Prince of Persia 'paused'

I totally forgot about this game

Sad news for all the Prince of Persia fans out there

AC And PoP need a rest for now and maybe come back in the 2nd year of Next Gen consoles and start to think of new IPs in there place or they'll just be known for there 2 major wonders

*sigh* Looks like that means we can expect an AC installment first on 8th gen =( but perhaps that will mean better tech for a pop, though I personally don't see how fresh ideas are needed. SOT series was great and gave the most defined prince (though still quite stoic). I tried to get into pop battles just to see what might have been, but the gap between SoT and WW has me most intrigued and I'd say lots of potential.

IMO Forgotten Sands (Wii) played a 1 off the best albeit motion control mumbo jumbo. If Ubi needs to do somthing new that should be their concept piece with 08's art style. Hope a team at Ubi Quebec picks it up for PS/X.

If not theres always Castlevania: LoS 2 =\

I think Assassin's Creed needs a rest.

That was a good laugh - Ubisoft is capable of letting a series rest? Not while it's crazy profitable they are not. Don't try to couch your business decisions in creative excuses, Ubisoft. It isn't amusing.

POP the magic dragon

I wish other companies would take a pause on some series. Cough .. Activision...EA, Cough...

Prince of Persia has been a great franchise. I'm glad they aren't rushing to release another one just yet. I'd rather they wait until they come up with a great story and new direction for the franchise.

they still have to deliver the pop 08 sequel..

It's had a good run of pretty decent games. It's a good move to let it rest for a while until fresh ideas come forward rather than run the series into the ground by shitting out identical rehashes every 1 or 2 years.

i love prince of persia trilogy and i hope they show us something at E3

awesome i am not the only who liked 2008 prince of persia cuz i loved tht game and would like very much a continuation of its story

Looks ... Old

It's too bad the reboot polarized gamers. They either loved it or hated it. Personally, I loved it. The art style was gorgeous. The characters were great. The story was interesting. And I actually liked the gaming mechanics where you didn't die. (What's the difference between "dying" and reverting to a checkpoint, or having a companion save you and returning to the same checkpoint!? Both accomplish the same thing, and the latter actually fits the fiction better and is "more realistic".

I would love to see the continuation of the "Prince" and Elika's story. At this point, that's looking unlikely, and disappointing for that matter. How about a remastered rerelease of the Sands of Time trilogy to hold us over?

I hope they don't pick a stupid idea for this, but we know they will.

I hope for a sequel to the 2008 reboot.. great art style, fantastic game world, truly awesome combat with great looking moves.....only dissapointment was the stupid "teleport instead of death" which was very stupid but the main reason for a sequel would be the cliffhanger ending, 

ah first that OSIRIS now this interview...smell like Prince! cmon I really miss my bro :D

Maybe the hiatus will allow them to dream up a particularly nice PoP game in the years to come. Pushing these things out on a constant basis wasn't improving the quality. 

Wish they would do the same to the AC series

Enjoyed with trilogy, With Dos classics, And with 2008 even without Hp it was challenging, Story was good and they Left game on clifhanger, Then we Get back to Trilogy with Crappy Story Crappy gameplay and crappy jokes taken from Bad movie.

Man, I was really hoping for a continuation of the 2008 reboot. It wasn't perfect, but it had a great flow, good implementation of the open world, and a beautiful art style. I think, especially given the cliffhanger ending, they could have built on those strengths...but I guess Ubisoft disagreed.

Translation: We plan to put out even more disappointing Assassin's Creed games so save your cash for that! 

Stop buying AC, T_T.

I love UBISOFT cause they gave us a lot of good games and POP series is one of them. I always love this game so wait for a good game with excellent storyline & gameplay.

Smart move !!

Man I wish I had the Dagger from the Sands of Time to forget The horrible Prince of Persia Movie that I saw :(

As a person who loved Prince of Persia games I am glad to hear at least some news about series. It's even better since they are trying to bring some new ideas to the series. 

I am also glad that people still remember the series judging by other comments.

The Prince Of Persia didn't do well, because it fell into the typical Hollywood trap and that didn't grasp the actual concept of POP. The last POP game we had, was a nice homage to the old games, but felt as though we should have gotten that game 4 years earlier.

This POP needs a solid mechanic for Time Manipulation. It also needs to remove the narration, as that feels overdone, and removes the possibility of that characters death in the end. Platforming should be lifted from AC and extended/exaggerated. Make the Prince jump higher/further than the Assassin's. Allow for multiple pathways, keep those puzzles in, and give us solid combat system with full combos. 

Do NOT copy and paste AC and brand it POP. That is all we need, to add to the yearly AC release.

so ubisoft finally thought of having quality over quantity?

good, now put the AC franchise on hold for a couple of years.

Attention

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Translation of Ubisoft CEO's statement:

Why are you disturbing us. We are just busy in making money by AC series. What the hell do you want from us with PoP. Just forget it. When we are done with AC money collection then we'll think about it. Now go away. Thanks.

I think its a good idea that they are taking a break. The last few games were sub par for the series and I wouldn't buy another new one just yet.

Isn't thinking of new ideas all part of the development process anyway? Could this just be something to get us all talking about PoP again? 

Perhaps they need to make the same move with the Assassins Creed franchise.

PoP 2008 was 80% platforming jumping and not dying and 20% fighting, and that was not as close as fighting could be, it was good but far away from PoP
just would like to see something like the epic trilogy

pop 2008 reboot was better than Forgotten Sand, they should do sequel for that one