The crew behind Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown has been disbanded, based on 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 experiences that the crew behind The Misplaced Crown was disbanded regardless of seemingly constructive experiences from builders on their experiences engaged on the sport.
Per a tweet by Gauthier Andres: “I’ve heard and skim ‘It was one of the best recreation manufacturing in my complete life’ three or 4 occasions in a single weekend whereas getting info on the sport’s growth. One after the opposite I used to be instructed it was seen as a beacon of hope to create a protected house for those who had been burnt out by Past Good & Evil 2. The crew 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 just some weeks after its launch. The core recreation growth crew reportedly fought to get a sequel or not less than extra expansions past the only “Masks of Darkness” enlargement, however Ubisoft allegedly wanted extra assistance on different tasks that had higher gross sales potential. Per the report, The Misplaced Crown didn’t meet Ubisoft’s gross sales expectations, and executives expressed issues {that a} sequel would cannibalize long-term gross sales of the primary recreation.
The sport was developed at Ubisoft Montpellier, which employs a whole lot of people and was final recognized 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 crew’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 accessible to extra gamers: it was lately launched on Steam, and can be accessible on Mac by this winter. A lot of the crew members who labored on Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown have shifted to different tasks that can profit from their experience. We all know gamers have a love for this model and Ubisoft is happy to deliver 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 similar 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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