{"id":2411,"date":"2026-07-24T00:32:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/xbox-series-xs-avatar-legends-delayed-to-sept-3-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T00:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:32:25","slug":"xbox-series-xs-avatar-legends-delayed-to-sept-3-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/xbox-series-xs-avatar-legends-delayed-to-sept-3-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Release of Avatar Legends Delayed Hours Before Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gameplay Group International delayed the Xbox Series X|S release of Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game hours before its planned July 23 launch, moving the Xbox date to Sept. 3, 2026. Existing Xbox pre-orders will remain active and will not be cancelled, the developer confirmed.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The game launched on July 23 for PlayStation 5, PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch. The developer posted the Xbox postponement to the game&#8217;s official X account early on launch day, giving Xbox players only hours&#8217; notice that the platform would be excluded from the initial rollout.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gameplay Group International did not provide technical details about the issue. The developer attributed the delay to &#8220;unforeseen circumstances on a backend feature&#8221; and said the Xbox version will be held back to resolve the problem. No timetable for further updates was provided.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nintendo Switch players received the Standard Edition at launch. Crossplay and several non-English language options were not available at release; the developer is working to add those features but did not give a firm timeline. A dedicated Nintendo Switch 2 version is planned for later this year.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game is a hand-drawn one-on-one fighter priced at $29.99. The launch roster includes 12 characters drawn from Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. The developer has outlined Year One downloadable content that will add five additional fighters after launch.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The revised Sept. 3 Xbox release now coincides with the launch of The Blood of Dawnwalker, creating a more crowded release window than the original July date. Interest in the title increased after a closed beta in early July and an appearance at EVO 2026.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The developer reiterated that other platform releases are proceeding as scheduled and that current Xbox pre-orders will be preserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gameplay Group International delayed the Xbox Series X|S release of Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game hours before its July 23 launch, citing an unforeseen backend feature and moving it to Sept. 3, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest"],"newsroom_tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Xbox Series X\/S Avatar Legends Release Delayed Before Launch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gameplay Group delayed the Xbox Series X\/S release of Avatar Legends to Sept. 3, 2026, hours before its July 23 launch; 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