The workforce behind Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown has been disbanded, in accordance with a report from French media outlet Origami.
In a video posted right this moment in French (for which IGN has independently verified a translation posted on ResetEra), Origami studies that the workforce behind The Misplaced Crown was disbanded regardless of seemingly constructive studies from builders on their experiences engaged on the sport.
Per a tweet by Gauthier Andres: “I’ve heard and browse ‘It was the very best recreation manufacturing in my whole life’ three or 4 instances in a single weekend whereas getting data on the sport’s improvement. One after the opposite I used to be informed it was seen as a beacon of hope to create a secure house for those who had been burnt out by Past Good & Evil 2. The workforce has been disbanded by Ubisoft.”
J’ai entendu ou lu “la meilleure prod’ de ma vie” trois ou quatre fois en un week-end à propos du développement de PoP The Misplaced Crown. Tour à tour espoir d’une autre manière de créer et zone de réhabilitation pour gens crâmés par BGE2, l’équipe a été dissoute par Ubisoft. https://t.co/FFz9cfm4xj
— Gautoz (@gautoz) October 22, 2024
The video additionally states that the sport’s destiny was successfully determined only a few weeks after its launch. The core recreation improvement workforce reportedly fought to get a sequel or at the least extra expansions past the only “Masks of Darkness” growth, however Ubisoft allegedly wanted extra assistance on different initiatives that had higher gross sales potential. Per the report, The Misplaced Crown didn’t meet Ubisoft’s gross sales expectations, and executives expressed considerations {that a} sequel would cannibalize long-term gross sales of the primary recreation.
The sport was developed at Ubisoft Montpellier, which employs a whole bunch of people and was final identified to be engaged on the infinitely-in-limbo Past Good and Evil 2. Requested for remark, Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown Senior Producer Abdelhak Elguess despatched the next assertion to IGN, “I am extraordinarily pleased with our workforce’s work and keenness at Ubisoft Montpellier to create a recreation that resonated with gamers and critics alike, and I’m assured in its long-term success. Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown is now on the finish of its post-launch roadmap with three free content material updates and one DLC that launched in September.
“We are actually specializing in making the sport out there to extra gamers: it was just lately launched on Steam, and will probably be out there on Mac by this winter. A lot of the workforce members who labored on Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown have shifted to different initiatives that can profit from their experience. We all know gamers have a love for this model and Ubisoft is happy to carry extra Prince of Persia experiences sooner or later.”
We gave Prince of Persia an 8/10 in our assessment, saying it “captures not solely what made video games akin to The Sands of Time so good, nevertheless it irons out loads of the little points that plagued the 3D video games on this collection by choosing a 2D perspective – and proudly owning it.”
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