Ubisoft’s remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Timeoriginally slated for release in 2021 but delayed several times, has effectively rebooted with Ubisoft Montreal taking over development from Ubisoft Pune. The sands of time remake is now “currently in the conception phase,” according to one new developer Q&A And FAQ posted by Ubisoft on Wednesday.
On Twitter, according to the official Prince of Persia account That The sands of time remake won’t be at the Ubisoft Forward showcase in June, “but fear not: it’s alive and well.” It’s just, again, in an “early stage” of development.
“As far as the development phase is concerned, we are currently in concept,” producer Jean-Francois Naud said in an internal interview with colleagues at Ubisoft. “Since taking over the project, we’ve been looking at feedback from the community and finding our own way to deliver the game. Now we build the team, define the priorities, build prototypes, test elements and look at how we can also incorporate feedback from the community into the development. It’s still in its early stages and players shouldn’t expect to hear more about the game this year, but rest assured we’re all pouring our strength and heart into this project.”
The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake has no release date and Ubisoft canceled existing pre-orders of the game.
Ubisoft announced it Sand of time remake in September 2020, and is expected to release the game on PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One early next year. The remake was quickly but briefly delayed, and later postponed indefinitely before Ubisoft took on the task of starting from scratch. Ubisoft has not announced which platforms the rebooted remake will appear on.
The original Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was released in 2003 on the Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Windows PC and Xbox. It is developed by Ubisoft Montreal.