Ubisoft is reportedly planning to launch a brand new roguelite Prince of Persia sport on Steam Early Entry in 2024. The information comes on the again of a not too long ago launched title within the franchise referred to as Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown, which was a metroidvania platformer sport. Right here’s all you have to know concerning the supposed PC sport coming later this yr.
Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson reported that Ubisoft’s subsequent Prince of Persia title is being developed by Evil Empire. For these unfamiliar with Evil Empire, they’re the studio behind the acclaimed Lifeless Cells title. The upcoming sport is reportedly titled, ‘The Rogue Prince of Persia’, and the sport will arrive as the primary Early Entry on Steam, making it the primary Ubisoft title since 2019 to be launched on day one on Steam.
Because the title suggests, the sport will characteristic roguelite style parts, The roguelite style is attributed to titles which characteristic some parts of roguelike titles resembling permadeath or randomized stage gameplay. The sport is reportedly going to obtain steady free updates and Ubisoft will work on evolving the sport primarily based on neighborhood suggestions that it receives throughout the Early Entry on Steam.
Henderson says that the sport has been in growth since 2020, and its inception could be traced again to a dialogue at GDC 2019 between Ubisoft and Evil Empire. It has additionally been claimed that the sport’s artwork course is impressed closely by Franco-Belgian comics. This classification refers to comics which have originated in France or Belgium.
Evil Empire had acquired growth duty for Lifeless Cells from Movement Twins, notably for post-launch updates to the sport. Movement Twins introduced on February 9, 2024, that they’ll now not be creating content material for Lifeless Cells whereas Evil Empire will shift its focus to different tasks. Maybe the reported title is without doubt one of the titles that Evil Empire has been engaged on.
