New Prince of Persia game coming News

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News by Ellie Gibson

28 April, 2008

Ubisoft has announced a new Prince of Persia game is on the way.

Apparently it's in development for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. There's no word on a title as yet. However, Ubisoft has said the game is "scheduled to release towards the end of 2008".

The publisher also confirmed it's in development at Ubisoft Montreal and is being worked on by the same team who produced the Sands of Time trilogy.

According to the press release the new game "is opening a new chapter in the Prince of Persia universe" and will feature "a new breed of gameplay". You can expect a new "illustrative art style", and Ubi is promising to "rejuvenate" the action adventure genre.

There's a separate PoP game on the way for Nintendo DS, too, complete with a brand new storyline and characters.

Expect more on the new games, and endless hilarious references to MC Hammer pants, soon.

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penhalion

29/04/08 @ 00:26

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It better feature the prince of persia. I'm fed up to the back teeth with franchise games suddenly removing the franchise character from the main role in order to "do something new".

It's like they forgot why the franchise became a franchise in the first place.

L0cky

29/04/08 @ 01:32

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In other news, the sun comes up.

AHiFi

29/04/08 @ 01:57

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Bah, there's no sun outside where I am. Only darkness!

Pedrolot

29/04/08 @ 06:26

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IT BLINDS!!!

symmetry

29/04/08 @ 06:33

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Oh I wonder if it'll be a re-skinned Assassin's Creed?

I wouldn't mind that at all.

penhalion

29/04/08 @ 06:45

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@symmetry

er you do remember the fighting in assasins creed right? It was abysmal and degenerated into a one hit kill counter move after the second mission. Loved the graphics though and yep they would suit persia perfectly.

lambtron

29/04/08 @ 07:30

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Yeah it was never the fighting that made POP great. Although the stealth kills in the 3rd one weren't bad.

Sands of Time is still the best one though.

asphaltcowboy

29/04/08 @ 08:01

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AWESOME! :D

Stu

29/04/08 @ 10:38

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Good news, The Sands of Time was one of the most beautiful games on PS2. Here's hoping they don't fuck it up.

SoullessMurderbunny

29/04/08 @ 10:41

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Here's a fun fact involving MC Hammer: remember Disney's "Aladdin"? The animators of that film studied MC Hammer's videos to learn how to properly animate Aladdin's pants.

Charlie_Miso

29/04/08 @ 11:26

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MC Hammer fun facts FTW

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