Evil Empire’s The Rogue Prince of Persia, a 2D side-scrolling rogue-lite based mostly on Ubisoft’s franchise, has seen a delay. Beforehand slated for Could 14th, early entry will now begin later this month, with a brand new launch date to be introduced on Could thirteenth.
As for the explanation behind the delay, it’s because of the sudden early entry launch of Hades 2, presently among the many high sellers on Steam. “Seeing as everybody and their mum is taking part in that sport (together with our whole workforce… and their mums), we’ve determined to let individuals have their enjoyable with it earlier than we launch The Rogue Prince of Persia.”
The developer has “each confidence” in its title, however “it’s not day-after-day {that a} sport in the identical style as you, which is among the most anticipated upcoming video games of 2024, will launch into Early Entry per week earlier than you propose to do the identical.” As an alternative of ignoring its impression, the workforce goes for a brief delay as a substitute.
It additionally permits for extra polish on high of the day one patch (which is “getting fairly hefty”). Having extra time for testing earlier than launch is famous to have “significantly lowered the stress ranges of our producer and sport director already!”
The Rogue Prince of Persia will launch into early entry with its first story Act, consisting of six ranges and two bosses. Gamers also can make the most of completely different main and second weapons, Medallions for passive results and extra. Head right here for particulars on how Medallions and weapon traits work. Early entry will final “round a 12 months”, maybe longer, with updates including new ranges, bosses, story content material, development techniques and extra.
