This 12 months’s Summer time Video games Fest kicked off with the surprising announcement of a model new Prince of Persia sport from Ubisoft, titled Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown.
The trailer offers us an concept of what to anticipate from this side-scrolling journey which Ubisoft claims will function Metroidvania parts. Visually, it has a cartoony, chunky fashion that jogs my memory a bit of of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time in its tone.
However you gained’t be taking part in as a prince on this new journey. As a substitute, you’ll be entering into the boots of Sargon, “a younger, gifted warrior, and member of an elite group referred to as The Immortals”.
“As they’re despatched to rescue Prince Ghassan, they may discover Mount Qaf, a as soon as wondrous place, now cursed and hostile,” reads the sport’s description.. “Sargon and his brothers-in-arms will quickly uncover that point itself will likely be a treacherous foe and that the world steadiness have to be restored.”
Discover the point out of time itself being a foe, in line with the franchise’s penchant for messing round with time-travel. The trailer additionally reveals Sargon assembly a model of himself, so maybe we’ll get to tug off some basic time-travelling nonsense between all of the platforming and fight.
Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown will launch 18th January 2024 for PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, Nintendo Change, Xbox One and Xbox Sequence X/S.
In the meantime, the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake remains to be caught in improvement hell.
