{"id":1489289,"date":"2026-02-07T12:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T12:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mBQ9wgqSXTwZCjuESMNfPN"},"modified":"2026-02-07T12:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T12:28:08","slug":"prince-of-persias-creator-reacts-to-ubisofts-cancellation-of-the-sands-of-time-remake-having-a-project-killed-is-a-brutal-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/prince-of-persias-creator-reacts-to-ubisofts-cancellation-of-the-sands-of-time-remake-having-a-project-killed-is-a-brutal-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince of Persia’s creator reacts to Ubisoft’s cancellation of The Sands of Time remake: ‘Having a project killed is a brutal experience’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Short of someone actually inventing a magical time-manipulating dagger, we now know that the long-awaited remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time<\/a> will never see the light of day. Developer and publisher Ubisoft revealed it killed the project, alleged to have been nearly complete<\/a>, in the latter half of January, as part of a brutal round of layoffs<\/a> and restructuring that triggered calls<\/a> for a “massive international strike” by multiple French trade unions.<\/p>\n

Now, Prince of Persia’s original creator has addressed the cancellation, calling it “disappointing news to all fans who’d been eagerly awaiting it, myself included.”<\/p>\n

Jordan Mechner, who developed the original Prince of Persia in 1989 and was a designer on The Sands of Time (but not the remake) shared his thoughts in a blog post<\/a>. After initially expressing his disappointment, he went on to share his sympathies with the developers directly affected by the cancellation.<\/p>\n

“My sympathy goes to the development team in Montreal; I can only imagine how they must feel. Having a project killed is a brutal experience. It’s an aspect of the game industry that the public doesn’t often see, but developers are all too familiar with.”<\/p>\n

Mechner noted that cancellations like this can be “particularly devastating for younger team members” who don’t have a lot of experience in the industry. “It’s tough to suddenly absorb that the past four years of hard work you were proud of, and looking forward to seeing out in the world as your new calling card, will now never see daylight.”<\/p>\n

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