Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game Launches July 2 for Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 April 2026 / 3,479 Views
Gameplay Group announced Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game will launch for the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch ,and PC via Steam on July 2.
View the pre-order trailer below:
The game will be available in the following editions:
Standard Edition ($29.99)
- 12 characters
- Story Mode
- Arcade Mode
- Training Mode
- Combo Trials
- Character Lessons
- Gallery Mode
- Online: Ranked, Casual, and Lobbies
Deluxe Edition ($49.99)
- Standard Edition content
- Music Soundtrack
- Digital art book
- Unique HUDs
- Year 1 Pass: Five characters and additional character colors
Read details on the game below:
Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game is a fighter rooted in the spirit of elemental mastery. Designed for both newcomers and veterans, it channels the energy of classic fighting games while breaking new ground in movement, style, and combat expression.
Built with a focus on fluidity, responsiveness, and online integrity, the game invites players to discover what it truly means to fight with purpose. Hand-drawn in 2D, it is crafted to preserve the style and expressive animation of the original series.
Featuring hand-drawn 2D animation true to the series’ roots, proprietary best in class rollback netcode, and full cross-play for smooth, competitive gameplay.
Features:
- Single-player campaign with original narrative.
- 12 playable characters, with many more released via season model.
- Selectable support characters influence your fighting style and grant special moves.
- Unique “Flow System” with movement centric gameplay.
- Combo Trials.
- Gallery Mode.
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Eh. I'll keep an eye on it. It looks decent enough.
12 characters is a little disappointing - From what I saw, there's Aang, Korra, Katara, Sokka, Toph, Zuko, Azula, Ozai, Zaheer, and Kyoshi. So that leaves two more unknown - I'm guessing it's Suki and Asami, but we'll see. There's certainly A LOT more characters they could add that fans would want to play as. (Iroh, Amon, Roku, Yangchen, Kuruk, Wan, Mako, Bolin, Tenzin, Kuvira, Mai, Ty Lee, etc.)
What I would REALLY love to see is an open-world, action RPG. One with fresh, entirely original story with an OC main character where your OC is the Avatar! And YOU have your own story, allies, enemies, and adventures to deal with as part of maintaining peace and balance in the world. You get to choose which element your character is, which will have different effects and changes to the narrative, relationships, character origins, etc.
Yea, animes definitely need more RPG type games instead of the stream of half hearted fighting titles. Personally Naruto is top of my list where you choose your own clan, class and element(s), but avatar would be cool too.
Looks good, roster is a bit light, but it is $30, and preorders get to vote on the 5 year one DLC characters ($50 for the deluxe addition that includes the year 1 DLC pass). I'll probably vote for Iroh, Bolin, Kuvira, Jet, and Suki if I decide to preorder.
It looks legit but likely has a pretty small budget hence the lack of characters. I don't need 30+ characters, but I could go for 20-25.
Iroh, Tenzin, Mai, Ty Lee, Mako, Bolin, Kuvira, Unalaq, and Mako are some pretty big oversights. Suki and Asami I would say so as well.
I'll give them a pass for no Roku or Yangchen because how many Avatars do you need in the roster?
