Prince of Persia 3 titled

By Ellie Gibson Published 21 September, 2005

When two thrones go to war...

Ubisoft has announced the official title for the third instalment in the Prince of Persia series, due out on PC, PS2 and Xbox later this year.

Prince of Persia The Two Thrones is said to take the best bits of the Sands of Time and Warrior Within and combine them with new gameplay elements, such as a new Speed Kill system, chariot combat racing and a second playable character.

The game's storyline begins with our hero and love interest Kaileena returning to Babylon, only to find there's a bloody great war going on. Kaileena is brutally murdered and her death unleashes the Sands of Time, which is not a good thing.

The prince, cast out onto the streets and hunted as a fugitive, finds himself gradually being possessed by the spirit of the deadly Dark Prince - a nice new picture of whom you can see in our PoP 3 screenshot gallery.

“Prince of Persia The Two Thrones will allow players to explore the two different sides of the Prince’s divided soul,” said executive producer Yannis Mallat.

“The Prince will battle with his inner demons and explore his alter ego. He’ll struggle with the boundaries between good and evil in his quest to regain his rightful place as ruler of Babylon.” And ting, he did not add.

Prince of Persia The Two Thrones is due out in December. To learn more about the game, why not take a look at our recent preview.

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (17) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • myiagros #1 6 years ago

    Eurogamer: "Prince of Persia The Two Thrones is said to take the best bits of the Sands of Time and Warrior Within and combine them"

    the best bits of WOW, i don't remember any of those. Sands of Time was a fantastic game though, if not a little short (6-8 hours)

  • DDevil #2 6 years ago

    Hahahaha @ Two Towers.

    Whoopsie!

  • alimokrane #3 6 years ago

    The Two Thrones ....ummm .... Not the best of subtitles but titles mean nothing as along as the game delivers and I am pretty sure POP3 will ... The Speed Kill ... Yummy !!!

    Looking forward to it. You guys should check out the new trailer on IGN. here is a link:

    http://streami ngmovies.ign.com/xbox/article/652/652460/Prince_of_Persia_Th e_Two_Thrones_wmvlow.wmv



  • Blerk #4 6 years ago

    Two Thrones? I think you'll find one of them's a bidet, mate.

  • kangarootoo #5 6 years ago

    Speed Kills? Isn't that some form of road traffic warning?

    Ahahahahahaha

    /gets coat

  • Thamuhacha #6 6 years ago

    Blerk gets "props" as I believe they are known. Top gaggery.
    Edited by 1 at 21/09/05 @ 17:16

  • Celeborn #7 6 years ago

    I found the SoT length just about perfect. I know if its a great game you want to play more; but then sometimes a game just naturally flows and comes to a natural conclusion. SoT achieved this IMO. Halo for example padded out some area's and they stuck out like a saw thumb and perhaps tainted some memories.

  • Sko #8 6 years ago

    Speed kill? Huh? I'm certainly looking forward to wrestling with a combo-combat system more complicated than most of the puzzles in SoT.

  • bleed_together #9 6 years ago

    I noticed that it didn't say that it was due out on the cube, Was it cancelled or just a mistake on eurogamers part?

  • Demograph #10 6 years ago

    Eurogamer: "Prince of Persia The Two Thrones is said to take the best bits of the Sands of Time and Warrior Within and combine them"

    The only problem is that what made SoT great was that it wasn't like WW.

  • Pac-man-ate-my-wife #11 6 years ago

    Eurogamer: "Prince of Persia The Two Thrones is said to take the best bits of the Sands of Time and Warrior Within and combine them"

    Perhaps they mean the gameplay, look, acting, presentation, style and feeling of SoT with the sales of Warrior Within.

    /hopes

  • Talha #12 6 years ago

    Two Thrones? That's one of the dumbest titles I have ever seen. Kindered Blades sounded artistic, slick and cryptic - in other words, COOL. Two Thrones sounds like Two Thorns. MAybe Ubisoft is trying to get more sales this way!! Their market survery must have showed that Kindered Blades will sell 0.1% less compared to WW...

    Speaking of WW, the sheer hatred for the title is surprising but understandable. I still maintain that had there been no SoT, WW would have looked a great title in its own right. Point is, even the lowest denomination in the series is still some of the best gaming around!!!

    Ubisoft seem to be on a roll these days. Far Cry, PoP, Brothers in Arms, Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, BEyond Good and Evil, Myst.. It seems they are the best game publisher around these days. All they lack is an illegal street racing title - then they will become even more attractive to EA!!!
    Edited by 1 at 22/09/05 @ 06:50

  • space_ace #13 6 years ago

    any platforming bits to pop up?!

  • skybluesam86 #14 6 years ago

    I noticed that it didn't say that it was due out on the cube, Was it cancelled or just a mistake on eurogamers part?

    IGN says it's out on Cube, so I can only assume it is a mistake on EG's part.

    And if not, and they have cancelled it, I will not be happy!

  • alimokrane #15 6 years ago

    There isn no way it wont be released on gamecube so you can all rest assured. its official it will be on all 4 major platforms PC, PS2, XBOX and GC

  • Oblio #16 6 years ago

    "Ubisoft seem to be on a roll these days. Far Cry, PoP, Brothers in Arms, Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, BEyond Good and Evil, Myst.. It seems they are the best game publisher around these days. All they lack is an illegal street racing title - then they will become even more attractive to EA!!!"

    You forget King Kong :)
    As for the illegal racing.. 182 something.. seemed to be there - and wait they have some streetball things too... bleah...

    POP for me is... w no expectation - despit some issues.. i enjoyed WW too - yet.. i get a bit bored about the POP.
    Somethings tells me though that the PSP version (surely on the way) might get my full attention.. but.. who knows? EA? :)

  • RabidMonkey #17 6 years ago

    "Prince of Persia The Two Thrones is said to take the best bits of the Sands of Time and Warrior Within and combine them"

    So, that's the Sands of Time then?