which means they will arrive between April 2021 and March 2022. During a profit call, CFO Frédérick Duguet cut that timeline slightly, the company expects to hit both in the first half of the fiscal year.