Many of you have probably seen the trailer for the new and upcoming James Cameron movie: Avatar. If not, let's start off with that.



Now that you have stopped panting over those graphics... I can drop your spirits by telling you that the movie of course has a game coming out in it's name. Usually when video games are made after movies, they are a disaster, as we have seen in the past. The official game site states:

In James Cameron's Avatar: The Game, you arrive on the distant world Pandora, hand-picked to take part in the Avatar Program, a little known scientific initiative launched by the RDA Corporation, which is mining Pandora for rare minerals. You learn to pilot your own avatar, a hybrid of your DNA and that of Pandora's indigenous species, the Na'vi. As you venture further into the Pandoran jungle, you learn more about its many creatures of Pandora, the Na'vi, and their struggle with the Corporation to save Pandora At the flashpoint of this conflict, you must decide where your true allegiance lies: Do you fight alongside the RDA, attempting to alter the course of a conflict spiraling quickly out of control? ... or do you join the Na'vi, battling to protect Pandora from the onslaught of the RDA?

It contains some really well done screenshots. Well, you are in luck. Electronic Theatre does an in-depth review of the game here. Check it out, it's a really good read.

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Set in the 22nd century, the player will enter the shoes of “Able” Ryder, arriving on Pandora to take part in the RDA’s Avatar Program. The Avatar Program is a technology that allows you to project your human consciousness into the body of a Na’vi – the indigenous humanoid inhabitants of Pandora – in order to better survive within the planet’s hyper-natural eco-system. The storyline is said to be an accompaniment to that of the film – another story in the same universe, featuring a handful of the same characters. However, it does appear to be expected that the player will have seen the film, and so there are frequently moments in which pivotal events will remain unexplained.
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