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April 28th, 2008 @ 17:29
Ubisoft just announced the next Prince of Persia game, although it appears to have no name at the moment.
The game will release this year and promises “a new chapter in the Prince of Persia universe, featuring a new breed of gameplay” and will apparently “rejuvenate the action-adventure genre in addition to introducing a brand-new illustrative art style.”
It’s out for PC, 360, PS3 and DS “towards the end of 2008.”
Press release after the link.
UBISOFT ANNOUNCES
PRINCE OF PERSIA
for Consoles, PC and
Nintendo DS
A New Chapter in the Legendary Franchise to Debut Towards the End of 2008
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 28th April, 2008 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced that a new Prince of Persia is scheduled to release towards the end of 2008 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and PC. This new Prince of Persia marks the debut of the critically acclaimed franchise on next-generation consoles. Developed by Ubisoft’s award-winning Montreal studio and the same all-star team that created the previously acclaimed Prince of Persia® Sands of Time trilogy, Prince of Persia is opening a new chapter in the Prince of Persia universe, featuring a new breed of gameplay. The game is poised to rejuvenate the action-adventure genre in addition to introducing a brand-new illustrative art style.
Ubisoft will also release a Prince of Persia game specifically designed for the Nintendo DS™ system, featuring an entirely new storyline and new characters. More details to be unveiled in the future.
About the Prince of Persia Franchise
Since the first game’s launch in 2003, Prince of Persia has won over 30 awards worldwide, including the highly coveted Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2003’s Console Platform Best Action/Adventure Game of the Year for Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time™. To date, the Prince of Persia franchise has sold approximately 10,3 million units worldwide.
Check www.princeofpersiagame.com regularly for more news.
Discover the first details on the game and the new look of the prince in the next issue of Edge magazine, on sale 8th May.
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April 29th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Things to include:
Running
Jumping
Climbing
Swinging
Exploring
Puzzling
A bit of sword fighting
Things to leave out:
Stupid Dark Prince
Stupid time-constrained health-draining Dark Prince
Stupid Chariot Racing
Stupid Checkpointing that leaves you repeatedly replaying the same boss battle with next-to-no-health
Stupid angst rock music
Thanks.
April 29th, 2008 at 8:25 am
Actually, this is probably the most interesting thing about the whole piece:
“introducing a brand-new illustrative art style”
I’m thinking ‘Okami’ here. Colour me interested!
April 29th, 2008 at 8:27 am
I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve never played a Prince of Persia game. That’s quite bad, I think.
April 29th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Tut. You should at least play Sands of Time, which is the best of the three. Tremendous fun.
April 29th, 2008 at 8:31 am
*puts on list*