Three and a half years after its announcement, numerous delays, and a new developer later, Ubisoft’s beleaguered Price of Persia: Sands of Time remake is still in the “conception” phase.
Ubisoft’s “fully-fledged” Sands of Time remake was officially revealed in September 2020, with an anticipated release date of January the following year. However, its troubled development saw the publisher twice delay its release, before finally shifting control of the project from Ubisoft Pune and Mumbai to Ubisoft Montreal.
Following that major upheaval in May 2022, Ubisoft would only say its Sands of Time remake would release “when it’s ready”. However, a new development update on the Ubisoft website now suggests that “ready” may still be some considerable way off.
“In terms of the development stage, we’re in conception right now,” producer Jean-Francois Naud explained. “Since we took over the project, we’ve been looking at feedback from the community and finding our own way of delivering the game. Now, we’re building up the team, defining the priorities, putting prototypes together, testing elements, and looking at how we can include community feedback in the development as well.”