A multiplayer fighting video game based on Nickelodeon‘s beloved animated series
Avatar: The Last Airbender, soon to be a live-action Netflix show, is in the works.
The game is set at Sweden-based entertainment company
Maximum Entertainment AB in a new pact with Paramount Game Studios.
During today's announcement, Maximum Entertainment also revealed that it'll release an open beta version of the game in 2025.
The developer of the game is still to be announced.
"We are thrilled to announced that we have entered into a partnership with Paramount Consumer Products to develop a competitive multiplayer fighting game set in Avatar: The Last Airbender universe," said CEO Christina Seelye. "This competitive fighting game is set to release into early access in 2025. We are thrilled to be bringing this project to life and we will have so much more to share on this game in the future."
Maximum revealed the new title during its presentation of its 2024 lineup and promotion of the unification of its publishing labels, Maximum Games, Modus Games, Just For Games and Merge Games, as well as development division Modus Studios, under the Maximum Entertainment banner.
Other announcements made by Maximum during its event include:
- Publisher announcement – Selfloss
- Smalland: Survive the Wilds 1.0 release
- Maximum Football dev update
- Morbid: The Lords of Ire release date
- First reveal of Leo: The Firefighter Cat
- Whisker Waters release date
Maximum says under its new reorg that the company is now “centralized for full integration” and “seeks to increase IP ownership to 30 percent of revenue by 2025.”
As a strategically realigned global entertainment company that is now centralized for full integration, Maximum Entertainment that it seeks to increase IP ownership to 30 percent of revenue by 2025 and expand its reach in transmedia entertainment. Maximum Entertainment currently has over 100 games in its content pipeline planned across PC and consoles, including 15 of its own IP, emphasizing in-house development of competitive fighting games, live service, and action/adventure titles.
“We are extremely happy to share some big news today, including exciting new partnerships, as we step into the phase of true global integration,” Maximum Entertainment CEO Christina Seelye said. “As one company with a single, shared portfolio, we are laser focused on the future and the opportunities it presents.”
Watch Maximum Entertainment’s 2024 roadmap presentation in the video below:
Originally published: February 16, 2024.
