Tag Archives: prince of persia

Tue, Apr 16, 2013 | 12:50 BST

Climax Studios working on two unannounced games

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Some sort of creepy doll fest and a suspiciously Persian-looking platformer are on the way from British developer Climax Studios.

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Thu, Apr 11, 2013 | 17:26 BST

Prince of Persia: The Shadow and the Flame HD iOS trailer released

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Prince of Persia :The Shadow and the Flame is headed to iOS this year. You can watch a trailer for it below. You can expect it on iOs later this year.

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Thu, Jan 31, 2013 | 05:39 GMT

Prince of Persia game scrapped in 2011, CV suggests

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Ubisoft seems to have made at least one aborted attempt at a Prince of Persia game before putting it on hold.

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Tue, Jan 29, 2013 | 21:35 GMT

Prince of Persia franchise is “being paused” for the time being

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Ubisoft has said the Prince of Persia franchise is “being paused” until it decides where the series should be taken next.

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Thu, Dec 06, 2012 | 11:29 GMT

Far Cry 3 co-developers working on next-gen RPG – report

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Far Cry 3 co-developer Ubisoft Massive is working on a triple-a RPG for next-gen formats, according to information unearthed on an employee’s LinkedIn profile. Check out the details below.

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Fri, Sep 21, 2012 | 14:26 BST

Ubisoft Essentials for PS3 release next week – full list here

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Ubisoft has sent over an updated release schedule, and while it mainly focuses on the PS3 Essential titles releasing next week, there’s a few date confirmations in there as well.

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Tue, Sep 11, 2012 | 11:27 BST

Ubisoft iOS sale launches today, full game list here

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Ubisoft is launching an iOS sale from today until September 18. Check out the full list of reduced games below.

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Thu, Sep 06, 2012 | 14:32 BST

Prince of Persia, Heyawake, Crazy Hunter, Balloon Pop Remix round out weekly Nintendo downloads

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Prince of Persia, Heyawake, Crazy Hunter, Balloon Pop Remix, and a video from The Black Keys make up the offerings this week for North American Nintendo downloads. Get the list below.

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Mon, Aug 06, 2012 | 00:28 BST

Rumour – Prince of Persia reboot screenshot leaked

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An Ubisoft forum member has posted what appears to be an in-development screenshot of an unannounced Prince of Persia game.

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Thu, Jun 07, 2012 | 18:12 BST

LEGO Batman 2 demo and Prince of Persia land on Nintendo eShop

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Nintendo has updated its eShop, DSiWare, and Virtual Console offerings this week with a demo of the first level in LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, as well as the classic Prince of Persia. Get the full update below.

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Fri, Jun 01, 2012 | 09:33 BST

Rumour: Ubisoft teasing new Prince of Persia for E3

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A GAF thread is carrying three images of what appears to be from a trailer for E3, with initial suggestions sounding like it’s tied to a new Prince of Persia game.

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Tue, May 15, 2012 | 20:53 BST

Ubisoft sale starts today on PSN, Plus members get 50% off

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Ubisoft has announced its PSN sale has started, and from today you can get many titles through the PlayStation Store for 30% off. If you are a Plus member, you can take 50%. The sale ends May 22, so hit up the break and pick out something nice to buy.

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Tue, Apr 17, 2012 | 21:06 BST

Prince of Persia Apple II source code released

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The Apple II source code for Prince of Persia, which thought lost of years, has been released as promised. If you fancy playing around with it, it’s downloadable through github. Thanks, Shack.

Fri, Mar 30, 2012 | 07:22 BST

Prince of Persia dev turns up source code in a closet

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Jordan Mechner found more than he expected in a box of odds and ends dug out of his dad’s closet.

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Fri, Mar 02, 2012 | 08:10 GMT

Prince of Persia creator publishes 30 year old fanmail from John Romero

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Nearly 30 years ago, Jordan Mechner – the man who went on to create Prince of Persia – received a fan letter in response to his earlier work, one-on-one fighter Karateka. The author praised Mechner’s graphics (particularly the scrolling background), and mentioned that he was a budding programmer who wanted to grow up to create games.

The young letter writer was John Romero, who did indeed grow up and create games, helping to popularise the FPS genre while he was at it.
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Thu, Mar 01, 2012 | 19:24 GMT

Prince of Persia Classic HD now available for iOS

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Ubisoft has announced that Prince of Persia Classic HD is now available on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. It will run you for £1.99 on iPad and for £1.49 on iPhone and iPod touch. The firm has also released a video for the iOS game. It’s posted below.

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Thu, Jan 19, 2012 | 20:11 GMT

Classic Prince of Persia now available on 3DS, Wii

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Ubisoft has announced the original Prince of Persia is now available for download via Virtual Console on Wii and through eShop on 3DS. It can be yours for £4.50 from the Nintendo 3DS eShop and 800 Points from the Wii Virtual Console.

Tue, Dec 20, 2011 | 05:18 GMT

Unannounced Ubisoft titles outed by AU classifications

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When it’s not refusing classification to anticipated titles, the Australian Classification Board delights in leaking like a sieve. Its latest effort has outed two new Ubisoft games, Prince of Persia for Wii and 3DS, and Rayman for 3DS. Joystiq theorises that the listings pertain to Virtual Console releases, hence the simple, days-of-yore titles, which match Game Boy Color releases.

Thu, Mar 03, 2011 | 21:37 GMT

Thursday shorts, part 2: Jaffe and console design, more GDC panel bits, THQ gets into bother over Homefront balloons

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Ready for some more short goodness? Om nom nom away after the break.

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Thu, Mar 03, 2011 | 09:45 GMT

Thursday shorts, part 1: iPad2 “fantastic for games,” no dead children in Dead Island, tons more

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There’s a lot of words out there. Here’s all the smaller stuff coming out of GDC, coupled with loads of smaller stuff thatr isn’t coming out of GDC. It’s like a fusion of smaller stuff.

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