PC Prince of Persia will be late

By Robert Purchese Published 5 March, 2010

Arrives a month after others.

Ubisoft's new Prince of Persia game, The Forgotten Sands, will be released on PC in June.

That's a bit later than the PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 version, which are arriving on 14th May. The handheld DS and PSP games are positioned for May.

The Forgotten Sands ties in with Jerry Bruckheimer's new megabucks Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time film, which stars Donnie Darko and that one from St. Trinian's.

Time-altering powers are back, and Princey can fling sand around as he saves the day from some evil or other.

Dive into our Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands gamepages below to uncover more.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (24) 2 years ago

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  • Artemus #1 2 years ago

    Now with added draconian DRM!

  • M4RV #2 2 years ago

    Like it's something we, PC gamers, aren't already used to... Right...?!

    /irony

    EDIT:

    @Artemus:

    I had forgotten about that...

    * sheds a tear *
    Edited by 1 at 05/03/10 @ 14:16

  • TeaFiend #3 2 years ago

    Adding a new DRM with more non-sensical features.

  • ChthonicEcho #4 2 years ago

    What else could anyone possibly expect from Ubisoft? Last game I bought from them was Beyond Good & Evil.

    None of the games they make nowadays even interest me, save for Conviction. And I'm not touching that because of asinine DRM.

  • Dylbot #5 2 years ago

    Busy filling the boxes with poisonous spiders to counteract piracy. You can't pirate a game if you're dead!

  • Eraysor #6 2 years ago

    Can't see myself ever purchasing a Ubisoft PC game until that DRM is removed. I imagine they'll inflict it upon SC: Conviction as well, which is annoying.

  • kingcrowbar #7 2 years ago

    Again DRM only hurts the paying customers. To really stretch things:

    Down came the torrent and washed the poisonous spider out.

  • TeaFiend #8 2 years ago

    I can't see myself purchasing an Ubisoft PC game in the near future either. This is as I do not have a modern gaming PC and instead get games on my 360.

  • Optimaximal #9 2 years ago

    @Dylbot But that will only inconvenience paying customers, like all other DRM!

  • M4RV #10 2 years ago

    ^ ^ ^ ^

    Ironic ain't it...?!

  • LiveForever #11 2 years ago

    Who cares about PC release. Just like AC2 this is a console game and if u dissagre ur fooling yourself.

    Pc games are StarCraft 2, Crysis 1+2 and lets say Team Fotress2. Ubisoft consoles ports with DRM are not.

  • loopy #12 2 years ago

    "Busy filling the boxes with poisonous spiders to counteract piracy. You can't pirate a game if you're dead!"

    This made me laugh hard, cheers. :)

  • jellyhead #13 2 years ago

    Ubisoft... nah, not interested anymore.

  • Mooglepies #14 2 years ago

    Sorry Ubisoft, what was that you said? I can't hear you over the sound of your DRM.

  • M4RV #15 2 years ago

    @LiveForever:

    I cant remember being able to play a 1080p, 60fps, 16x AA, etc etc, on the 360 or PS3...

    * runs away, before another PC vs Consoles war begins *

  • ignatiusjreilly #16 2 years ago

    I wonder if Ubi thinks the changes they made were worth the entire internet coming out with these types of comments wherever their name is written?

  • smelly #17 2 years ago

    Makes sense to release pc version later than the consoles.

    If you release it at same time, people will pirate it on pc and not buy it. If they cant get the pc version for free - and they want to play it - they'll go and buy the console version.

    Common sense surely?

  • smelly #18 2 years ago

    @ignatiusjreilly : Gamers* are sheep. It doesnt matter if the drm effects them personally or not. It's a bit more hassle for the crackers who dont like it.. so they start these internet flames and the kidz follow like the sheep they are - bemoaning a company for daring to protect their copyright when they should just allow all these internet kidz to distribute it freely.

    (cue someone telling me that game X is already torrented while missing the point)

    * - well that's not fair.. I meant "the vocal Gamers on Forums" - the paying customers tend not to actually care
    Edited by 1 at 05/03/10 @ 21:39

  • yagisencho #19 2 years ago

    PC release delays normally irritate me, but I haven't played any of the PoP games since the original. But hey - whatever flavor you prefer, enjoy!

  • smelly #20 2 years ago

    I know if i owned a games company (i dont).

    i'd certainly release the pc version a few months later than the console.. It makes sense - the pc version will be the most pirated - so keep it out of the pirates hands until people have bought it.

    A games shelf life tends to be a month or two.. So maximize sales by releasing pc version later.

    It's definately what i'd do if it was my money. It's not as if the pc version will sell that many anyhows. Pc games tend to have 10,000 sales and 5 million torrent seeds.

  • dacicus #21 2 years ago

    Ubi, you can even never release it on PC. Don't worry, it will be well pirated on XBox 360. Bye, bye, Ubi. See you when you'll understand to do not punish the customers for the acts of the pirates.

  • Galathorn #22 2 years ago

    6/10

  • madjim #23 2 years ago

    I'd like to propose Ubisoft a new DRM. The user, besides the constant Internet connection would have to register his ID, VAT and social security number, at least two credit cards and his criminal record. Then, if all of the above are settled, he would play the game. He will receive to his cell phone an SMS with unlocking code every 15 minutes and he will have to insert it in the game in 15 secs time, or the game will uninstall and the DVD be destroyed.

    Well... console version for me.

  • Vixremento #24 2 years ago

    Obviously the DRM already means it's a NO. Now...if the graphics are as horrible as the previous game and it's too easy again then it would have been a NO away...the sands of time was just one of those spectacular games that they're failing to reproduce.