Showcasing Ubisoft's Avatar The Game
Game Release: December 1, 2009
AMZ's Gaming Corner showcases the much anticipated Avatar the Game by Ubisoft. In this section, we collect all the goods we can find regarding the game. Below are some resources you can explore both within the pages of AMZ and on the web.
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From the Ubisoft site: Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through a strong and diversified line-up of products and partnerships.
Ubisoft has teams in 28 countries and distributes games in more than 55 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers.
Founded: 1986
CEO: Yves Guillemot
Worldwide Headquarters:
Montreuil-sous-Bois, France
Ubisoft studios:
2nd largest in-house development staff in the world with 22 studios in 17 countries
Staff:
More than 5,750 collaborators worldwide
(more than 4,800 dedicated to production)
Worldwide best-selling franchises:
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six®:
21 million units sold
- Rayman®: 20 million units sold
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell®:
19 million units sold
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon®:
17 million units sold
- Petz®: 17 million units sold
- Driver®: 14 million units sold
- Prince of Persia®: 14 million units sold
- Imagine™: 13 million units sold
- Assassin's Creed®: 8 million units sold
- The Settlers: 7 million units sold
- Brothers in Arms®: 6 million units sold
- Far Cry®: 6 million units sold
- Raving Rabbids® : 6 million units sold
- Anno®: 5 million units sold
- Shaun White: 3 million units sold
- Coach : 2 million units sold
- Red Steel® : 1 million units sold
- H.A.W.X .™ : 1 million units sold
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A few faces from Ubisoft's Art, Design, Programming, and Business Teams
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Avatar Dev Blog
In-depth Character Bio: Ryder
Various articles online and in print have mentioned the central character Abel Ryder of James Cameron's Avatar the Game, but we know little of his background.
What has been revealed so far is Abel is a Signals Specialist for the RDA sent to Pandora, and that's about it. Well now you can learn more about Ryder thanks to the Ubisoft team sending us this exclusive in depth description.
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NOTE: In James Cameron’s AVATAR™: THE GAME, you have the option of choosing your character’s sex and physical appearance. For the purposes of this description, we have randomly assigned Ryder’s gender as male, but you may choose otherwise.
As a young man growing up in sprawling Southern California, Ryder was exposed to the vagaries of life among the myriad nameless, faceless denizens of a modern megacity. Like many inhabitants of the rapidly degenerating planet Earth, Ryder grew up in relative poverty. Though his parents lacked the resources to provide him with an escape route from the crumbling society on Earth, his aptitude for mathematics and a talent for pattern recognition offered a faint glimmer of hope.
Like many of the Earth’s poor, salvation could be had by enlisting in the military, and Ryder’s gifts proved to be coveted assets. Consequently, he became a Signal Specialist and began training in the ways of codebreaking and cryptography. Unsurprisingly, these skills were worth quite a bit to the Military, which found itself in a constant battle to defend Earth’s titanic megacorporations from environmental terrorists bent on hindering any effort to harvest what little was left of Earth’s once great bounty.
For a few years, Ryder worked with the Resources Development Administration, deciphering the coded communications of eco-terrorists attempting to disrupt the RDA’s mining efforts in the Marianas Trench. Although Ryder’s work helped safeguard the RDA’s operations in the Pacific Ocean, an accident during tectonic subduction exercises in the Trench induced a tremendous tsunami that engulfed a large section of the Pacific coast.
Succumbing to crushing feelings of guilt, Ryder left his post at the RDA and returned to the military to live out the rest of his days working a cryptology job that came with as little responsibility as possible. He was tormented by his role in a disaster that had taken the lives of so many, despite the fact that it led to the discovery of vast tracts of new mining resources which the RDA claimed offset any “collateral damages.”
And so it went for a few years, and Ryder kept his head down and his mouth shut while he collected his paycheck without ever having to worry about things like being invested in his work or caring about… well, anything, really.
Until, however, he was approached with a way off the decaying rock that was Earth. In the far-flung reaches of outer space, big things were going on. Alien worlds were being discovered and new technologies were springing up as a result, and somebody wanted Ryder’s help with it all. It was the chance of a lifetime, so of course it came with its share of strings. The RDA had re-entered Ryder’s life for a second time, and they wanted to enroll him in their Avatar Program, a scientific curiosity that fused human DNA with that of an alien species.
He signed up almost immediately.
A big thanks to Ubisoft's Community Developer Gabriel Graziani for sending us this exclusive info!
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The Official Site
First and most important! Ubisoft's Official Site (AvatarGame.ubi.com) is THE place to go online for first hand Avatar gaming news, ordering the games, interviews, screenshots, video, and much more.
Two features that are sure to be huge hits among gamers are The Game Developers Blog and The Avatar Game Forum. The official site should be your first stop for all things Avatar gaming when exploring online.
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Avatar Game News / Editorials
You can go to AMZ's Avatar Game News / Editorials for news around the web on Avatar the Game, Ubisoft, and other general gaming info including 3D games. Also featured in this section are Avatar Game Editorials written by AMZ staff and guest writers.
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Avatar Game Video
AMZ's Avatar Game Video section features all the videos released by Ubisoft including trailers, walk through's, demos, Developer's Diairies series, and more.
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Avatar Game Images
AMZ's Avatar Game Images section contains various images including concept art, magazine scans, game box covers, and more. And of course check the official site for any new images they present first hand.
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Avatar Game Screen Captures
AMZ's Avatar Game Screen Captures showcases close to 100 screen captures from the variety of videos released by Ubisoft such as the trailers, demos, and more.
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Avatar Game Shop
James Cameron's Avatar the Game by Ubisoft is now available to order online and offers the leading formats including PC, Play Station 3, Play Station PSP, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, and XBox 360. Besides offering the Avatar Game, this section also showcases other Ubisoft games. You can go to AMZ's Avatar Game Shop for details and how to order.
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