A current report claimed that Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown’s improvement group 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 could be on bringing the sport to extra platforms – with a Steam launch behind us and a Mac launch incoming – whereas the event group itself has “shifted to different initiatives that may profit from their experience.” Elguess’ message additionally assured that Ubisoft will “deliver extra Prince of Persia experiences sooner or later.”
“I’m extraordinarily pleased with our group’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 will likely be accessible on Mac by this winter.
“Many of the group 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 happy to deliver extra Prince of Persia experiences sooner or later.”
Despite receiving widespread crucial acclaim upon its launch in January, Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown has didn’t take pleasure in business success to match, reportedly having managed to promote simply 1,000,000 models up to now.
As per stories, The Misplaced Crown’s dev group shifted to a few different Ubisoft initiatives in Past Good and Evil 2, the subsequent 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 means of right here.
Although a sequel to The Misplaced Crown seems 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.