Ubisoft nonetheless says the Sands of Time remake hasn’t been cancelled, however preorders have been refunded
On: November 9, 2022
Ubisoft has as soon as once more affirmed that the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake has not been cancelled. The corporate is so uninterested in individuals asking about it that it is created a whole FAQ that everybody can consult with if and after they have questions or doubts.
It is comprehensible that folks would surprise concerning the state of the Sands of Time remake, a game that has, considerably satirically, taken some time to complete. Although Ubisoft didn’t cite the Covid-19 pandemic as a motive for the game’s delay, the pandemic has been an comprehensible source of disruption within the video games trade, with 44 % of builders blaming it for delays in 2021.
In Ubisoft’s case, The Sands of Time was introduced in 2020 with a 2021 launch date however has been delayed a number of instances since then, and after selling the remake as the primary challenge to be led by Ubisoft’s studios in India, it was transferred to Ubisoft Montreal in 2022. The latest delay, in June, pushed the game out of Ubisoft’s 2023 fiscal 12 months and left it with none form of launch goal.
That is nonetheless where issues stand, in response to the FAQ, which says that “a brand new launch date has not been set.” It additionally notes that there are presently no plans to remake another video games within the Prince of Persia collection, which debuted as a rotoscoped platformer in 1989. That is comprehensible too, given the grief Ubisoft appears to be having getting this one out the door.
Apparently, one factor has modified: Within the June delay announcement, Ubisoft mentioned followers who had preordered the game might contact their retailers to cancel in the event that they did not wish to anticipate it; on this new FAQ, it mentioned that as a result of The Sands of Time remake doesn’t presently have a launch date, present preorders have been mechanically cancelled and refunded. “Pre-orders could reopen as soon as a brand new launch date for the game has been introduced,” Ubisoft added.
Ubisoft is not the one writer to auto-refund preorders due to delays—one thing related lately occurred with Stalker 2—however Ubisoft does appear to have distinctive struggles with high-profile delays. In March it delayed The Settlers RTS, in July it did the identical with Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, in September—lower than two months earlier than launch—it mashed the brakes on Cranium and Bones, and Past Good and Evil 2 lately surpassed Duke Nukem Ceaselessly’s all-time videogame vaporware document.
