The Avatar franchise is set for major expansion in 2022. James Cameron's long-awaited Avatar movie sequel is set for release in December, and Massive Entertainment's Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is scheduled for 2022, as well. With two big new additions to the franchise coming, the sci-fi property could stand to gain new members to its fandom. The question remains, however, which will release first. Avatar 2 is set to release on December 16, 2022, while the Frontiers of Pandora game doesn't have a launch date set in stone as of yet.

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James Cameron's Avatar 2 is presently set to be released on December 16, 2022. The film has endured numerous delays, but fans are hoping that the current release date will be the one that sticks. The filming for Avatar 2 has been completed, but it was part of an arduous process as Avatar 3 and Avatar 4 were filming at the same time. Because of its late-year release date, Avatar 2 may be released after Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, but equally, this might not be the case. While Avatar 2 is being released in one of the last weeks of 2022, Frontiers of Pandora is very likely to be launched around the same time.

No concrete launch date for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora has been publicly mentioned. Ubisoft has mentioned that it's going to be launched in 2022, but nothing more specific than that. It's important to note that Frontiers of Pandora was delayed so that it could launch around the same time as Avatar 2. While it's purely speculative, it could make sense for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora to come out a few weeks before Avatar 2, sometime in November. November is a popular month for AAA game releases, and Frontiers of Pandora could fit in this release window well.

Big franchises like Halo and Call of Duty get new installments in November. Games such as these regularly go on to top end-of-year sales charts and dominate the holiday period. While there is always a risk that Frontiers of Pandora could get buried between other notable releases, it could help bolster its success and help market the launch of Avatar 2 in December. It's hard to say for certain as there's no concrete evidence to suggest a November 2022 launch, but it could make sense for the game and the movie.

Players will likely have to wait sometime before a specific date is set for Frontiers of Pandora. It could make sense for the game to be released in November during the pre-holiday slate of big game releases. Massive Entertainment isn't the first studio to tackle the Avatar game, but gamers are hoping the team will release a quality game set in the Avatar universe next year. The movie and the game are set to be released around the same time, and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora could easily be the first of the projects released.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is planned to release in 2022.

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