A New Chapter in the Legendary Franchise to Debut Holiday 2008
Paris,FRANCE – April 28, 2008 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced that a new Prince of Persia
is scheduled to release Holiday 2008 for the Xbox 360® video game and
entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer
entertainment system and PC. This new Prince of Persia
marks the debut of the critically acclaimed franchise on
next-generation consoles. Developed by Ubisoft’s award winning Montreal
studio that brought you Assassin’s Creed™ and the same all-star team
that created the previously acclaimed Prince of Persia® Sands of Time
trilogy, Prince of Persia is opening a new
chapter in the Prince of Persia universe, featuring a new breed of
gameplay. The game is poised to rejuvenate the action-adventure genre
in addition to introducing a brand-new illustrative art style.
Ubisoft
will also release a Prince of Persia game specifically designed for the
Nintendo DS™ system, featuring an entirely new storyline and new
characters. More details to be unveiled in the future.
About the Prince of Persia Franchise
Since
Prince of Persia® Sands of Time’s launch in 2003, Prince of Persia has
won over 30 awards worldwide, including the highly coveted Game Critics
Awards: Best of E3 2003’s Console Platform Best Action/Adventure Game
of the Year for Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time™. To date, the
Prince of Persia franchise has sold approximately 10,3 million units
worldwide.
