Rogue Prince Of Persia Dev Says Delay To Avoid Hades 2 Has “Considerably Lowered Stress Levels”

For players who fancied a bit of Ubisoft‘s Rogue Prince of Persia, the wait has gotten a little longer, but you know what they say about all good things, right? Originally, the side-scrolling roguelike game developed by Evil Empire was meant to launch on May 14 but had to be delayed until the 17th due to a very popular title releasing at the same time.

The two-week setback was all down to Hades 2 coming in with a surprise release earlier this month that threw a bit of a spanner in the studio’s works, but really, it was a blessing in disguise.

The impressive looking 2D action-platformer developed at Dead Cells’ studio, Evil Empire, takes place in and around the city of Ctesiphon and features plenty of wall jumping and parkour as players move through generated levels inspired by Persian architecture. In an announcement a few days ago over on the game’s Steam page, The Rogue Prince of Persia developer jokingly expressed “If Silksong shadow drops in the next two weeks, I’m burning the whole thing down!” This was in response to wanting to delay their game due to being overshadowed by Hades 2’s release.

“Seeing as everyone and their mum are playing that game–including our entire team…and their mums–we have decided to let people have their fun with it before we release The Rogue Prince of Persia,” said Evil Empire in a statement.

In their latest post, Evil Empire said that this has actually allowed them extra time to give the same some final touches and also to stamp out any bothersome bugs that might pop up. They will also release a pretty big Day 1 patch, so the extra time has granted them more testing time before its voyage.

One of the best takeaways from the statement, especially in this stressful era for developers everywhere right now, is that the extra wiggle room has allowed them more time to breathe and look after their mental health. “…gaining more time to test it and add more stuff before launch day has considerably lowered the stress levels of our producer and game director already!.”

Evil Empire said that The Rogue Prince of Persia would cost only $20 and there would be a “cheeky little launch discount” for players who needed a little enticing into its world.

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