Prince of Persia: The Sands Of Time is an absolute basic, and whereas the unique—first launched in 2003—remains to be very gratifying, the trendy remake that’s presently in improvement will hopefully be an enchancment. If, that’s, the factor can ever discover its means out of improvement hell.
As we reported final yr, the sport—a rebuild of the unique, solely this time constructed on the Murderer’s Creed engine—was imagined to be out in January 2021. Then it was delayed to March. Then it was delayed indefinitely, which is rarely a great signal.
Now, over a yr later, the most recent information popping out of the venture is that it has modified builders fully, being taken away from Ubisoft’s two Indian studios (Pune and Mumbai) and dropped within the lap of Ubisoft Montreal. Who have been the sport’s authentic builders in 2003.
An announcement launched by Ubisoft earlier in the present day, signed solely by the “dev group”, says:
Good day, Prince of Persia followers!
The event of Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time Remake will now be led by Ubisoft Montréal, the very beginning place of the epic Sands of Time trilogy.
This resolution is a crucial step and the group, constructing upon the work achieved by Ubisoft Pune and Ubisoft Mumbai, will now take the time they should regroup on the scope of the sport to ship you the perfect expertise for this remake of an all-time basic, when it’s prepared.
We wish to thanks all to your steady help and persistence all through the event. Relaxation assured, that we’ll replace you on the progress in a future replace.
The Dev Workforce
For a recreation that was imagined to be out in January 2021, an replace like this mentioning the phrases “when it’s prepared” with out some other trace of the venture’s progress or anticipated launch is just not precisely a great omen.
