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Publisher Ubisoft and developer Ubisoft Montpellier have announced the post-launch content roadmap for side-scrolling action adventure platformer Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, which includes new story downloadable content due out in late 2024.

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Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown, Ubisoft's highly polished prototypical Metroidvania, was released last month and instantly earned its place on our list of the best of the genre. Now Ubisoft Montpellier say they're planning free updates to add extra content and modes, with the first to arrive soon.

Ubisoft Montpellier has said that Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown will receive new content and modes via a series of free updates.

In the past few years, Metroidvanias and action-adventure platformers have seen a resurgence. Ori and the Blind Forest, Hollow Knight and Dead Cells have breathed new life into the genre, bringing fresh ideas to its established ethos. There's also a renewed appetite for challenging games. Dark Souls came around in 2011 and redefined what one could take away from a video game. They can be fun, sure. But they can be punishing, too. Fast forward a decade, and we now have people playing Elden Ring with a steering wheel. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Ubisoft's latest Metroidvania action-adventure platformer, assimilates elements from these games and subgenres to tread familiar ground, but it does so in its own unique ways.

Ubisoft released a new update for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown to address several in-game bugs and issues across all versions of the game. Despite the game's critical acclaim, there's still plenty of room for improvement in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown due to several lingering problems that can affect a player's experience greatly.

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The senior designer of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has said he would love to work on a similar game based on The Legend of Zelda.

The Prince of Persia series has a long and storied history going back decades, and I know none of it. The latest, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, from developer Ubisoft Montpellier, has me regretting that because if this game indicates what else awaits me in the franchise, I’ve clearly been missing out. The Lost Crown uses exhilarating platforming, a deep combat loop, and more to create a new Metroidvania classic. While I would like a more compelling story and a few tweaks to its systems, I struggled to put The Lost Crown down, taking my gameplay sessions into the late hours of the night. The Lost Crown is a fascinating and highly successful reemergence for the beloved series. 

Beginning in 1989, the Prince of Persia series enjoyed consistent attention, with its longest break between releases being six years between Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame and the better-left forgotten Prince of Persia 3D. 2003’s Sands of Time and its two sequels marked a new era for Prince and, in many ways, laid the foundation for Ubisoft’s most successful franchise, Assassin’s Creed. The 2008 Prince of Persia reboot didn’t reignite the series as Ubisoft had hoped, and 2010’s Forgotten Sands felt closer to a movie tie-in than a new, proper entry.

What is it? A time-bending metroidvania that marks a new era of Prince of Persia. Release date January 18, 2024Expect to pay £45 / $50 Developer Ubisoft Montpellier, UbisoftPublisher UbisoftReviewed on Nvidia GeForce RTX3070, AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, 32GB RAMSteam Deck N/ALink Official site

Publisher Ubisoft and developer Ubisoft Montpellier have released a new set of trailers for side-scrolling action adventure platformer Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown introducing the game’s world and accessibility features.

Ubisoft recently dropped a five minute gameplay overview for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is the latest entry in the long running Prince of Persia action-adventure series, this time in 2.5D.

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