The crew behind Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has been disbanded, in accordance to a report from French media outlet Origami.
In a video posted today in French (for which IGN has independently verified a translation posted on ResetEra), Origami reviews that the crew behind The Lost Crown was disbanded regardless of seemingly optimistic reviews from builders on their experiences engaged on the sport.
Per a tweet by Gauthier Andres: “I’ve heard and skim ‘It was the very best recreation manufacturing in my complete life’ three or 4 instances 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 house for those that have been burnt out by Past Good & Evil 2. The crew has been disbanded by Ubisoft.”
J’ai entendu ou lu “la meilleure prod’ de ma vie” trois ou quatre fois en un week-finish à propos du développement de PoP The Lost 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 crew reportedly fought to get a sequel or no less than extra expansions past the only “Masks of Darkness” growth, however Ubisoft allegedly wanted extra assistance on different tasks that had higher gross sales potential. Per the report, The Lost Crown didn’t meet Ubisoft’s gross sales expectations, and executives expressed considerations {that a} sequel would cannibalize lengthy-time period 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 Lost Crown crew is presently. The recreation was developed at Ubisoft Montpellier, which employs lots of of people and was final recognized to be engaged on the infinitely-in-limbo Past Good and Evil 2. It is probably that crew members have been, as was instructed by the report, moved onto different tasks resembling that, however IGN has reached out to Ubisoft for additional readability.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown’s reported destiny, if true, is a tragic one given how wonderful the sport is. We gave it an 8/10 in our overview, saying it “captures not solely what made video games resembling The Sands of Time so good, nevertheless it irons out quite a bit of the little points that plagued the 3D video games on this collection by choosing a 2D perspective – and proudly owning it.”
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