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[–] 33 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I am not an Avatar fan, but I will caution Avatar fans that Nickelodeon games are historically made for shoestring budgets; basically whatever they find in the couch cushions. As a fighting game fan, there's enough left to the imagination here that this game could be literally anything, and the developer has no other games to its name on Steam.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Actually, this developer must be that new group made to buy out the fighting game properties from Maximum Entertainment (Diesel Legacy and Them's Fightin' Herds). I saw that there was a post with a commitment to fix up Them's Fightin' Herds with some of the original dev team, but that was from a post that was taken down before I got to view it myself. Sounds like the page went live before it was supposed to. But if you're a fan of TFH, like @missingno@fedia.io , it might be worth keeping an eye on this whenever the official press release is back up. Myself, I really enjoyed Diesel Legacy, but I don't think that game is going to get anything new going forward.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    At one point MaxEnt had announced an Avatar fighting game, but then silently canceled it when everything imploded. So this appears to be a revival of that.

    Over a month ago we were told that TFH's IP had been sold to a new owner, and they'd have an announcement within a month. Announcement still hasn't happened, but the publisher on Steam was silently changed to Gameplay Group International, along with Diesel Legacy's.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Watch the Announcement Trailer for Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game (working title), an upcoming action fighting game based on the beloved Avatar franchise, developed by Gameplay Group International in collaboration with Paramount.

    Nickelodeon isn't mentioned and I don't believe they've been a part of Avatar's new development studio or creative direction for awhile.

    While I do see a generic game, it's worth blaming the right people.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's a Nickelodeon property and their stamp is on the end credits card. But yeah, maybe the money is flowing in a different direction for this one, and perhaps Avatar has a better shot than All-Star Brawl.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    You're right, Nickelodeon is still a part of Avatar. When the owners created their own studio I thought they took the IP with them, but I guess only going forward.

    I don't trust Nickelodeon to get this right.

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