The staff behind Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown has been disbanded, in accordance with a report from French media outlet Origami.
In a video posted at this time in French (for which IGN has independently verified a translation posted on ResetEra), Origami studies that the staff behind The Misplaced Crown was disbanded regardless of seemingly optimistic studies from builders on their experiences engaged on the sport.
Per a tweet by Gauthier Andres: “I’ve heard and skim ‘It was the most effective recreation manufacturing in my whole life’ three or 4 occasions in a single weekend whereas getting data 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 area for those who have been burnt out by Past Good & Evil 2. The staff 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 staff reportedly fought to get a sequel or a minimum of extra expansions past the one “Masks of Darkness” enlargement, 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.
It’s unclear from the report precisely what the standing of the members of the Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown staff is at the moment. 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. It is probably that staff members have been, as was recommended by the report, moved onto different initiatives comparable to that, however IGN has reached out to Ubisoft for additional readability.
Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown’s reported destiny, if true, is a tragic one given how glorious the sport is. We gave it an 8/10 in our evaluate, saying it “captures not solely what made video games comparable to The Sands of Time so good, however it irons out plenty of the little points that plagued the 3D video games on this sequence by choosing a 2D perspective – and proudly owning it.”
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