CVG has learned fromDeus Ex: Human Revolutionart director Jonathan Jacques-Belletête that Ubisoft was working on reimaginingPrince of Persiawith a more modern twist.
Jacques-Belletête, who used to work for Ubisoft, said the studio wanted aPoPspinoff. Work had already begun on 2008’sPrince of Persia,“but they wanted really something completely out of the left field,” he explained.
“So I had this little team, and [ourPoP] was actually in the contemporary world. Think a bitDay After Tomorrow, but replace the snow with sand and everything. It was really wicked. But it got canceled, and then we did all theFar Crys.”
Sounds to me like it would have been competing withAssassin’s Creedfor our attention. Even still, it’s fun to imagine where the series would be now had Ubisoft gone ahead with a modern Prince.
Modern day Prince of Persia scrapped by Ubisoft[CVG viaGame Informer]
