It was lately reported that Ubisoft disbanded the group behind Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown shortly after releasing its Masks of Darkness DLC. Builders of that group ended up splintering off into totally different initiatives. One in all these initiatives is reportedly a Rayman Remake.
Former Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown devs migrated to unannounced Rayman Remake
From Grant Taylor-Hill at Insider Gaming, round a dozen builders from the Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown group are engaged on a Rayman Remake. In accordance with their sources, the unannounced sport is codenamed “Mission Steamboat”, and is primarily developed by Ubisoft Milan. It is usually reported that Rayman creator Michel Ancel is a marketing consultant on the undertaking. The creator’s involvement has spiked some concern, as he’s accused of poisonous management.
Taylor-Hill additionally experiences different builders from the Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown group moved to work on Past Good & Evil 2, in addition to the following Ghost Recon sport. A disgrace, contemplating Gautoz reported builders thought of their work on the metroidvania to be a form of “rehabilitation zone” for these burnt out on creating Past Good & Evil 2.
It appears Ubisoft is in an extremely fragile state at current. Regardless of its important success, the sport growth large rejected a proposal, and second growth for Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown because of not assembly gross sales targets. Associated to the franchise, the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake was delayed indefinitely till lately when a trailer flaunted a really broad (and doubtless very delayable) 2026 launch window.
Ubisoft was additionally pressured to rethink its sport launch technique because of Star Wars Outlaws‘ poor efficiency at launch. This brought about the corporate to delay its extremely anticipated sport Murderer’s Creed Shadows to February 2025, and draw back from staggered releases. In flip, the Collector’s Version for the upcoming motion journey sport obtained a $50 worth reduce.
(Supply: Insider Gaming)
