Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown Crew Disbanded After Critically Lauded Platformer Fails to Meet Expectations – Report

The staff behind Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown has been disbanded, based on a report from French media outlet Origami.

In a video posted as we speak in French (for which IGN has independently verified a translation posted on ResetEra), Origami experiences that the staff behind The Misplaced Crown was disbanded regardless of seemingly optimistic experiences from builders on their experiences engaged on the sport.

Per a tweet by Gauthier Andres: “I’ve heard and browse ‘It was one of the best sport manufacturing in my whole 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 informed 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 only a few weeks after its launch. The core sport growth staff reportedly fought to get a sequel or at the least 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 sport.

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. Requested for remark, Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown Senior Producer Abdelhak Elguess despatched the next assertion to IGN, “I am extraordinarily happy with our staff’s work and fervour at Ubisoft Montpellier to create a sport 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 shall be accessible on Mac by this winter. A lot of the staff members who labored on Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown have shifted to different tasks that may profit from their experience. We all know gamers have a love for this model and Ubisoft is worked up to convey extra Prince of Persia experiences sooner or later.”

We gave Prince of Persia an 8/10 in our overview, saying it “captures not solely what made video games reminiscent of The Sands of Time so good, but it surely irons out loads 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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