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Wednesday23rd Oct 2024
News Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Team Mostly 'Shifted to Other Projects', Ubisoft Confirms
Update: Ubisoft responds
Side-scrolling Metroidvania Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown launched early in 2024 to universal critical acclaim, but according to a new report, it's failed to impress the big wigs at Ubisoft. Apparently, the team at Ubisoft Montpellier who produced this title has been disbanded. This comes from French journalist Gautoz...
Monday10th Jun 2024
News Big Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Update Out Now, Story DLC Drops in September
Beneath the mask
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown may not subscribe to Ubisoft's trademark open world and live service formula, but that isn't stopping the developer from giving the game a lot of post-launch support. Confirmed during the company's summer showcase, the action platformer has a new 'Divine Trials' update — which is out now — and...
Monday20th May 2024
News Boss Rush Mode, Better Fast Travel in New Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Update
Track your best bouts on a leaderboard
2024's best Metroidvania (so far) Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has taken a patch today on PS5, PS4 that bundles in two new boss-related modes and some quality-of-life updates to make fast travelling across its vast map far easier. If you beat the challenge posed in the Boss Rush mode, you'll unlock a new...
Wednesday13th Mar 2024
News Story DLC and Multiple Free Updates Revealed for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
The first is out on 20th March
Ubisoft Montpellier has today confirmed the slate of free and paid updates it has planned for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, having first teased them last month. The main addition takes the form of a paid story DLC arriving in the second half of 2024, but releasing between now and then are three updates adding new...
Friday23rd Feb 2024
News Superb Metroidvania Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown to Get Free Updates
First one will be out soon
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown studio Ubisoft Montpellier has announced it'll be delivering a series of free PS5, PS4 updates for the game in the coming months. That content will take the shape of new modes and challenges, with the first one "coming soon". As a tease, it's suggested you train with Artaban and play the...
Friday12th Jan 2024
News Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown's PS5, PS4 Accessibility Goes Above and Beyond
That's the way to do it
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a side-scrolling Metroidvania, which can be an intimidating genre for those unfamiliar with the format. Fortunately, publisher Ubisoft has incorporated a veritable suite of accessibility options, which will not only help those with disabilities – but also literally anyone who chooses to...
News Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown NPC Sneaks Through with Text-to-Speech Audio at Launch
Not so fast buddy
Ubisoft seems to have a bonafide hit on its hands with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, critically at least, and we awarded Sargon's latest adventure an 8/10 in our own review. But as slick as the game is, it looks like one slipped by the goalie, as Ubisoft confirms the game will ship with a specific NPC still using placeholder...
Thursday11th Jan 2024
News Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Demo Is Out Now on PS5, PS4
Stealth approach
Update: As suggested, the playable demo for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is available to download now on PS5 and PS4. Just in case you haven't seen them, the action platformer is getting some really good reviews — so it's probably worth checking out the aforementioned demo for yourself! <related ids="160271"> Original...
Friday5th Jan 2024
News Get Lost in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown's Dark World on PS5, PS4
It's about time
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Ubisoft's imminent action platformer, will see the return of the titular Prince in an all-new adventure, the first since 2010's The Forgotten Sands. Forgoing 3D, this more traditional style will hearken to the series' roots, taking inspiration from Persian mythology and adding a darker twist. Combat...
Thursday4th Jan 2024
News The New Prince of Persia Will Run At a Blistering 120fps in 4K on PS5
PS4 will be pretty polished, too
Expect the upcoming Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown to look smooth as butter on PS5, as the game will support full 4K resolution at a blistering 120 frames-per-second on Sony’s new-gen console. Ubisoft confirmed the tidbit in a specifications blog post, where it also confirmed the PS4 Pro version will offer 60fps...
Thursday14th Dec 2023
News Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Looking Majestic in PS5, PS4 Gameplay Overview Trailer
Clock's ticking
Ubisoft Original Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has crept up, releasing 18th January on PS5 and PS4, bringing the series to an entirely new generation after a 14-year hiatus. At The Game Awards, we were treated to a story snippe
Friday8th Dec 2023
News Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Story Trailer Reveals Playable Pre-Launch Demo
If only we could go forward in time
Side-scrolling action adventure Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown will offer up a playable demo shortly before launch. On 11th January, 2024, you'll be able to take the game for a spin before it launches a week later on PS5 and PS4. This news arrives alongside a brand new story trailer, focusing on protagonist...
Tuesday5th Dec 2023
News Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown to Premiere Its Story Trailer at The Game Awards
Not long until launch
It feels as though Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has been forgotten by many, but it's now just weeks away from its 18th January launch date. The game looks super promising as well, adapting the time-bending platforming and action to a side-scrolling perspective with a new protagonist, Sargon. We'll learn more about him very...
Tuesday13th Jun 2023
New look, classic Prince
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown received an initially negative response when it was unveiled, predominantly for aesthetic reasons, and not being another 3D game, instead a 2D Metroidvania-style platformer. The
Monday12th Jun 2023
News Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Looks Incredibly Fun in Gameplay Overview Trailer
Timey wimey
We thought Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown made a great first impression with its debut trailer, but it attracted a widely negative response from most. Well, however you feel about it, the game has just received a more in-depth look at actual gameplay, and if you ask us, it's looking very promising. Playing as Sargon
Any press is good press
After fans' surprisingly negative reception (we thought it looked cool) to the debut gameplay trailer of Ubisoft Montpellier's Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, the developer hit back with a surprisingly open-handed rejoinder: "We welcome all your reactions, positive and negative." This follows
Saturday10th Jun 2023
News Apparently Some People Hate the New PS5, PS4 Prince of Persia Game
But why?
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown looks awesome, doesn’t it? Announced alongside an 18th January release date for PS5 and PS4 during Summer Game Fest earlier this week, the title looks like a side-scrolling treat with a better-than-expected combat system. But apparently it’s not what some fans wanted: according to
Thursday8th Jun 2023
News Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Announced for PS5, PS4, More Info at Ubisoft Forward
A new side-scrolling adventure
Ubisoft might be taking the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake back to the drawing board, but it's just announced something new to tide over fans. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a brand new, original adventure in the beloved series, and it already looks promising in its debut trailer. Launching on 18th...
