It has been a long time since Massive Entertainment last heard anything about a game based on James Cameron's Avatar. According to a Massive producer, the Division developer is still hard at work; in an interview with Screenrant, Jesper Karabanov admitted that the game is still in development, but said he could not say anything else yet.

The Avatar Project, a working title, was initially announced in 2017. Massive is internally split, with separate teams working on The Division and The Avatar Project independently; since 2018, the Avatar team has occupied its own office building, which until this April, when the entire Massive studio moves to the new Eden Building will be their home base. The studio is also hiring for positions on the Avatar team, including AI programmers, animators, and associate producers.

It is difficult to guess when the Avatar project will be released. The film Avatar 2 will be released in December 2021, followed by a flood of Avatar 3, Avatar 4, and Avatar 5 over the next few years.

However, Ubisoft also has a very busy schedule with "Watch Dogs Legion," "Gods & Monsters," "Rainbow Six Quarantine," "The Settlers" and "Roller Champions" before "Avatar 2" is released. Gods & Monsters, Rainbow Six Quarantine, The Settlers, and Roller Champions. He also ignores games with ambiguous release dates, such as "Skull & Bones," "Beyond Good & Evil 2," and the Nordic-themed "Assassin's Creed."

Could this game instead aim for a release closer to the 2023 Avatar 3 release? Right now, the last Avatar movie is 12 years old and no longer has much influence on pop culture. Avatar is not a very lucrative series to make into a movie, so it might be wise to wait for a sequel to be released and for Avatar to be recognized by the public again before releasing it.

In any case, based on Karabanov's comments, it will be quite some time before we hear any more about the Avatar Project.