Originally supposed to launch tomorrow, May 14, The Rogue Prince of Persia will now wall jump over to May 27 for the game’s release date on Steam Early Access. The roughly two-week delay partially came in response to Hades 2 surprise-releasing earlier this month.
In addition to Hades 2, developer Evil Empire also noted that pushing back The Rogue Prince of Persia “lowered the stress levels” of the team and should allow them to “kick some stubborn bugs out,” too. The 2D action-platformer is a spin-off of Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia franchise and comes from the studio behind Dead Cells. In fact, The Rogue Prince of Persia builds on the Dead Cells formula, though offers up a lot more wall running.
It was just a bit over a month ago that The Rogue Prince of Persia was announced. It will be the second game in the long-running franchise to come out this year, following in the footsteps of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown in January. Ubisoft also has a Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake in the works. However, the game has switched development teams previously and is reportedly now seeing a huge overhaul.
On Steam, Evil Empire revealed that The Rogue Prince of Persia will cost $20. The team also teased a “cheeky little launch discount” for people looking to pick up the game.
As for The Rogue Prince of Persia’s new release date, Evil Empire added one funny tidbit as well. “If Silksong shadow drops in the next two weeks,” then the studio might just be “burning the whole thing down!”
The Rogue Prince of Persia is planned to be in Steam Early Access for “around a year, probably a little bit longer,” according to the game’s Steam page. Evil Empire will look to add levels, weapons, bosses, and story acts to the action-platformer over this time. The price of The Rogue Prince of Persia could also increase as new content comes to the game in the future.
