A return for the classic Game Boy Color and SNES platformer: Only on Nintendo 3DS and Wii
Retro gaming fans will be excited to hear that two classic versions of Ubisoft’s legendary platformer series Prince of Persia are available to download via the Nintendo eShop, and the Wii Shop Channel this week.
New republishing deal agreed between Focus Multimedia, one of the of the UK’s leading PC games and software publishers, and Ubisoft, a leading worldwide producer, publisher and distributor of entertainment software.
The agreement further cements the long-standing partnership between the two publishing giants and will see key Ubisoft titles of recent years launched on PC in the UK under the Focus best-selling ‘Essential Games’ label.
New Adventure in the Prince of Persia Sands of Time Series Debuts May 2010
Ubisoft announced that Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands video game is in development and is scheduled to be released May 2010 for consoles and handhelds. This new instalment in the critically-acclaimed franchise marks the return to the Prince of Persia Sands of Time storyline.
Inon Zur's majestic and emotionally charged orchestral music from Ubisoft's Prince of Persia video games will be performed in front of a live audience for the first time as part of the "A Night in Fantasia 2009" spectacular. Recognized around the globe as the most popular brand of video game and anime symphony concerts, "A Night in Fantasia 2009" will be held at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, Australia, on Saturday, September 26, 2009. Tickets are now available via Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.com.au.
Award-winning composer Inon Zur (www.inonzur.com) created a compelling and epic original score for the latest Prince of Persia video game, including the sweeping themes which feature a cinematic orchestral style blended with eastern ethnic instrumentation.
Zur will be a special guest conducting the full symphony orchestra, accompanied by visuals from the games on the big screen, as well as speaking to the audience about his music for Prince of Persia and signing autographs during a meet-and-greet.
The concert will be recorded and released on CD in the weeks following "A Night in Fantasia 2009." A special CD with a 'behind the scenes' DVD will be released in limited editions. Packages are available for pre-order via the Eminence website, www.eminenceonline.com.
"Fans will be blown away by the musical extravaganza of 'A Night in Fantasia 2009'," said Hiroaki Yura, Founder and Director of Eminence Artists. "We're taking 'A Night in Fantasia' to a whole new level with this concert - we're going to raise the roof!"
About Prince of Persia Set in a land rooted in ancient Persian mythology, the warrior Prince finds himself caught in an epic battle between the primal forces of light and darkness that pits the God of Light, Ormazd, against his brother, Ahriman, the destructive God of Darkness. After witnessing the destruction of the legendary Tree of Life - an act which unleashes Ahriman's corrupted darkness onto the land - the Prince and his deadly companion, Elika, embark on a journey to heal the world from the evil Corruption and defeat Ahriman once and for all.
Individual Ubisoft titles will be available to purchase digitally for the first time
Metaboli announce that Ubisoft titles will be available via download-to-own for the first time. The deal, which comes into effect on 12th June, will be available to customers in EMEA through www.gamesplanet.com and in the U.S. through www.gametap.com. Metaboli has a longstanding relationship with Ubisoft, with numerous titles currently available through Metaboli’s subscription-based services.
“Metaboli currently has 47 Ubisoft titles in its catalogue, which have proven particularly popular with our users. Several games including Assassin’s Creed, Raving Rabbits, Prince of Persia, Far Cry, Brothers in Arms, Rainbow Six and the Splinter Cell series have performed consistently well across our subscription platform,” comments Pierre Forest, VP Content at Metaboli. “These games will undoubtedly achieve the same success through our download-to-own model, especially as they will now be distributed in the U.S. market following our acquisition of GameTap.”
In addition, Ubisoft will provide its own download-to-own service through its digital store, UBIshop. Metaboli’s white-label Digital Tycoon technology will be used to power UBIshop as well as individual e-stores dedicated to specific titles. Initially this will include: • PC Brothers in Arms – Hell’s Highway • CSI: NY • Far Cry 2 • Grey’s Anatomy • Prince of Persia • Shaun White Snowboarding • Tom Clancy’s EndWar • Tom Clancy’s HAWX • World in Conflict – Complete
Ubisoft and GOG.com, the games-on-demand platform dedicated to DRM-free classic PC games that’s just too cool for school, announced an agreement to deliver Ubisoft's best back-catalogue games via GOG.com.
The agreement brings classic Ubisoft titles like Beyond Good and Evil, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six, Far Cry, Heroes of Might and Magic and Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell to gamers around the world via GOG.com’s DRM-free games catalogue. As with all GOG.com releases, the titles are affordable and accompanied by mounds of extras, including soundtracks, wallpapers, forum avatars and much more.
“We’re incredibly happy to welcome Ubisoft and their much-loved games to GOG.com,” said Adam Oldakowski, managing director of GOG.com. “Ubisoft has long been breaking new ground with innovative and award-winning games, and is strongly reinforcing that trailblazing image by bringing its titles to GOG.com. The warm welcome of GOG.com by gamers convinced us that there is huge demand for classic games at a low price and packed with bonus materials. With more titles from leading companies like Ubisoft we will be able to achieve our goal of becoming the ultimate destination for fans of classic PC games.”
Ubisoft have revealed new details about Prince of Persia Epilogue Downloadable Content (DLC). Scheduled to release for consoles February 26, 2009, Prince of Persia DLC continues the story of the Prince and Elika with a brand-new epic adventure. Game features include:
- New Region:The Underground Palace – A corrupted underground palace from which the Prince and Elika need to escape in a new epic journey.
