Usually, around this time of year, I’m thinking back on some of my favorite games of the previous year and prepping for Game of the Year conversations. Instead, I’ve spent this week being pissed off that one of my absolute favorite games of 2024 just had its development team scattered to the four winds. 2024 isn’t even over yet, and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has apparently been written off by Ubisoft higher-ups.

Abdelhak Elguess, the game’s senior producer, told Eurogamer on Wednesday that “most of the team members who worked on Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown have shifted to other projects that will benefit from their expertise.” And according to Insider Gaming, those projects allegedly are a Rayman game, the next Ghost Recon game, and Beyond Good and Evil 2 (which has been in development hell since it was first announced in 2008 — that’s right, 2008).

That’s despite The Lost Crown team pitching a sequel that would have kept them all together. Again, according to Insider Gaming’s same report, that sequel was rejected due to the game lagging behind on sales expectations.

The Lost Crown, a crisp 2D........

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