Initially speculated to launch tomorrow, May 14, The Rogue Prince of Persia will now wall soar over to May 27 for the sport’s launch date on Steam Early Entry. The roughly two-week delay partially got here in response to Hades 2 surprise-releasing earlier this month.
Along with Hades 2, developer Evil Empire additionally famous that pushing again The Rogue Prince of Persia “lowered the stress ranges” of the workforce and may permit them to “kick some cussed bugs out,” too. The 2D action-platformer is a spin-off of Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia franchise and comes from the studio behind Lifeless Cells. In actual fact, The Rogue Prince of Persia builds on the Lifeless Cells components, although affords up much more wall working.
It was only a bit over a month in the past that The Rogue Prince of Persia was introduced. It will likely be the second sport within the long-running franchise to come back out this yr, following within the footsteps of Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown in January. Ubisoft additionally has a Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake within the works. Nonetheless, the sport has switched growth groups beforehand and is reportedly now seeing an enormous overhaul.
On Steam, Evil Empire revealed that The Rogue Prince of Persia will value $20. The workforce additionally teased a “cheeky little launch low cost” for folks seeking to choose up the sport.
As for The Rogue Prince of Persia’s new launch date, Evil Empire added one humorous tidbit as effectively. “If Silksong shadow drops within the subsequent two weeks,” then the studio would possibly simply be “burning the entire thing down!”
The Rogue Prince of Persia is deliberate to be in Steam Early Entry for “round a yr, most likely just a little bit longer,” in line with the game’s Steam page. Evil Empire will look so as to add ranges, weapons, bosses, and story acts to the action-platformer over this time. The value of The Rogue Prince of Persia might additionally improve as new content material involves the sport sooner or later.