Ubisoft on Monday provided a long-awaited update onPrince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake, clarifying that the game hasn’t been canceled and is still in active development. Prompted by a massive volume of fan inquiries, the company published a brief FAQ concerning the state of the game, as well as its current plans for thePrince of Persiaseries, of which there aren’t many.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time wasreleased in 2003 to critical acclaim and fan adoration, quickly establishing itself as one of the greatest games of its generation. Over the next five years, the rebooted series spawned two direct sequels and another reboot. The cel-shadedPrince of Persiafrom 2008 also enjoyed a largely positive reception, though the series kind of trickled out in the following decade.The Sands of Time Remakewas announcedin 2020 with a suspect trailer that was immediately met with fan backlash which eventually prompted an internal developer switch.
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While the game remains in active development, Ubisoft today said it is still too early to commit to a release date, or even a release window. Furthermore, the company confirmed it has refunded all applicableThe Sands of Time Remakepre-orders, adding that it may only start accepting new ones once it’s ready to attach a firm release date to the project. The gaming giant also revealed it’s not planning on remaking any other installment from the iconic franchise for the time being. So, its overall plans for the series end with the release ofThe Sands of Time Remake, at least until it gauges public interest in continuing the iconic franchise following this rocky period of development.
Today’s communication marks the first time Ubisoft acknowledged the troubled project in over half a year. Back in May, the company revealed that thePrince of Persiaremake is swapping developersand that its veteran team at Ubisoft Montreal would be taking over for the India-based folks at Ubisoft Mumbai and Ubisoft Pune. In light of today’s update, it would appear thatThe Sands of Time Remakewon’t be making its way to PC and consoles prior to 2024, at the earliest.
Ubisoft’s continued reluctance to go into the details of the project is unsurprising, given the existing number ofcomplaints aboutThe Sands of Time Remake. The 2020 announcement trailer prompted an enormous volume of fan criticism targeting everything from the game’s muddy textures and character models to stiff animations, badly lip-synced cutscenes, and an apparent lack of improvement to combat mechanics, arguably the only weak point of the otherwise beloved original.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remakeis in development.
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