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Avatar: Seven Havens — First Trailer Drops, Oct 9 Premiere

The Avatar franchise’s next chapter finally has a face. Avatar: Seven Havens dropped its official teaser trailer at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 on Thursday, revealing an October 9 premiere on Paramount+ and introducing Pavi — the Earthbending successor to Korra — along with a startling twin-Avatar twist that sets the new series apart from everything that came before.

Avatar Pavi close-up with green eyes and aurora sky in Avatar: Seven Havens
Image courtesy of Nickelodeon / Avatar Studios

A World That Fears Its Own Avatar

The setting of Seven Havens picks up after the events of The Legend of Korra, but the world it depicts has fallen apart. A devastating cataclysm — possibly linked to Korra’s merging of the physical and spirit worlds — has shattered civilisation, and what remains of humanity has retreated into seven isolated strongholds known as the Seven Havens. In this bleak new era, the Avatar is not a symbol of hope. The teaser’s most striking line drives the point home: the title marks its bearer as humanity’s destroyer, not its saviour.

The show is produced by Avatar Studios and Nickelodeon Animation Studio as a 2D-animated series across 26 episodes, split into two books in keeping with the franchise’s tradition.

Meet Pavi — and the Twin Who Could Change Everything

The new Avatar is Pavi, a young dark-skinned Earthbender voiced by Saheli Khan, living in the sandy, windswept city of Allura. She walks with a wooden prosthetic in place of her left leg — a quietly significant design choice from character designer Sara Kipin — and carries a cautious, guarded personality that sets her apart from the brash Korra.

Early in the story, Pavi discovers she has a long-lost twin sister named Nisha (Aishu Devan), who is aggressive and outgoing where Pavi is measured. The twist: both sisters can bend all four elements. Both believe they are the true Avatar. That central conflict — two people with equal claim to the most powerful role in the world — gives Seven Havens a premise that no prior Avatar series has attempted, and the trailer hints at it without spelling everything out.

Avatar: Seven Havens | Official Teaser | Paramount+ (SDCC 2026) — via Avatar Legends on YouTube

Korra’s Shadow Looms Over the New Story

Korra is not entirely absent from the teaser. A brief flashback shows her in the Avatar State — the white-glowing-eyes moment that the franchise has always used for its most pivotal scenes — offering a glimpse at what may have preceded the world’s collapse. Whether Janet Varney will return to voice the character beyond the teaser footage has not been confirmed by Paramount or Avatar Studios.

Pavi in the Avatar State with glowing eyes against a fire-lit sky in Avatar: Seven Havens
Image courtesy of Nickelodeon / Avatar Studios

The Creators Who Built the Original Are Back

Perhaps the single biggest signal that Seven Havens is worth taking seriously: it is created by Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, the duo behind both Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. After their well-publicised departure from the Netflix live-action adaptation, their return to the animated medium — and to the universe they built — is the news many fans were waiting for before committing to a new entry.

Completing the reunion is composer Jeremy Zuckerman, whose scores for both the original series and Korra became as iconic as the shows themselves. The full voice cast also includes Akshay Khanna as Karthik, Major Curda as Jae (an airbender who serves as Pavi’s mentor), Sakina Jaffrey as Agam, Darren Barnet as Daemin, Dianne Doan as Zi, and Dee Bradley Baker voicing both Geet and Ruhi — Baker previously brought Appa and Momo to life in the original series, and Geet, Pavi’s cat-monkey companion, looks to continue that tradition of memorable animated animals.

26 Episodes Drop All at Once — Here’s the Singapore Catch

Pavi riding her cat-monkey companion Geet at sunset in Avatar: Seven Havens
Image courtesy of Nickelodeon / Avatar Studios

All 26 episodes of Avatar: Seven Havens will drop simultaneously on Paramount+ on October 9, 2026 — no weekly releases, no waiting between books. For fans in the US, Australia, or Canada, it will be a full-season binge from day one.

For Singapore viewers, the picture is less clear. Paramount+ does not currently operate in Singapore or Southeast Asia, and regional streaming rights for Seven Havens have not been announced. Previous Avatar content has found its way to Southeast Asian platforms over time — Singapore fans should watch for regional distribution news closer to launch. In the meantime, the official teaser is free to watch on the Avatar Legends YouTube channel.

Keep an eye on our anime and animation coverage as more details — regional platforms, trailer breakdowns, and character reveals — land ahead of the October premiere.

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game Is Out Now — Critics Give It an 81 on Metacritic

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game is out today across PS5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, and PC — and it has already landed as the highest-rated fighting game of 2026 so far. With a Metacritic score of 81 across nine critic reviews, the game we first covered when the full roster and DLC were revealed at EVO has turned its pre-launch promise into a genuinely well-reviewed title worth your attention this week.

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game — aerial combat
Image courtesy of Paramount Games

What Critics Are Saying — An 81 That Could Still Climb

Across nine scored reviews on Metacritic (PC), Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game sits at an 81 — comfortably in the “Generally Favorable” band and notably higher than most licensed fighters manage. The game also scores 80 across seven PS5 reviews, and review aggregator OpenCritic is similarly positive.

EventHubs, one of the most respected fighting game outlets, awarded it a 9.5/10, calling it “a triumph of the genre” and “one of the best licensed video games period.” IGN landed at 8/10, praising “immense potential with some of the most satisfying movement.” DualShockers gave it an 8.5/10, highlighting the game’s “lore-accurate and great looking characters” and its accessibility for players who don’t usually pick up fighters. SteamDeckHQ went further, calling it “a masterpiece” at a perfect 10/10.

The criticisms are light: some reviewers noted a limited arcade mode and the occasional long loading screen. But at US$29.99 for the Standard Edition, the consensus is that this is very easy to recommend.

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game — Katara ice combo
Image courtesy of Paramount Games

Watch the Trailer

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game | Console Pre-Order Trailer — via Paramount Games on YouTube

What Makes It Click — Flow, 12 Characters, and a Story from the Creators

Developed by Gameplay Group International — veterans behind Killer Instinct and Them’s Fightin’ Herds — the game brings 12 characters across both animated series to a four-button fighting system built around a Flow mechanic unique to each fighter. Every character uses Flow moves differently, which gives the roster a depth that goes well beyond surface-level bending-type differences. Appa joins as a support character, which as far as fighting game cameos go is hard to top.

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game — Naga and fire element battle
Image courtesy of Paramount Games

The 12-character launch roster spans both series: Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, Zuko, Korra, Azula, Avatar Kyoshi, Zaheer, Fire Lord Ozai, plus Avatar State Aang and Nightmare Korra as alternate unlockable versions. The original story mode runs to nearly 30 chapters and was co-written by Avatar co-creator Michael Dante DiMartino alongside series writer Tim Hedrick — which is more creative involvement from the original team than most game tie-ins manage to secure.

The game ships with proprietary rollback netcode and full cross-play across all platforms, so Singapore players matching with friends on other systems should have no issues.

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game — Appa as support character
Image courtesy of Paramount Games

How to Get It in Singapore

The digital Standard Edition launches today at US$29.99 on the PS Store, Nintendo eShop, Microsoft Store, and Steam — check your local storefront for SGD pricing. The Deluxe Edition (US$49.99) bundles in the Year 1 Pass, which covers the first five post-launch DLC characters; as we covered last month, that includes Iroh, Ty Lee, Lin Beifong, Bolin, and a fifth character chosen by a fan community vote.

A physical edition for Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S is set for October 2026, published by PM Studios — worth noting for collectors who prefer a box on the shelf. For the latest in games news, keep an eye here.