Avatar: The Game is a video game based on the 2009 blockbuster film Avatar directed by James Cameron. It is a third-person action game developed by Ubisoft , 20th Century Fox Games and Lightstorm Entertainment and has been made available on most video game platforms including the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, the Nintendo Wii, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, iPhone operating system and Microsoft Windows PC. It was released for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii on December 1st, 2009. It was released for the PlayStation Portable on December 8th. The premise of the game takes place two years before the events of the film and centers on a brand new character named Able Ryder, a Sig Spec assigned to provide support to the mercenaries stationed on the forest moon of Pandora.