Prince of Persia to return

By Tom Bramwell Published 24 January, 2008

Hopefully the friendly one.

Ubisoft's latest financials reveal that Prince of Persia is to return during the company's 2008-2009 financial year, which begins in April.

Apart from Prince of Persia Classic on Xbox Live Arcade, we haven't seen much of the Prince since he went out on last-gen consoles with a healthy bang in the shape of The Two Thrones.

However, the new game has evidently been in development for some time, having featured in the leaked September 2006 documents some bright spark at Ubisoft uploaded to a public FTP. Back then, the concept artwork and other files were labelled "POP0", so perhaps it's a prequel.

Either way, we look forward to his return - if Ubisoft can marry the evolved platforming of Assassin's Creed to the brilliant characters and puzzles of the original revamp, Sands of Time, then it will be a game to remember.

No word on platforms of release date specifics, but we'll let you know when we do.

Ubisoft's latest financials also echo reports that new Anno and Shaun White snowboarding games are in development somewhere in the publisher's globe-spanning network of studios.

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Comments (17) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • Tejstar #1 4 years ago

    Lets hope it can be a return to form. Sands of Time was the best in the recent series so far.

  • Triggerhappytel #2 4 years ago

    Yeah, make it a prequel Ubisoft so you can loose all the dark stylings and anger which pervaded the latter two in the trilogy.

  • barnard666 #3 4 years ago

    assassins creed has platforming? I thought you just held down the buttons and ran towards stuff....
    Captain Kirk -
    "Spock, Set game for Auto-Play"

  • TheSnotGoblin #4 4 years ago

    They better not take my jump button away from me.

  • udat #5 4 years ago

    Sands was superb. I liked Assassin's Creed as well though. The openness and detail of the cities was incredible. If they use that game engine with the fantastic design and gameplay of Sands I will be a happy bunny.

  • Artemus #6 4 years ago

    Two Thrones almost made up for Warrior Within. Could have done without the Dark Prince though.

  • Triggerhappytel #7 4 years ago

    I think I'm one of the only ones who quite liked Warrior Within (styling and music aside), and thought The Two Thrones was complete and utter cock.

    I feel the series is getting worse with each new instalment (haven't played Live's Classic though), and I hope this trend doesn't continue with the new game.

  • spitfire1945 #8 4 years ago

    PoP: SoT was the best installment in the series so far. Hated the dark feelings of the other two (with the excuse to make them more mature and appealing, yeah right!!). So a prequel will be very welcome, even if the only "new" feature would be a pumped up graphic!!

  • Kyle #9 4 years ago

    Get rid of the Dark Prince or I'll smolder with generic rage!

  • ManicDrunkMonk #10 4 years ago

    Great News and +1 to the prequal idea.

    Warrior Within was the worst of the recent series, but it was hardly the stinker people made it out to be. Sands Of Time still gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside.

  • penhalion #11 4 years ago

    They did get rid of the dark prince and indeed the sands themselves at the end of the last game people!

  • Freek #12 4 years ago

    At the speed Altair blasts over roof tops, pressing the jump button at exactly the right time (in some cases multipell times right after each other) would have been frustrating, now you can simply concentrate and picking the right path and judging the distances.

  • Corben_Dallas #13 4 years ago

    yeah hopfully not the 'Death Metal Emo Goth' one :(

  • SeesThroughAll #14 4 years ago

    No, no, no, no, no... That's not what happened!

  • septimus #15 4 years ago

    Please don't turn him into a goth emo loser again.

    Sands of Time ftw. Assassins Creed was excellent as well (IMO) and marrying the two could be great.... or a disaster.

  • L42yB #16 4 years ago

    Oooh! Assasins creed free running and combat system combined with the puzzles and level design from Sands of Time :D BEST GAME EVER!

  • tapper #17 4 years ago

    Sands of Time is one of my games of last generation (I played it on PC though). For me, it's up there with Metroid Prime and Resident Evil4.

    It's surprising how they were able to turn into shit as fast as they did with the second installment...