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James Cameron's Avatar: The Game

James Cameron's Avatar: The Game is the official video game based on the highly anticipated film James Cameron's Avatar.

61 1 December 2009

James Cameron's Avatar: The Game is an adventure developed by Ubisoft Montreal, released 1 December 2009 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Xbox 360.

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What James Cameron's Avatar: The Game is

James Cameron's Avatar: The Game is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released in 2009. It was published by 20th Century Fox Games. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Dunia Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You are "Able" Ryder, a signals specialist assigned to the distant moon Pandora. You've been hand-picked for the Avatar Program, a science initiative launched by the RDA Corporation. You're here to pilot your own Avatar, a hybrid of your DNA and that of Pandora's indigenous species, the Na'vi. As you explore the Pandoran jungle, you'll learn more about the creatures of Pandora, the Na'vi, and their struggle to stop the RDA. At the flashpoint of a growing conflict, you must decide where your true allegiance lies. Do you fight alongside the RDA in a conflict spiralling out of control? Or do you join the Na'vi and battle to protect Pandora from the onslaught of an invading force?
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the James Cameron's Avatar series

James Cameron's Avatar: The Game is the first of 9 entries we hold in the James Cameron's Avatar series. The next entry was James Cameron's Avatar: The Game in 2009. Its critic score of 61 is 9 points below the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - From the Ashes at 75.

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How it was received

James Cameron's Avatar: The Game holds a critic score of 61 out of 100. That places it above 20% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 6 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 66, across 68 votes.

What it launched against

James Cameron's Avatar: The Game launched on 1 December 2009, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed II, Left 4 Dead 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed II, Left 4 Dead 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.

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When did James Cameron's Avatar: The Game come out?
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game was released on 1 December 2009 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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