There's going to be a warranted doom and gloom surrounding any future Ubisoft game reveals after yesterday's news of cancellations and delays.
The Prince of Persia community has been hit hardest after The Sands of Time Remake was scrapped, but according to the team behind the project, this doesn't mean the series as a whole is done. As part of a statement sharing the reasons behind the cancellation, it added that the "decision does not mean we're stepping away from the franchise".
Of course, it's difficult to believe after Wednesday's news of six Ubisoft title cancellations and a further seven delayed projects. The move was made as the French publisher undergoes a "major company reset" in an attempt to "return to exceptional levels of quality" in the open world adventure and Games as a Service genres.
The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake was deemed not to have reached this new level of quality. "While the project had real potential, we weren't able to reach the level of quality you deserve, and continuing would have required more time and investment than we could responsibly commit," the studio said.