Its development was resumed some time ago and now Ubisoft Montreal is in charge of its development
Her announcement was a bombshell but her secret sketches generated huge disapproval among fans, which motivated them Ubisoft To delay and then restart development Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake, the remake of one of the most influential video games in modern history. However, news about this project arrived in a monotonous manner, often associated with new delays. Today we hear about it again in the framework of Ubisoft Forward 2024, which is great news, although it also means that we will have to wait a few years to be able to enjoy this new version.
Ubisoft has confirmed that the game will arrive 2026, without going into more details about the game or showing its current form. The only thing we had was a Short teaser Where, from inside a room with a small, unlit candle on the table, the inverted passage of time was shown in the city in which the events of The Sands of Time take place, until the scene ends with the candle being completely lit.
A game with a problematic development
The new version of The Sands of Time was officially introduced six years ago, and began in the hands of Ubisoft Pune and Ubisoft Mumbai, but after the poor reception of the game and the apparent multiple problems in its development, the French company chose to hand the baton to Ubisoft Montreal. He also recently learned that The writers of the Splinter Cell remake are also collaborating on the Prince of Persia movieSo those responsible have put all means at their disposal to make this game worthy of the legend of the original title.
“The title has already successfully passed the pre-production stage, and production begins now.”
“In 2026, players will be able to reconnect with their beloved prince in a game A completely reconstructed adventure“, which captures the magic of the original game,” says Ubisoft. “The title has already successfully passed the development stage. Pre-production stageand its production now begins in cooperation with Ubisoft
Toronto, Ubisoft Bucharest and E-Studio, which collaborates with Ubisoft Montreal,” adds the French company.
Without more details to share at the moment, Ubisoft has provided more news about other games in the saga like Colossal Prince of Persia's Lost Crownwhich is receiving new free content and will soon feature its first downloadable story, and The Rogue Prince of Persia, which is also expanding its playable offerings with more challenges and content.
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