A latest report claimed that Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown’s improvement crew had been disbanded by Ubisoft, and {that a} pitch for a sequel to the acclaimed sidescrolling Metroidvania action-adventure title had been rejected by the corporate. Now, no less than the previous half of that report has been confirmed by Ubisoft.
Taking to Twitter through the official Prince of Persia account, the corporate shared a message from Abdelhak Elguess, who was senior producer on The Misplaced Crown. In his message, Elguess confirmed that with post-launch assist for the sport having wrapped up, the main target for Ubisoft now’s on bringing the sport to extra platforms – with a Steam launch behind us and a Mac launch incoming – whereas the event crew itself has “shifted to different initiatives that may profit from their experience.” Elguess’ message additionally assured that Ubisoft will “carry extra Prince of Persia experiences sooner or later.”
“I’m extraordinarily pleased with our crew’s work and fervour at Ubisoft Montpellier to create a recreation that resonated with gamers and critics alike, and I’m assured in its long-term success,” Elguess’ message reads. “Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown is now on the finish of its post-launch roadmap with three free content material updates and as soon as DLC that launched in September. We are actually specializing in making the sport accessible to extra gamers: it was lately launched on Steam, and might be accessible on Mac by this winter.
“Many of the crew members who labored on Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown have shifted to different initiatives that may profit from their experience. We all know gamers have a love for this model and Ubisoft is worked up to carry extra Prince of Persia experiences sooner or later.”
Regardless of receiving widespread essential acclaim upon its launch in January, Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown has didn’t get pleasure from business success to match, reportedly having managed to promote simply 1,000,000 models to date.
As per experiences, The Misplaced Crown’s dev crew shifted to a few different Ubisoft initiatives in Past Good and Evil 2, the following Ghost Recon, and a Rayman remake. The place the latter is worried, although there’s no official announcement but, Ubisoft has confirmed that it has “began an exploration section on the Rayman model”. Learn extra on that by right here.
Although a sequel to The Misplaced Crown seems to be unlikely at this level, Prince of Persia followers do nonetheless produce other issues to stay up for. Roguelike motion recreation The Rogue Prince of Persia is at present in early entry on Steam, whereas a remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time can also be due out in 2026.
