Game news “Dark Souls and God of War raised the bar” The highly anticipated remake of this video game will overhaul its entire combat system
This year, Ubisoft has decided to focus on the short term. During its Ubisoft Forward conference, the French publisher spent a large part of its airtime discussing the releases of Star Wars Outlaws and Assassin’s Creed: Shadow. However, he did not forget to play the surprise card! In the pipeline, Ubisoft is working on a highly anticipated remake and we now know why it will have to wait until 2026: its combat system absolutely must be modernized to compete with the big licenses!
With Assassin’s Creed and Star Wars, the Prince of Persia license answered the call of Ubisoft Forward
We don’t change good habits: as always, it’s Ubisoft which somehow closes the Summer Game Fest period since its conference, Ubisoft Forward, was scheduled for Monday June 10, at 9 p.m. French time. For a good hour, the French publisher mainly gave news of its upcoming releases, like by Star Wars Outlaws And from Assassin’s Creed Shadowsinterspersed with small updates on other productions currently in development. To everyone’s surprise, Ubisoft did not mention the name of Splinter Cellbut of Prince of Persia.
Recently, the license Prince of Persia has quite come back to the forefront with the release of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, a 2D metroidvania which mixed platform phases with a deluge of action thanks to its combat system which rains down combos that we master with great ease. In continuity, there is also Prince of Persia: The Roguea rogue-lite created by the developers of Evil Empire, former Motion Twin employees who worked on the follow-up to Dead Cells. However, there is another project which crystallizes many expectations: the remake of Prince of Persia The Sands of Time.
Finally a date for the Sands of Time remake: Ubisoft faces big challenges for the future of Prince of Persia
In addition to disclosing some information on the aforementioned titles, the remake of Sands of Time also made a short appearance, as if to better reassure the players. In recent years, the game has experienced great difficulties and remains extremely discreet about the conditions of its development. It was in May 2023 that we learned that Ubisoft Montreal had regained control of the project. From there, we quickly understood that we would not see the final version of the game for a long time.. A concern confirmed by the French publisher himself during his conference since the release date is set… for 2026 !
In an interview with GamingBoltthe creative director of the game, Bio Jade Adam Granger, returned to multiple details linked to this internal reshuffle. The project is not starting completely from scratch but there are multiple projects aimed at “ sanctify, respect, modernize and enhance » the return of this cult episode. The main objective, in addition to these other pillars, is to amaze players and, at a time when players have experienced major titles like Dark Souls and the reboot of God of Warthe stakes are high. In turn, the director of the game, Michael McIntyre, explained that the fights are a point that needs to be modernizedin particular because the two aforementioned licenses “ have really raised the skill level of even the most casual players when it comes to combat “. With this resumption of development, Ubisoft wants to strike hard and this must indeed be Prince of Persia respond to these issues.