{"id":15104,"date":"2024-10-24T07:21:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T07:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/prince-of-persia-lost-crown-team-disbanded\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T07:21:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T07:21:10","slug":"prince-of-persia-lost-crown-team-disbanded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/prince-of-persia-lost-crown-team-disbanded\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince of Persia Lost Crown team disbanded"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Protagonist Sargon starred in the first Prince of Persia game for 14 years<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The team behind one of this year’s best-reviewed games has effectively been disbanded, videogame giant Ubisoft has confirmed.<\/p>\n

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown was released in January to a positive reception from critics and users<\/a> and currently sits in review aggregator Metacritic’s top 50 games of 2024.<\/p>\n

Despite this, reports have suggested the game did not hit sales targets in a difficult year for the French publisher, best known for the Assassin’s Creed series.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Ubisoft said: “Most of the team members who worked on Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown have shifted to other projects that will benefit from their expertise.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A spokeswoman said there had been no layoffs as a result.<\/p>\n

The Lost Crown, made by Ubisoft’s Montepellier studio, was the first game in the long-running franchise for more than 10 years.<\/p>\n

Players guided protagonist Sargon through a series of areas, unlocking more parts of the game’s map as he acquired new abilities.<\/p>\n

The game was praised for its visuals, controls and the ability to hear its dialogue performed in Farsi<\/a>, reflecting the story’s Middle Eastern location.<\/p>\n

Senior producer Abdelhak Elguess said he was “extremely proud of our team’s work and passion” on a “game that resonated with players and critics alike”. <\/p>\n

He said he was confident in the game’s “long-term success” and that remaining team members would focus on making it available to more players on new platforms.<\/p>\n

Mr Elguess said there would be “more Prince of Persia experiences in future”, and Ubisoft has confirmed it’s working on a remake of 2003’s Sands of Time – one of the most beloved entries in the series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It’s not unusual for a large publisher to move staff between projects, but the announcement has left Lost Crown fans hoping for a sequel disappointed.<\/p>\n

Ubisoft has been criticised recently over the troubled early release<\/a> of Star Wars: Outlaws in August.<\/p>\n

Sales of the game were “softer than expected”, according to the company, which also delayed Assassin’s Creed: Shadows<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ubisoft co-founder and boss Yves Guillemot told shareholders the move was due to the company’s performance falling “short of our expectations”.<\/p>\n

“We remain committed to creating games for fans and players that everyone can enjoy,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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