Update (Thu 11th Apr, 2024 06:45 BST):
And sure enough, Ubisoft has now officially revealed The Rogue Prince of Persia - a 2D roguelite action platform adventure by the Dead Cells' co-developer Evil Empire. It's coming to Steam Early Access next month on 14th May, and if we hear any updates about a release on other platforms, we'll let you know.
"Starring a new take on the Prince, the game begins shortly after he provokes an invasion by the Huns, who steamroll Persia's defenders with their dark shamanic magic. Luckily, this Prince carries a magical bola that saves him from death and returns him to the last safe time and place he visited - in this case, a desert oasis where players will find themselves after every defeat."
You can learn more about the game on Ubisoft's official website.
Orignal article (Wed 3rd Apr, 2024 12:30 BST):
After the critically-acclaimed launch of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown earlier this year, Ubisoft is reportedly planning to release another new entry in the PoP franchise "later this year".
This information has been shared in an "exclusive" from Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson. This supposed release, which has been in development for around four years, is reportedly being made by Dead Cells' co-developer Evil Empire and is titled 'The Rogue Prince of Persia'.
According to the source, it will take the form of a "roguelite" and will receive "constant free updates and evolve over time based on community feedback" with an artstyle drawing inspiration from "Franco-Belgian comics".
It's believed Ubisoft has it scheduled to release in Early Access on Steam, but there's no mention of other platforms.
As for the highly-anticipated Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake, little has been said about its development recently, aside from Ubisoft confirming it had achieved an "important internal milestone" back in November of last year.
If we hear any updates, we'll let you know.
[source insider-gaming.com]
Comments 12
Hopefully they put more effort in this time, but this is modern Ubisoft we are talking about so I'm not holding my breath
@ZuneTattooGuy the last platform/indie-like Prince of Persia looked like a lot of effort was put in. I would prefer the Sands of Time remake but the recent one didn't look bad.
@Quickbeamx
It was a more boring version of Dead Cells
What happened with sands of time, did they have to start over? Coz I thought it was supposed to release 2 years ago.
@ZuneTattooGuy Awful take. It's not even the same genre as Dead Cells.
I'm playing through it on Switch at the minute and it's way better than it had any right to be.
@Jey887
Is it not a metroidvania? The only key differences is Dead Cells is an amazing game with a ton of free updates and low cost DLCs. And Dead Cells is a rouge like. Prince of Persia is a boring lame game that cost too much at launch and will go nowhere.
@ZuneTattooGuy was Prince of persia overpriced? It was $10 cheaper than Metroid Dread and has twice the content. They reviewed very similarly.
It's fine if you don't enjoy it but it has received a ton of praise and is generally seen as one of the better metroidvania of the last few years.
@BacklogBrad
Metroid Dread had far superior graphics and didn't tell me the story through pictures. Also in the newest Prince of Persia you are not even the Prince
@ZuneTattooGuy I wouldn't say far superior graphics for metroid dread. Different artstyle but similar graphics. Especially when dead cells in the discussion, MD and Prince of Persia are on one level and Dead Cells is much much lower.
I'm rarely one to complain about visuals, but that art style is not doing it for me. I'll keep an open mind as the gameplay looks fun enough to compensate.
I'm interested. I like roguelikes and I like Prince of Persia.
@IronMan30 Same here. I think this art style is dreadful and kind of lazy. Just hurts my eyes to look at. And I LOVE Dead Cells! Kind of wish they just kept that art style. I'm sure the combat will be good, might grab eventually on a deep discount.
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