The Prince of Persia Epilogue downloadable content will be released on March 5, rather than February 26, as originally advertised. Ubisoft has also revealed that the additional chunk of PoP gameplay will cost you 800 Microsoft Points (US $10).
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Joystiq writes: "As part of its fiscal earnings report for the quarter ending December 2008, Ubisoft has revealed the "sell-in sales" (that's to retailers, not consumers) for a handful of key titles. Far Cry 2, launched in late October, shipped 2.9 million, while Raving Rabbids TV Party has tallied up 1.5 million since its mid-November unveiling. "
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The producer of the Prince series Ben Mattes says that his game should have been praised more for taking creative risk. Stating: "We set out to keep a few core fundamentals but to re-imagine everything else, discarding some very well entrenched ideas not only about the brand but also about videogames in general,"
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Ubisoft have decided to run an extremely generous Christmas promotion through their online store, Electronic Theatre can reveal today. When ordering any of the publishers' six biggest titles for Christmas, or any of the Imagine range of games for the NintendoDS, customer will receive a fantastic free gift, and with selected titles the opportunity to win much, much more...
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On December 3, Ubisoft will be "re-launching" the Prince of Persia franchise with a new title (simply called Prince of Persia) for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC. The Nintendo DS will be getting its own little adventure as well, in the form of Prince of Persia: The Fallen King. So what about a Wii version?

"The Wii version is non-existent," Prince of Persia producer Ben Mattes told us at an event in San Francisco. "It's just not a platform that we developed this game for."

Mattes told us that since they already had a solid DS development team in place, the portable version simply made more sense.

"We knew we could do justice to a DS version," he explained, "[one] that wouldn't feel like some sort of watered down lame excuse of a port; it would really feel like its own standalone Prince of Persia property. And that was really important to us. We didn't want to do a port on the DS -- we wanted to do a standalone, unique experience that continued the overall story that this new Prince of Persia game is trying to setup."

Still, Mattes doesn't rule out a new Prince of Persia on the Wii.

"I hope that we will see another Prince of Persia game on the Wii," he said. "Because when I [produced Wii Prince of Persia title] Rival Swords, I really liked the way the Prince's movement translated to the Wii controls. I think that it's really kind of a natural fit."

Check back later today for our full interview with Mattes.
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As part of today's 1UP interview with Prince of Persia team members Ben Mattes (producer) and Michael McIntyre (level designer), Mattes discussed the idea of having hidden messages in games and revealed that for Prince of Persia the team at Ubisoft Montreal came up with a written statement to guide them during development -- one they intend to keep secret upon the game's release.

"I think one of the things we really want people to take away from this game is that there's more to it than meets the eye," said Mattes. "There's a surface layer, which is: Fight the bad guys, heal the world, collect the Light Seeds, kill Ahriman, you win. But there's a lot of imbued meaning in all of that that we went spent weeks and months discussing. What does the Corruption represent to us? And what does healing the world represent to us? And what does Elika represent in terms of the guardian of light? And who is the Prince in terms of this noble savage who wanders in and helps her out? And what does it mean that he eventually helps her?"
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Softpedia writes: "Ubisoft is ready to launch a very strong holiday line up with games such as Far Cry 2, Prince of Persia, Shawn White Snowboarding and EndWar will be out from now till Christmas. In order to gain a competitive advantage over the other big publishers, Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard, the France-based one is preparing to start an extensive advertising campaign, to the tune of some 10 million dollars."
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TVGB: "Stop the theoretical presses, we've got news. Ubisoft has just sent over word that the new Prince of Persia will be released on Dec. 2. I don't care what else is coming out this holiday you have to pick up this game. No screenshot or video you have seen does it justice. Go preorder now and get the free limited edition while you're at it. The DS game will be out on the same day too."
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Ubisoft are asking fans of the upcoming Prince of Persia game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC to take a video of themselves asking a question that they would like Ubisoft to answer, and the team will then answer the question by uploading a new video to its YouTube profile.
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Goodies to come with new title.
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HDR has the high-res versions of the limited edition PS3 and 360 covers as well as details on how to get the set without paying more than the regular edition.
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DailyGame.net has first public images of the Prince of Persia Limited Edition box art. They've got both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions. Looks very Oblivion-esque....
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The expanded 32-page comic book will span roughly four times longer than the usual Penny Arcade comic and explore the Prince's relationship with Elika. Ubisoft also took the wraps off of a first-of-its-kind pre-order special for its new Prince of Persia game. The new program will automatically upgrade the pre-ordering consumer's copy of the game from "standard" to a new Limited Edition version.
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It's a big weekend for the creators of the popular Webcomic Penny Arcade. The pair's fifth annual Penny Arcade Expo is set to kick off in Seattle, Washington this afternoon, where the second installment of the downloadable, episodic Penny Arcade Adventures games will be revealed to the public.
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The Below is direct and complete from Ubisoft:

PRINCE OF PERSIA

Answers from Ben Mattes / Producer

Q: Could you introduce yourself and explain your role in the project?
A: I'm Ben Mattes, producer of the next Prince of Persia title.

Q: On which platforms will this new PoP be available?
A: Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. We are also developing a completely different game which is specifically designed for the DS...
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Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner has said he's happy with the new direction Ubisoft is taking the series in.

Mechner isn't working on the next Prince of Persia game, which is out on PS3, PC, Xbox 360 and DS this Christmas. Speaking at the Comic Con event in San Diego, Mechner confirmed he's glad Ubi has opted for a new style of gameplay and graphics.
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Console Monster writes: "E3 has come to an end for 2008 and to finish off the week, there are a bunch of new trailers on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Here is the full update for Friday 18th July 2008:

Name: Kung Fu Panda Adventuring Trailer
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions

Name: Prince of Persia The E3 gameplay trailer
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions

Name: Left 4 Dead E3 Trailer
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions..."
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Prince of Persia producer Ben Mattes has told Eurogamer that his title will slip into 2009 "if the quality's not there", but added that the team was nevertheless committed to hitting its pre-Christmas target.

Treated to a walkthrough of the E3 demo earlier this month at Ubisoft Montreal, while it wowed us with its content, the code was noticeably buggy and suffered from a dodgy frame-rate in places. And the game will remain hands-off only to the press at E3 this week.
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Eurogamer writes: "Hot on the heels of the Far Cry 2 team's decision not to produce a consumer demo of its open-world shooter, Prince of Persia producer Ben Mattes has confirmed that there's no plans to do one for the Ubisoft Montreal stable-mate either.

"Not planned," Mattes told us at the studio earlier this month. "Doing demos of open-world games is a technical challenge; plus we're not convinced we need to. It's a brand that has some history, some built-in fan-base and we can benefit a little bit from that. Whether you like Sands of Time, Warrior Within or Two Thrones, chances are you're going to love this game because there are elements of all of those in it.'"
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Eurogamer writes: "She may be making her gaming debut as a supporting character in the new Prince of Persia, but the game's producer has revealed that the back-story and game universe are deep enough that Elika could ultimately become the star of her own game.

Talking up the narrative scope of Ubisoft Montreal's "second reinvention" of the classic Jordan Mechner-created action-adventure, Ben Mattes revealed to us how the team has prepared the fiction to pave the way for future titles.

"We wanted to create a universe like Lord of the Rings, [where] everything has a back story, a purpose, a raison d'etre," he explained. 'Any one of those things, theoretically, any of the bosses, regions, have the potential to spin off into something.'"
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