On November 7, 2022, Ubisoft up to date the official web site for the long-delayed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake, stating that every one pre-orders will likely be refunded. The steadily delayed title presently has no launch date which prompted the refunds from Ubisoft. When a launch date is introduced, pre-orders for the sport will likely be re-opened for all clients.
Ubisoft stays insistent that Prince of Persia has not been canceled. The writer says that the sport remains to be in lively growth at Ubisoft Montreal. Prolonged delays have hindered the sport which had an authentic launch date of January 2021. One month prior, in December 2020, Ubisoft introduced that the sport was being moved again to 2021. Quickly after, nonetheless, Ubisoft eliminated Worth of Persia from all launch schedules and declared that the sport was postponed indefinitely.
In June 2021, Ubisoft gave new steerage for the Prince of Persia Remake with a launch in 2022. Whereas the sport has not been launched this yr, growth continues to be rocky as Ubisoft switched studios from Ubisoft Pune and Ubisoft Mumbai to Ubisoft Montreal. From a small delay to an indefinite delay, adopted by canceling of all pre-orders, information about Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake has not been good because the preliminary 2020 reveal.
It’s price stating {that a} troubling developmental cycle after the announcement has plagued one other Ubisoft title: Past Good and Evil 2. The sequel to a different early-2000’s fan favourite, Past Good and Evil 2 has confronted a number of delays and presently has no launch date both. Over the previous 14 years, Ubisoft has remained tight-lipped on the destiny of the mission, and elements of the gaming public are frightened that the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake may need an analogous destiny.
When launched in 2003, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was hailed as an prompt basic and revived a moribund franchise. The distinctive rewind mechanic alleviated numerous frustration with the sport’s signature platforming and puzzle sequences, making a template for the franchise that has persevered via 2 direct sequels and one other reboot sport, Prince of Persia, in 2008. By way of 2010, when the big-budget Hollywood adaptation of Prince of Persia was launched, Ubisoft steadily launched cell video games, spin-offs, and repackaged bundles of Prince of Persia video games. The final 12 years have seen the franchise languish with two cell releases by Gameloft and no main console releases.