- New Power: Energize – Reconstruct destroyed areas of the environment to create a path and rush through it before it vanishes.
- New high pace: The new trap challenge – The Prince and Elika will face more cunning foes, cleverer traps and level design, adding more to the difficulty level in over 3 hours of gameplay. - New Attack: Sprinting Clash– A duel move that lets you or the enemy trigger a sprint attack, charging towards each other, clashing your weapons fiercely.
- New Unlockable Skins: Finish the game and unlock exclusively, from the early development of the game, the Prototype characters of the Prince and Elika.
To celebrate the forthcoming release of Prince of Persia on December 5th 2008, Ubisoft has teamed up with art community hub deviantART to challenge the creative brilliance of the community members to create stunning, innovative, and original art inspired by the game.
The Prince of Persia Fan Art contest (http://news.deviantart.com/article/62882/) lays down the challenge for members of the deviantART community to create and deliver their own original interpretations of the striking concept and production artwork that has been created during development.
Matt Benson, Brand Manager at Ubisoft UK said “The art delivered by the development team is both unique and extremely inspirational. We're big fans of deviantART here and we look forward to inspired competition submissions from the raw talent within this active and engaging community.”
Commenting, Ernie Riemer, Vice President of Advertising Operations at deviantART said “We are very excited to be working with Ubisoft and the Prince of Persia team to bring this fantastic fan art contest to deviantART. We’re looking forward to a very successful contest and the amazing artwork the deviantART community will submit.”
To be eligible for the prizing, entrants must be UK Residents, 13 or over and shall be required to register through deviantART’s website at http://www.deviantart.com and become a member of that site. This is a website registered in California, USA and registration is free. For more information and contest details, please see http://news.deviantart.com/article/62882/
About Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia, a new chapter in the critically acclaimed action/adventure series for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and PC. And is currently scheduled for release on December 5th (UK), December 2nd (US) and December 4th (Continental Europe), 2008 on XBOX 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Find out more at http://prince-of-persia.ubi.com/
There are many secrets hiding within the quiet places of our Prince’s world. Link your Ubisoft.com account to your Xbox LIVE or PlayStation Network account, and you will gain access to the skin of Altair from Assassin’s Creed. Continue your exploration of the fantastic places of ancient Persia clad in the white and red of Altair’s ancient order.
“Prince of Persia is an incredible experience. We’re thrilled to give our loyal fans another way to journey through it,” said Ben Mattes, producer for Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia video game. “This exclusive reward is a ‘thank you’ to our fans, who can easily unlock it when they link their Ubisoft.com accounts to their Xbox 360 or PLAYSTATION 3 gamer identities.”
Create your Ubisoft.com account now at www.princeofpersia.com, and when you begin your Prince of Persia adventure you will be able to immediately unlock this exclusive reward.
Prince of Persia is currently scheduled for release on December 5th 2008 for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, and PC.
Ubisoft confirmed today that it plans to release Downloadable Content for its upcoming Prince of Persia video game post-launch. Full details and release date to be announced in the near future.
"Our intention is to do downloadable content that really offers a lot of value for the player - another experience." said Ben Mattes, Producer.
Ubisoft also released Prince of Persia’s fourth Developer’s Diary now available for immediate posting. In this new diary, the developers discuss their desire to merge imaginative, open-ended game play with a rich, overarching story through the use of networks of player-chosen paths, Elika’s magical abilities and the new on-demand dialogue which acts as both a useful hint system as well as additional narrative.
Finally, Ubisoft kicks off the countdown to the release of Prince of Persia with the launch of an unique website. Check it out now – www.princeofpersiagame.com
Prince of Persia is scheduled to release December 5, 2008 for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, and PC.
About Prince of Persia
Set in a land rooted in ancient Persian mythology, the Prince finds himself caught in an epic battle between the primal forces of light and darkness: the God of Light, Ormazd versus his brother Ahriman, the destructive God of Darkness. The Prince arrives just in time to witness the destruction of the legendary Tree of Life – an act which threatens to plunge the entire world into eternal darkness. Manifested in the form of the Corruption, a dark substance that physically contaminates the land and the skies, the Prince must partner with Elika, a deadly companion, to heal the world from the evil Corruption.
Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through a strong and diversified line-up of products and partnerships. Ubisoft has teams in 27 countries and distributes games in more than 55 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers. For the 2007-08 fiscal year, Ubisoft generated sales of 928 million euros. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.
2008 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Based on Prince of Persia created by Jordan Mechner. Ubisoft, Ubi.com, and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. Prince of Persia is a trademark of Jordan Mechner in the U.S. and/or other countries used under license by Ubisoft Entertainment.
Exclusive Collector's Edition for Prince of Persia, a new chapter in the critically acclaimed action/adventure series for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and PC.
Exclusively at PLAY.COM, UK customers who pre-order a copy of Prince of Persia will receive a pre-order pack including:
- A high quality collector box set featuring varnish & metallic blue arabesque finish
- An exclusive 24 pages Comic book unveiling the backstory of the Hunter, one of the key antagonists in the game.
- A scratch card with unique code to unlock exclusive in-game skins for the Prince (Prince “classic” skin) and Elika (“Farah” skin).
- A bonus DVD including soundtrack, videos, e-goodies, widget and more!
Prince of Persia is currently scheduled for release on December 5th 2008 on XBOX 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Prince of Persia - The Fallen King Continues the adventure in an original story exclusive to the Nintendo DS, also scheduled for release on December 5th 2008.
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