With a planned release in the next few months, The Game Awards seems like a fitting stage to reintroduce the long-gestating Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake. But that’s not part of Ubisoft’s plans, according to the Prince of Persia account on X.
The official social media channel poured cold water on a fan account speculating that Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time will show up at The Game Awards on December 11. “Sorry to disappoint but can confirm Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time won’t be at [The Game Awards] this year,” the Prince of Persia account states.
Sorry to disappoint, but can confirm Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time won’t be at TGA this year 💖
In June, Ubisoft noted that the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake is set to launch by March 31–the end of the company’s current fiscal year. That was the second time Ubisoft stuck to that release timeline, too. However, it’s been a bumpy road for the game since being announced in 2020. For instance, in 2022, the Prince of Persia remake switched developers to Ubisoft Montreal, the original team behind the Sands of Time series. Before that, Ubisoft Pune and Mumbai were working on the title.
The original Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time released in 2003 on PC, PS2, GameCube, and Xbox. From a marketing perspective, Ubisoft might want to focus on The Rogue Prince of Persia, as it’s coming to Switch and Switch 2 on December 16.
Meanwhile, there are other questions swirling around The Game Awards. The biggest one relates to a statue that showed up in a desert, with people guessing the teaser relates to Diablo 4 or a new God of War. However, there’s been pushback that neither is correct.
