The French publisher has another milestone to celebrate, but let’s not forget what Ubisoft has been up to over the past year…

Ubisoft has announced that Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, the 2D action-platformer from Ubisoft’s Montpellier team, has well over 2 million players since its release in 2024. The French publisher posted on Twitter, saying that the audience has been able to revive the legend and the prince is back. Ubisoft says it’s just getting started, so there could be more projects in the pipeline for the IP. (Like the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake, announced for 2020 and supposedly not due out until 2026…?)

Although Ubisoft’s tweet might lead you to believe that there’s more to come from Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, there’s not much chance of that as the game developer Ubisoft Montpellier has been dissolved. Instead, one has to think that the franchise could get new games (such as the remake of the long rumored The Sands of Time, which has also undergone a reboot in the last six years), or one could mention the early access The Rogue Prince of Persia.

Well over 2M players by now.
You’ve revived the legend. The Prince is back, and believe us — he’s just warming up. pic.twitter.com/hsWpQUgFVz

— Prince of Persia™ (@princeofpersia) April 30, 2025

Ubisoft could try to bring the Montpellier team back together. It certainly wouldn’t be the first time that the leaders of a major game publisher/developer backed away from a decision that everyone could see was wrong and not long-term thinking. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown was undoubtedly Ubisoft’s best game last year, and the only reason the development team was shut down was because the game didn’t live up to Ubisoft’s expectations.

It received the best critical reception of any Ubisoft game released in 2024, and was one of the best games released in 2024. If the Yves Guillemots were serious, they would have stood behind the game, but no: they have Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Rainbow Six IP to worry about, and if Prince of Persia counted, it would be part of the new holding company…

Source: WCCFTech