French video game powerhouse Ubisoft opened the show with a look at fresh additions to its diverse line-up, including a new game based on the blockbuster film  "Avatar."

"Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora" is a first-person, action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft in collaboration with Disney, according to the company. A trailer for the game, set for release next year, showed an open world in which players take on the role of the tall, blue Na'vi characters from the film that won an array of Academy Awards in 2010.

"It is a glimpse of the amazing journey that awaits you in one of the most beautiful but dangerous places of all," Ubisoft chief executive Yves Guillemot said of the Avatar game teaser.

Ubisoft also showed off its latest collaboration with Nintendo combining the beloved Mario character with its impish Raving Rabbids.

Keenly awaited Ubisoft games spotlighted included additions to the popular Assassin's Creed and Far Cry franchises as well as Rainbow Six.