While Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time might be on hold, Ubisoft announced another new Prince of Persia at Summer Game Fest 2023. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown will launch on Jan. 18, 2023, and returns to the series’ retro-style 2D roots.
Ubisoft Montpellier is developing The Lost Crown, the same studio that developed Rayman Legends, though it looks more like a Metroidvania than a straight-up platformer. You play as a warrior of the kingdom on a mission to save his homeland from monsters and evildoers. He wields magic, swords, bows, and an impressive range of other abilities in the process, fighting giant snakes, taking down wizards, and even facing a dark version of himself.
The environments look like something out of Metroid Dread, a mix of traditional 2D environments with impressive details and pop effects in the foreground. Ubisoft will show more during the Ubisoft Forward event on June 12, 2023.
Meanwhile, development on Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake has restarted once again, as the team works to re-imagine what the classic game should look like in a modern landscape. It’s still in the concept stage, so we probably won’t be seeing anything about that one at Ubisoft Forward.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
