THQ today announced the release of the Avatar: The Last Airbender--The Burning Earth video game, based on the hit animated Nickelodeon television series. Avatar: The Last Airbender--The Burning Earth is currently available for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo's Wii, Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance. In addition, the game is scheduled to be released for the Xbox 360 next month, marking the debut of the first Nickelodeon title for this system.

Based on the popular Avatar: The Last Airbender animated series from Nickelodeon, players will follow the storyline of the second season as Aang puts up a courageous fight against the evil Fire Nation to restore balance in the war-torn Earth Kingdom city. Players will be able to experience an epic adventure playing as five new playable characters including Appa, Jet, Toph, Zuko and Uncle Iroh as they experience brand-new firebending moves and go head-to-head in the all new Arena Combat for intense fighting action. Dramatic air battles will also take place as players experience new flying levels while playing as Momo and Appa.