Welcome everyone! We are Evil Empire, the studio that worked on the last four DLCs and over 20 post-release updates of the acclaimed action roguelite [i]Dead Cells[/i]. Today we can finally announce that we have been working hard on [b][i]The Rogue Prince of Persia[/i][/b], a new action-platformer roguelite, and it will be releasing in Early Access on May 14th 2024! We hope you will enjoy our take on a series that so many gamers know and love (including us!) and that you will come with us on our journey through Early Access. Our art director Dylan is so enthusiastic about his version of the Prince that he turned up to the office this morning in a decent stab at a first cosplay – if that's not a reason to join us then I don't know what is! [b][i]Of course there is a picture at the bottom of this post ;)[/i][/b] Anyway, check out our announcement trailer here for a taste of what's to come: [previewyoutube=SBdYm6stu3g;full][/previewyoutube] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44971889/9900b87e1860245e88add74091b88a2c50d139f7.png[/img] In this new entry in the Prince of Persia series you will master the iconic wall run & acrobatic moves to outmanoeuver your enemies, dodge traps and explore new areas in a fluid, fast-paced rush of combat & platforming. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44971889/11830e2ff44a88a600d6d21ef4d8ed26714d2e57.gif[/img] The Prince himself has been living a kind of roguelite his whole life, a ‘roguelife’ if you will. Yes, we went there, just go with it... His bola, gifted to him as a baby, resurrects him in the last truly safe place he was in before he dies. This secret (and suspiciously convenient) power has let him take huge risks to perfect the skills of acrobatics & combat in his youth - moulding him into a formidable warrior. But now his rash actions, though made with good intentions, have triggered an invasion by Huns wielding powerful dark shamanic magic. Faced with the first true test of his character, the Prince must face his shortcomings and regain the trust of his family to save both them and his people from his mistake, and to become the hero he has always wanted to be. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44971889/eb14d93d92603d7a1593ebc5582c00ea9b40a3a3.gif[/img] [b][h3]OK but why are Evil Empire, an independent studio, making a Prince of Persia game? Why is it releasing in Early Access? What is going on?![/h3][/b] All very good questions, and the answers are coming. We have a 30-minute gameplay sneak peek running right now on the Steam storepage with the game's director and me (Matt, marketing manager for the game, hi!). We will be playing through the first few levels and briefly talking about the gameplay, Early Access and who we are. What we can say right now is that we chose Early Access because we want to work with the player community to create the best version of this game that we can. We believe we have created a great core of a Prince of Persia game, and we have our plans to expand it out of course, but we know how directly involving the players can make a game so much better. Especially for a roguelite with narrative elements! This interaction with the players will come with regular content updates adding all the good stuff like biomes, bosses, weapons and more story. We will be getting feedback from you, the community, before and after each update to make sure we are creating the best content possible. We will start releasing some more information very soon, both as Steam posts and as videos on our YouTube page. These will be much deeper dives into most, if not all, of the questions you might have about us, Ubisoft or of course the game itself. You can also discuss the game here in the Community Hub, on our Discord, YouTube channel, Twitter, Tiktok or wherever else people like to hang out these days - the links are at the bottom of this post. There’ll be devs floating around in most of those spaces, obviously we can’t be on them 24/7 as we have game stuff to make, but you should see us around. We will be back very soon! Cheers, Matt, Evil Empire and Ubisoft [url=https://discord.gg/princeofpersia ]Discord[/url] [url=https://twitter.com/Studio_Evil ]Twitter[/url] [url=https://www.tiktok.com/@evil.empire0]Tiktok[/url] [url=https://www.instagram.com/evilempire_studio/ ]Instagram[/url] [url=https://www.facebook.com/evilempirestudio/ ]Facebook[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxxaHW3xw8sByMXnrcAMEPg]Youtube[/url] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44971889/f145b3d01f80c55af7bb41023d50c4cc222d182b.jpg[/img] [i][b]The famous Dylan[/b][/i]