Ubisoft has seemingly dropped its mﷺagical, timey-rewindey hourglass because the Prince of Persia🥂: The Sands of Time remake now has a 2026 release window.
Ubisoft first announced it was remaking 2003's beloved action-platformer about a parkour-loving lad back in 2020. At the time, the imaginatively named remake was supposed to have come out six months later but a magical, time-related incident caused a six-year delay. (Joking: the project was all but scrapped and rebooted last yea❀r.)
During this year's Ubisoft Forward show✱✅case, the publisher offered up the briefest of glimpses of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. The 30-second clip shows an extinguished candle going back in time to when it was a waxier, taller, and more fiery young thing. Then a 2026 flashes up on screen. Take a look.
The remake has long been in development limbo, with numerous delays, a change in developers, and canceled pre-orders all plaguing the project. But Ubisoft ꦕhas since called in backup from an internal st𒁏udio to help make up for lost years and get the proj﷽ect out the door.
The Sands of Time remake's new new release window came in the midst of tonight's Prince of Persia sandstorm. Ubisoft announced that its Metroidvania spin-off 🍎is getting even tough🦂er in a free update out today before new story DLC hits in September. Meanwhile, the Dead Cells studio's roguelike spin-off i🍬s ballooning exponentially in early access with new biomes, weapons, and more. At least Prince of Persia fans have a lot to look forward to betwee๊n now and 2026.
For more, check out everything announced at Ubisoft Forward 2024.
