News published on May 14th 2007

Original Prince of Persia Remake Coming To XBLA

Ubisoft have announced that they will be bringing a remake of the original 1989 Prince of Persia to XBLA this summer under the name of Prince of Persia Classic. They boast that it will be a solid remake of the and will feature the same intricate level design, exciting swordplay, puzzle solving, and storyline from the original. The game will be developed by Gameloft and will have a brand-new coat of paint with character designs, animations, visuals and lighting effects giving the game a close to 3D look to make it look pretty when viewed in HD. There will however be some new traps, puzzles and enemies to spice things up a bit.

Comments from our old site:

Yaegashi on Monday 14th May 2007 22:48:
ah, so it's finally been confirmed. excellent =D

rokhed00 on Tuesday 15th May 2007 00:28:
Just so long as they don't fuck up the gameplay. Too many retro titles have been fucked up on XBLA lately.

Nogert on Tuesday 15th May 2007 11:08:
Was the original a side scrolling 2d game ? I thought it was 3d

Thomas on Tuesday 15th May 2007 11:37:
Erm, you are thinking of the new trilogy... you need to go back to 1989!

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