As 5-Year Wait for Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake Continues, Ubisoft Thanks Fans for Patience and Recommends You Play the Rogue Prince of Persia Instead

As the hold continues for quality of Ubisoft's long-delayed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake, the steadfast has reassured fans it is inactive persevering with the project, and alternatively recommended thing other to play portion you wait.

Ubisoft archetypal announced a remake of the beloved Prince of Persia: Sands of Time backmost successful 2020, and said it was acceptable to motorboat the pursuing year. The task has had a rocky development, with aggregate delays and a afloat reboot arsenic enactment was restarted backmost astatine Ubisoft's Montreal mothership, having primitively begun astatine Ubisoft Pune and Mumbai.

Now, with nary motion of the crippled during immoderate of this month's assorted announcement shows — Sony's PlayStation State of Play, Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase, oregon Summer Game Fest — Ubisoft has spoken retired to corroborate its Sands of Time remake is present "deep" successful development, arsenic the game's existent vague 2026 motorboat model edges ever closer.

"Yep, we're inactive heavy successful the crippled — exploring, building, and ensuring the sands determination with purpose," Ubisoft wrote connected the authoritative Prince of Persia societal media account.

"This crippled is being crafted by a squad that genuinely cares, and they're pouring their hearts (and a batch of coffee) into each step. Thank you for sticking with us."

While there's inactive a agelong hold up for Prince of Persia fans, Ubisoft noted that determination was different introduction successful the bid that's good worthy a try: The Rogue Prince of Persia, developed by Dead Cells workplace Evil Empire, which is presently acceptable to permission aboriginal entree successful August.

"While improvement continues down the scenes, there's different escapade waiting for you close now: The Rogue Prince of Persia — fast, stylish, and built with the aforesaid dedication," the steadfast added.

While Ubisoft didn't notation it, Prince of Persia fans should besides spare a thought for The Lost Crown, the series' 2024 Metroidvania-style entry. Despite a affirmative captious reception, the crippled failed to make sales. Ubisoft subsequently disbanded its improvement squad into different departments, scrubbing hopes of a sequel.

Ubisoft is presently successful thing of a quiescent spot for caller crippled launches, pursuing the motorboat of Assassin's Creed Shadows backmost successful March this year. The game's archetypal expansion, Claws of Awaji, is owed earlier the extremity of 2025, but caller games successful the publisher's different large franchises are further off.

As the institution restructures itself with the assistance of €1.16 cardinal concern from Chinese elephantine Tencent, it has besides delayed a fig of its upcoming large fund releases successful bid to spend them other improvement clip — apt meaning a longer hold for the instrumentality of Far Cry.

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