Prince Of Persia: The Misplaced Crown Dev Group Disbanded By Ubisoft

Replace [Wed 23rd Oct, 2024 13:00 BST]:

Ubisoft has confirmed that many of the group that labored on Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown have certainly been moved onto different initiatives internally, and that the sport is on the finish of its post-launch roadmap.

In an announcement supplied to our sister web site Push Sq., Abdelhak Elguess — who was senior producer of the sport — confirmed that work has ended on the sport, however that the group that’s remaining might be “specializing in making the sport accessible to extra gamers”. A Mac launch is due this winter.

A separate Ubisoft consultant, who was not named, additionally confirmed that there have been “no layoffs” concerning this information.

Right here is Elguess’ assertion in full:

“I am extraordinarily happy with our group’s work and fervour 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 Put up-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 might be accessible on Mac by this winter. A lot of the group members who labored on Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown have shifted to different initiatives that can profit from their experience.”We all know gamers have a love for this model and Ubisoft is happy to convey extra Prince of Persia experiences sooner or later.”

Unique article [Tue 22nd Oct, 2024 18:30 BST]:

Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown is among the greatest video games of 2024, and with the lately launched DLC, we thought it will simply maintain getting even higher. Sadly, a brand new report means that the group behind the wonderful Metroidvania has been disbanded by Ubisoft, and a sequel was refused.

In response to French gaming journalist Gautoz on the Origami YouTube channel (and summarised by ResetEra Person Arubedo), Ubisoft had decided the sport’s future just a few weeks after the sport’s January 2024 launch. The corporate made it clear to the group at Ubisoft Montpellier that after all of the cosmetics and DLC had been out, “it will be the tip.”

Not solely that, however Gautoz additionally claims that members of the event group pitched a sequel, however Ubisoft did not greenlight it. Then, the group tried to get two expansions, however that was additionally refused on the idea that “Ubisoft wanted extra arms to assist on different initiatives that had a greater gross sales potential” and {that a} sequel would truly hurt long-term gross sales for The Misplaced Crown.

Prince of Persia The Misplaced Crown group reportedly disbanded by Ubisoft (didn’t attain gross sales expectations). A sequel was proposed however didn’t get greenlit pic.twitter.com/MAwm46J7l7— Wario64 (@Wario64) October 22, 2024

Whereas that is at the moment only a hearsay, Ubisoft hasn’t precisely been out of the information when it comes to disappointing outcomes. Two weeks in the past, Bloomberg reported that the corporate could also be seeking to go personal because the model has misplaced over half of its market worth in 2024. Video games equivalent to Star Wars Outlaws have underperformed, and Murderer’s Creed Shadows was lately delayed, with its Early Entry additionally cancelled.

Nonetheless, we’re nonetheless upset to listen to that the group — who additionally labored on Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends — has doubtlessly been disbanded. We might’ve cherished to have seen a sequel to the sport, however hopes of that, and possibly even a brand new Rayman recreation, really feel like a pipe dream…

We’ll replace you if we hear something official on this story.