New Prince of Persia confirmed for May

By Ellie Gibson Published 17 February, 2010

Ubi reveals more details of next instalment.

Ubisoft has confirmed that Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands will hit the shops in May.

The PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii version of the game will launch in Europe on 14th May, two days after it arrives in the US. The other versions (PC, DS and PSP) aren't mentioned, but you can bet they won't be long - the new Prince of Persia movie is also out that month and it's all about the tie-in.

The Forgotten Sands sees our hero exploring a mysterious realm, and fighting to save a mysterious palace from some mysterious evil. He's more acrobatic than ever these days, able to negotiate through traps, solve tricky puzzles and bosh giant bosses. The Prince also enjoys mucking about with sand and can use it to open up new areas for exploration.

Ubi is promising that the Wii version will use "advanced technologies" to offer "a smooth, clear and impressive graphical experience on Wii". There are 15 hours of storyline to enjoy, plus alternative paths, secret bits and unlockables.

You can find some screenshots from the game over on the gamepage.

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Comments (17) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Der_tolle_Emil #1 2 years ago

    I haven't played a Prince of Persia game since Warrior Within and I think it's time for me to revisit the series again because I enjoyed the two games a lot, especially Sands of Time.

  • jimboton #2 2 years ago

    traps, tricky puzzles, giant bosses and alternative paths sound great! trouble is, it doesn't sound like the Ubi of today at alll..

    we'll see ;)

  • CosmicFuzz #3 2 years ago

    I'm not sure how I feel about this game really. On the one hand I really liked the new Prince, but I loved the old stuff too. Hope it's a good game by itself and not some cheap cash in.

  • andywilkie35 #4 2 years ago

    Shame this isn't a sequel to the last one, which is one of my favourite games this generation. I'll get it if it reviews well. Maybe.

  • f00b_inc #5 2 years ago

    So it's a new game (trilogy..?) to tie-in with the movie that is based on the first of the previous trilogy remake?

    Edit: but not a continuation of the 'new direction' PoP we had last time?!
    Edited by 1 at 17/02/10 @ 09:17

  • YoungPayters #6 2 years ago

    gonna be rushed, gonna be buggy, gonna be average. but i seriously hope im wrong...

  • Thunderbolt #7 2 years ago

    Looking forward to the game and the movie.

  • kule #8 2 years ago

    Please god, just make it fun to play.

    The last one had everything going for it, a story (of sorts), great art/graphics and sound - the levels generally looked fantastic.

    However the game was just one big grind to play, collect a million blimin orbs, fight the same 4 bosses 4 times. I could be remembering it wrong but there didn't seem to be anywhere you needed to actually use your brain to figure out anything...

  • TeaFiend #9 2 years ago

    This is the Game of the Film of the Game, right?

  • rodpad #10 2 years ago

    Exciting!

  • chrisno21 #11 2 years ago

    If they can achieve Sands of Time platforming quality I'm in, if it's combat focused like the rubbish sequals I don't really care.

  • penhalion #12 2 years ago

    That was a very quick turn around.....this doesn't fill me with confidence.

    I suspect that the series will not find it's feet again until they get back the original sands of time director and story tellers. They knew how to spin a yarn that just felt right. I loved how no-one remembered what you did at the end of sands of time. Even the villain was just suprised that you knew his plans rather than somehow retaining memories of the whole adventure. This lent that wonderful lonely hero conclusion to the game. The woman you loved and shared life and death with simply thought you were a nutter who saved her life.

  • menage #13 2 years ago

    Not holding my breath, seem pretty dull so far.

    I loved the last one, do that one again.

  • Murton #14 2 years ago

    As much as I liked the last PoP I couldn't fathom the design decision to let the player choose his own path from the very beginning. It completely ruined any chance the game had for a difficulty curve as you essentially had 4 "first levels" which would have to go easy on the player, this lead to a massive jump in difficulty when reaching the next "tier" to compensate for the lack of a smooth ramping up process.

    We'll see in May how this one plays out but personally I'm hoping for something closer to the Sands of Time trilogy than the previous game.

  • muscleblade #15 2 years ago

    One week before Alan Wake and Lost Planet 2. This better be good.

  • Kaminari #16 2 years ago

    If it happens to be a Sands of Time meets Warrior Within in HD, with the very same game mechanics as the Sands trilogy, it just might be interesting. Right now, it looks more like a quick tie-in game built from the ground up by a team of trainees (think Tomb Raider Underworld on PS2).

  • capatana #17 2 years ago

    If it happens to be a Sands of Time meets Warrior Within in HD, with the very same game mechanics as the Sands trilogy, it just might be interesting. Right now, it looks more like a quick tie-in game built from the ground up by a team of trainees (think Tomb Raider Underworld on PS2) weebly
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