The new “Prince of Persia” was shown eight years ago, but no one paid attention to it

The network appeared the gameplay of the failed new part Prince of persia subtitled Redemption. The video was posted on YouTube eight years ago, but strangely enough all this time no one paid attention to it. At the same time, two years ago, in the comments for the publication, Ubisoft Montreal technical designer Marc-Andre Belois appeared, asking with surprise the author of the channel where he dug up this demonstration.

The events of the demo take place in a Persian city, collapsing under the onslaught of a terrible monster. The prince rushes forward using proprietary elements of acrobatics, rewinding time and other skills during a battle with a group of sand soldiers. At the end of the demonstration, huge tentacles lift part of the city into the air – everything crumbles and rumbles, but the protagonist confidently overcomes obstacles, making his way forward along the rubble of buildings and eventually encountering a monster face to face.

Veteran animator Jonathan Cooperwho previously worked at Ubisoft Montreal and Naughty Dog, confirmed accuracy of publication. However, he clarified that the footage shown is actually not real gameplay, but a pre-render game pitchcreated by a team led by Khai Hgayen, who later became a leading animator For honor.

“This target footage inspired us to pitch for Assassin’s Creed 3 because they did an incredible job making the demo look like real gameplay.”

Cooper explained that Ubisoft tends to be more active in canceling Prince of Persia than other IPs, as the company must give some of the profits to the creator of the original game. To Jordan Mechnerwhich still retains the franchise licensing rights.

The last full game in the series – Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands – released in the spring of 2010. Judging by the resume of former level designer Ubisoft Montreal Christophe Prilo, immediately after the completion of the production of Forgotten Sands, the studio started and within a year worked on the next part of the franchise for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. Kotaku found out that Prince of Persia: Redemption was a real project, but it ended up being canceled before it was released.. In an official statement for the site, Ubisoft said that Prince of Persia for many years remained an important franchise for the development of the publisher, but declined to comment on the Redemption video.

A few days ago, there were reports of a domain allegedly registered by Ubisoft Prince of Persia 6. Subsequently, it turned out that the information could be fake.

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