The Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake has been delayed again by Ubisoft. Earlier this week, Ubisoft announced that the game was changing studios. Instead of the Ubisoft Pune and Ubisoft Mumbai Studios, Ubisoft Montreal will now be taking over the development. Ubisoft have since confirmed that the game will not be ready till mid 2023 at the earliest.

An update on the development of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake pic.twitter.com/8xQpqyPSwQ

— Prince of Persia (@princeofpersia) May 3, 2022

Trickling Hourglass

The Prince of Persia Remake was first announced in September 2020 at the Ubisoft Forward digital conference. The original game was released in 2003. In the announcement trailer, which you can watch below, Ubisoft announced that it would be available January 21, 2021.

Then, in December 2020, the Indian-based studio announced that it would instead be releasing on March 18 2021. Although no reason was given, it seems it was partly due to the COVID pandemic as the developers tweeted: “2020 has been a year like no other.” What they did not mention, however, was the negative reaction fans had to the trailer and the updated graphics that were deemed underwhelming.

However, the following year, the game was then delayed indefinitely. In June 2021, the Prince of Persia dev team announced that it would not be featured at that year’s Ubisoft Forward conference. The Indian studio also stated that they were making great progress on the game for a 2022 release. However, Ubisoft have since announced that it will be delayed again.

A message from the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake dev team: pic.twitter.com/3B8tgUGkwl

— Prince of Persia (@princeofpersia) June 7, 2021

Will it be released in 2023?

In a statement to Digital Trends, Ubisoft announced: “The development of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake will now be led by Ubisoft Montreal. We’re proud of the work achieved by Ubisoft Pune and Ubisoft Mumbai, and Ubisoft Montreal will benefit from their learnings as the new team will continue the work to deliver a great remake. As such, we are no longer targeting an FY23 (fiscal year 2023) release anymore. Players will be updated on the project as the development is moving along.”

The fiscal year 2023 ends in March 2023, so it is still possible that the Prince of Persia remake will be released the next calendar year. However, with the repeated delays and the switch to Ubisoft Montreal – the studio behind the original game – it appears there were certainly some struggles with this game, that Montreal now have to deal with as well.

The Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake is certainly not the only game to have been affected by the pandemic. Santa Monica recently announced that God of War: Ragnarok still isn’t ready to share yet, after a number of delays in the production. Both the God of War game and the original Prince of Persia game are fan favourites. Perhaps creating a remake of the beloved 2003 game is also creating a lot more pressure for the developers.

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They will now launch during the company’s next fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2023

Ubisoft has delayed upcoming games The Division Heartland and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake, which was previously scheduled for release during the current fiscal year.

Rocksmith+, which was last month delayed from its summer 2021 launch window to an unspecified date, has also been pushed to Ubisoft’s next fiscal year, the publisher said on Thursday.

Announced in May with no specific release date, Heartland is a free-to-play Division spin-off that is described as “a standalone experience” that will provide “an all new perspective on the universe in a new setting”.

Announced last September and originally scheduled for release in January 2021, Prince of Persia Sands of Time Remake has already been delayed on a couple of occasions.

Ubisoft’s chief financial officer Frédérick Duguet has said, “Prince of Persia is a beloved brand and we are taking the appropriate time to ensure that we are living up to players’ expectations,”

“As we said during Q1, testing phases for our free to play games are ongoing and inform our release plans. Testing of Heartland has provided great feedback and the team is committed to make the title engaging for a wide audience.”

This kind of pattern in which games are delayed are not uncommon from Ubisoft. For example Rainbow Six Extraction, Immortals: Fenyx Rising, and Watch Dogs: Legion were all delayed back in 2019, and then Extraction was delayed again. Far Cry 6 was pushed back prior to its release; Riders Republic, out today, also underwent various delays.

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The Art Director for Assassin’s Creed is taking on a new leap of faith

Raphael Lacoste, the art director for Assassin’s Creed announced on Twitter that he would be leaving Ubisoft after 16 years of working there.

He said he decided to “set sails on new adventures and challenges” and explained in another tweet that he would be joining the ranks of Haven Studios, a new independent studio based in Montreal.

He explains that Ubisoft has been “a nice home for 16 years but it’s time to take another leap of faith”.

Good morning all,

It is not without emotions I have to tell you that after 8 assassins, 16 years at Ubisoft I have decided to set sails on new adventures and challenges. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/ZynG1pXoK9

— Raphael Lacoste (@raphaellacoste) July 21, 2021

Who is Raphael Lacoste?

Raphael Lacoste has been the franchise’s art director for almost 10 years and has worked on several Assassin’s Creed games, including the original, Revalations, Black Flag, Origins and Valhalla, as well as the Prince of Persia series.

He has also worked in the film industry as a matte painter and senior concept artist for films like Terminator Salvation, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Death Race, Immortals 2011, Repo Men, and Jupiter Ascending.

He will now be joining Haven Studios as the new Art Director and explains one of the best moments of his career was creating the original Assassin’s Creed due to the hands-on approach he had with the concept art and working in a team.

It seems he will be helping with the new and original IP for PlayStation.

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