That seems like an awful lot of time to remake a game that already exists, especially with two of Ubisoft's biggest studios on the case—because remember, Ubisoft Montreal is still working on it too.
Regardless of its reasons, Ubisoft pretty clearly has nothing to show for the time and effort that's been put into the Sands of Time Remake so far, because the big reveal today was this:it. It goes entirely unmentioned but there's also been a slight name change: The"Remake" part of the title has been dropped, and it's now called simply Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.
No reason for the name change was provided but it does make me wonder if maybe Ubisoft really is making comprehensive changes to the game, and it's dropped the"Remake" part of the title to better reflect that. For now it's just an odd little shift in direction, but it's also the most interesting part of the reveal, which I don't think reflects particularly well on the state of things after four years of work.
since then that it's still in development, and it didn't even get a mention at today's show. So what do I know? From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer.