James Cameron's Avatar is supposed to be one of the biggest movie releases this winter.  The concept of the film from the beginning was to create it side by side with the video game.  As December 1st rolls near, more information is beginning to be unveiled about the game.  

Jason brought you some hands on impressions with the next-gen version of the game,  and seemed to enjoy the fiery goodness it had to offer.  He was sad though to hear that in all that action on the screen, we wouldn't be able to share it with friends.  Sadly, it looks like the rep was mistaken on one account anyway as previews have started to pop up for the Wii version of the game, and it appears to have a 2 player drop-in co-op mode.

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Game Name: James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
Co-Op: No
Multiplayer Type: On-line team deathmatch and capture the flag modes
Publisher/Developer: Ubisoft (publisher) / Ubisoft Montreal (developer)
Release Date: November 2009

There were a lot of games out on the show floor during the past few days, but one that caught my eye in particular was the Avatar game that is coming out soon as a tie-in to the movie.  Intended to be a prequel to the movie, and based on a third-person shooter mechanic, the game was a bit of a surprise for me.  Regardless of how the movie fares, there is a great deal of potential for the game to do well; assuming, that is, that the story tie-in will leave the game with enough freedom to do its own thing and do it well.

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