Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora’s Latest Updates Could…

For nearly two years, fans of the best-selling film series Avatar have been able to explore the alien world of Pandora in Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment’s open-world, action adventure game, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Since its launch in December 2023, about a year after Avatar: The Way of Water’s release, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora has received two major updates in the form of two DLC expansions, The Sky Breaker and Secrets of the Spires. However, this December Frontiers of Pandora will receive a major, fan-requested update that may foretell potential updates for another Massive Entertainment game, Star Wars Outlaws.

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By Jeff Scott

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora’s Upcoming Update Explained

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora features many gameplay elements, from attacking RDA operatives and Pandoran wildlife with firearms and spears to riding Direhorses and Ikran into battle across Pandora’s varied landscapes. Most of Frontiers of Pandora’s gameplay is centered on first-person combat except for when players ride Direhorses and Ikran, which will switch to a third-person perspective. With Frontiers of Pandora additionally allowing players’ Na’Vi to equip and customize various outfits and other cosmetics for battle, fans have long requested Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment to add a third-person toggle feature for standard movements and combat instead of having the perspective regulated to only mounts.

Massive Entertainment has heard these requests and Creative Director Omar Bouali announced that Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will receive a free third-person update on Friday, December 5. According to Bouali, the introduction of third-person for standard movements will let players “... Experience Pandora from a whole new perspective at the push of a button.” To ensure this third-person update launches smoothly, Massive Entertainment is currently reworking certain controls, animations, and camera systems for Frontiers of Pandora. On top of the new third-person option, Massive Entertainment is also adding a New Game Plus mode to Frontiers of Pandora, allowing gamers to replay through the campaign with prior inventories and skills, face tougher foes, and unlock a new skill tree and gear.

Star Wars Outlaws’ Potential Future Updates

With Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora receiving a new third-person perspective and a New Game Plus mode in a few months, it could be suspected that Massive Entertainment may release a similar update for their other, more recent open-world title in the near future: Star Wars Outlaws. While Outlaws and Frontiers of Pandora received similarly mixed reviews, Star Wars Outlaws was considered to be a financial failure by Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot.

Despite lower-than-expected sales, Outlaws has still received attention from both Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment since its August 2024 debut, having received two DLC expansions similar to Frontiers of Pandora with Wild Card and A Pirates Fortune. Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment will additionally launch a Nintendo Switch 2 port of Star Wars Outlaws in September.

While Star Wars Outlaws may not have an as active or large playerbase compared to Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, it does still have its fans with potentially more coming from the Nintendo Switch 2 who may appreciate more beneficial updates. Unlike Frontiers of Pandora, Star Wars Outlaws is only played in third-person, but Massive Entertainment could release a first-person update for Outlaws, allowing players to take out rival criminal gangs more accurately and pilot the Trailblazer just as Kay Vess naturally would. Star Wars Outlaws also lacks a New Game Plus mode, but Massive Entertainment could add the mode to allow players to easily replay Kay Vess’ story and potentially add new enemies, weapons, and cosmetics.

Predicting the Release Window for Future Star Wars Outlaws Updates

Star Wars Outlaws is only nearing its one-year anniversary compared to Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora’s two-year anniversary, so Massive Entertainment may hold off on adding a first-person perspective and a New Game Plus mode to Outlaws until they gather data on player reception towards Avatar’s update. If fan reception is positive to Frontiers of Pandora’s update and sales of Outlaws do well on the Nintendo Switch 2, Massive Entertainment may begin working on a first-person update for Outlaws in late 2025. While Massive Entertainment could wait for Outlaws’ near two-year anniversary to release such an update, they could instead release the update near The Mandalorian and Grogu’s May 2026 theatrical debut to help bring back fans and entice potential new ones.