And to complete, right here’s the least seemingly Ubisoft recreation to see launched in 2023, or maybe, ever. Which is extremely unhappy.
The unique 2003 Prince of Persia: Sands of Time was revelatory. An distinctive recreation that reinvented how all third-person motion video games ought to be performed, with its astonishing rewinding time mechanic, and fabulous 3D platforming. Sadly, nobody else ever had the sense to repeat it, and 20 years later we stay caught in a mire of motion video games that endlessly kill us, somewhat than allow us to maintain going. Oh, and there was that Jake Gyllenyhaal movie to rub salt within the wound.
A remake was introduced in 2020, with the bold launch date of January, 2021. Spoiler alert: that didn’t occur, and it was perhaps for one of the best, given simply how terrible it regarded within the trailer above. It was then somewhat optimistically delayed till simply March ‘21, earlier than they seemingly admitted to themselves that it regarded like a PS3 recreation, and kicked it down the highway. Later that 12 months Ubisoft stated it’d seem within the 2022-2023 fiscal 12 months, then took it from Indian builders Ubisoft Mumbai and gave it to Ubisoft Montreal, earlier than saying yet one more delay final Could, with out even guessing at a fiscal 12 months.
Come final November, issues regarded even worse when Ubisoft cancelled all pre-orders and returned everybody’s cash. Maybe a helpful lesson on why you most likely shouldn’t pre-order video games that don’t exist but. The writer insists the sport isn’t cancelled, however has but to counsel a brand new launch date, that means that is unlikely even perhaps in 2024.
However hey, it’ll nonetheless most likely come out earlier than Past Good & Evil 2.