Why do I feel like Beyond Good and Evil is on the list…
In any other business, having 6 simultaneous failed projects would be cause for dismissal of the CEO and probably the majority of the management staff. If I owned or had a large amount of shares in a company where this happened, I would not be a happy chappy. But I’m assuming the Ubisoft upper echelons are patting themselves on the back for their business acumen and financial savviness, already penning their bonuses into their calendars.
Meanwhile, regular workers are dropped like pubic lice the minute it’s convenient to do so.
Parasites.
Ubisoft, the people who fucked up Assassin’s Creed + ninjas. How can you fuck what up? It’s a easy home run, but no.
RIP Ubisoft.
Dammit, I was looking forward to SoT seeing as it plays pretty janky now compared to modern standards and I was hoping they’d fix up the combat a bit. That said, I only have the Xbox version to go off of. Is the PC version any good? Maybe someone will do a Black Mesa on it.
Think positively. They won’t fuck up the Sands of Time remake either.
Will you die already Ubisoft!??!?!
I don’t wish for game developers at Ubisoft to lose their jobs, I want them to be employed somewhere that doesn’t torpedo the end product of their talent.
More focus on open-world titles and games as a service? Every time I think they’ve hit the bottom, they manage to dig deeper.
too be fair to Ubisoft they have been focusing on open world slop since they started milking assassin’s Creed for all it’s got.
Sands of Time remake is CANCELLED? It was the best PoP game!
Given the original announcement footage, it might be for the best…
It did kind of give that alpha stage vibe, but if it was like a few bucks, it probably buy it. It was a remake after all, with slightly better graphics.
I’m going to guess that decision was based on the failures of the recent 2.5D PoP games, which were well reviewed but barely advertised (and oft compared to indie games)
It’s also the only one I ever played!
Warrior Within and The Two Thrones contiued the Sands of Time story and were both pretty good too.
Warrior Within totally fucked up the vibe though, and the combat was rubbish. It’s a puzzle game, the fighting was just a little break, but they tried to make it too big a part.
Two Thrones was 50% SoT and 50% WW, when it should have been 99% SoT and 1% WW. The voice in your head thing from TT was pretty good, until you have to fight it.
6 cancellations and 7 delays? That’s an omen.
6-7 you say?
Nobody said that
That sucks, was looking forward to SOT
Yeah literally the only IP I’d even consider giving my money to Ubi for. The only other one I have been at least lukewarm interested in is BG&E2 but the problems there are it’ll never release, and they’ve completely missed the mark on what fans have wanted this entire time.
Crazy that the Sands of Time remake was supposed to come out early 2021… Remakes are supposed to be quick projects for easy money, how could Ubisoft mess it up that much? Sands of Time isn’t even a long game!
One was a cancelled mobile game but now I’m curious what the other 4 were. I guess we’ll never find out as they funnel all that money to their successful live-service stuff.
When they said we have to get used to not owning our games, they really meant it! Can’t own it if it never comes out.
DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!!
Took me a sec to find it on first scan of the article, so highlighting this bit for those curious about the other games:
. . . Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake has been cancelled, as well as four unannounced titles, including three new IPs and a mobile title. The identity of the sixth game has not been clarified.
and the delayed games have not been clarified yet either. From the related article:
In addition, Ubisoft said it’s delayed seven games to ensure they meet quality expectations. It did not say which games had slipped, but confirmed that the seven titles include one title that was planned for release before April 2026, which will now be released before April 2027.
It’s good that they didn’t remake an otherwise good game, they’d figure a way to ruin it.
Charge your credit card every time you rewind time.
