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As reported by VGC, Ubisoft announced a massive restructuring of the company today that has resulted in a handful of projects being canceled. Specifically, six games are being canned by Ubisoft, four of which are unknown, and another of which was planned for mobile devices. The sixth game ended up being that of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake, which was said to have been canceled due to new expectations for “quality” that Ubisoft is now emphasizing.
“Ubisoft has conducted a thorough review of its content pipeline over December and January,” Ubisoft said in a statement. “This has led to the strategic decision to refocus its portfolio, reallocate resources and comprehensively revise its roadmap over the next three years.”
The Sands of Time Remake Was Nearly Out
While it would have made sense for Ubisoft to cancel Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake at any point within the past five years, its decision to do so now is quite surprising. Recent rumors suggested that the game was planned to shadow-drop at some point in January and would become immediately available to players. While Ubisoft itself never confirmed this, it did state that Sands of Time Remake would be out before the end of March. As such, work on the remake was almost certainly done, which means that a fully completed game was likely scrapped by this move.
