Thursday, September 18, 2008

Prince of Persia Release Date Announced

Spreading the good news today, Ubisoft has announced that their highly anticipated Action-Adventure title, Prince of Persia, will begin shipping to stores on December 2nd. Taking the popular franchise in a new direction, this latest installment offers a whole new visual style, open-world platforming and a focus on one-on-one combat. Here's the official word:

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – September 18 2008 – Today Ubisoft announced that Prince of Persia will ship December 2, 2008 for the Xbox 360(TM) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and PC. Prince of Persia: The Fallen King will also ship simultaneously and exclusively for the Nintendo DS(TM) syst 2113 em.

Prince of Persia opens an entirely new chapter in the Prince of Persia universe in addition to introducing a fresh Illustrative art style, evolved combat system, open world structure and dynamic AI – most notably in the form of the Prince's powerful ally Elika.