James Cameron's Avatar: The Game is a 2009 video game based on 's 2009 film . The game was developed by and released on the , , , and on December 1, 2009, with a version released later on December 7. It uses the same technology as the film to be displayed in . As of May 19, 2010, the game has sold nearly 2.7 million copies.
The game, which acts as a to the film, features , , , and , who reprise their roles from the film. The casting and voice production for Avatar: The Game was handled by .
The online services for the game were shut down on August 8, 2014.
A standalone second game based on the series, , is scheduled to be released in 2022.
At first the player is allowed to choose the appearance of the character from a set of pre-defined faces, although not the name. On the , and PC versions, the player is able to choose a side - to fight for the Na'vis or for the RDA - each offering different gameplay, weapon set, skill set, and environment.
As a soldier, the player is equipped with firearms such as assault rifles, shotguns, grenade launchers, and flamethrowers. The soldier generally have to eliminate the enemies, which are fast and resilient and usually charging towards the player, from afar. Playing as an Avatar limits the player to only one Avatar-issued machine gun and various primitive weapons such as bows, crossbows and melee weapons. The Avatar player usually has to charge the enemies since ranged weapon are either weak (the machine gun), have slow rate of fire (bows and crossbows), or have limited ammunition; the human enemies are generally weak and the basic foot soldiers can die after getting hit once with one strike of a club. The environment also reacts differently to the character: many plants will attack the soldier, while the Avatar can walk past said plants unharmed. A variety of vehicles or mounts are also available to each race.