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Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeDistributed by
Ubisoft
Posted: March 8th, 2003.
Ubi Soft and Jordan Mechner announce a fresh take on the legendary Prince ofPersia series for Holiday 2003.
Ubi Soft Entertainment, one of the world’s largestvideo game publishers, announces it is developing a brand new Prince ofPersia game: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Jordan Mechner, creator ofPrince of Persia, is working hand in hand on the latest title in the serieswith Ubi Soft’s Montreal production studio, most recently renowned forcreating Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell. Scheduled to ship for all platformsstarting in Q4 2003, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is poised to becomethe latest success story in a series of hit games from Ubi Soft.
First recognized for groundbreaking cinematic techniques in games likeKarateka, The Last Express and, of course, Prince of Persia, Mechner is nowwidely heralded as one of the world’s premier computer game designers. UbiSoft’s partnership with Mechner is a reflection of its ongoing strategy towork directly with the industry’s best and brightest.
“With Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Ubi Soft and Jordan Mechner arechanneling their combined talents to breathe new life into theaction/adventure genre. They’re creating rich characters, white-knuckleaction and a plot with more twists than the exotic, elaborate castlefeatured in the game,” said Serge Hascoët, editor in chief, Ubi SoftEntertainment. “We’re thrilled to move forward with the legendary Prince ofPersia brand and eagerly await the launch of the next masterpiece from ourworld-famous Montreal studio.”
A new Ubi Soft brand, Prince of Persia is credited with changing the face ofcomputer gaming in the 1990s by introducing lifelike animation andstory-driven action. The franchise was one of the first to gain successbased on an appealing human lead character and a dramatic storyline. Thefirst three games in the series boast combined sales of more than 3 millionunits.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time takes place within an exotic, mysteriousworld representing Persian architecture, animals and attire. After hisfather invades the palace of the Maharajah, the Prince, tricked by atreacherous vizier, uses a magic dagger to release the dangerous Sands ofTime from an ornate hourglass. With the aid of a beautiful, mysterious andpotentially untrustworthy ally, players embody the Prince to recapture theSands of Time and restore peace to the land.
News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2003.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.