The most anticipated video game in Avatar franchise history will not be made. Paramount Skydance has indefinitely suspended the Avatar: The Last Airbender RPG, a project first announced in 2024 that generated years of excitement among fans of the animated series and its spin-offs.
According to a report by Screen Rant, citing IGN, the game was never actually in production. When Paramount Games Studio was established last fall following the Paramount Skydance merger, studio heads chose not to move forward with the RPG. The decision came as part of broader changes triggered by the merger, with leadership opting to focus on other intellectual properties instead.
Shawn Kittelsen, SVP and head of Creative and Production at Paramount Games Studio, issued a statement explaining the shift in priorities. "Games was a sub-department within consumer products," he said. "Now we are a business unit, and we're accountable for driving revenue and building games, and we have a larger team and more support behind us, including the fact that Skydance came with two game studios ready to play."
One of those priorities is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, a flagship title recently revealed at Summer Game Fest. The Avatar RPG, which had been described to fans as the biggest video game the franchise would ever see, did not make the cut.
The cancellation lands hard for a fanbase that has had several reasons for optimism in recent years. The live-action Netflix reboot of Avatar: The Last Airbender continues to attract viewers. An animated film centered on Avatar Aang is scheduled to launch on Paramount+ after its planned theatrical release was scrapped. And the sequel series Avatar: Seven Havens, a follow-up to The Legend of Korra, is set for a 2027 debut.
On the gaming side, some relief exists. The Avatar fighting game Avatar Legends is still on track, with a release date of July 23. But that title is unlikely to fill the void left by the cancelled RPG, which fans had been anticipating as something far more expansive.
The RPG had been nicknamed the "Ice Wars" game within fan communities. It is now, as Screen Rant put it, officially on ice.
