The Rogue Prince of Persia Hit With Release Date Delay

The Rogue Prince of Persia has been delayed, but its Early Access release will still be in May. According to The Rogue Prince of Persia developers, the delay was to avoid competing with the surprise release of Hades 2.

On May 6, Hades 2 was unexpectedly released in Early Access on Steam. As the name suggests, Early Access is an unfinished version of the game released for the community to test before the full release as the developer continues developing new content. And, in the case of Hades 2 Early Access, Supergiant Games assures that there's already a lot to enjoy.

Evil Empire took to Twitter to announce that The Rogue Prince of Persia would be delayed due to the release of Hades 2. According to the developer, «everyone and their mum is playing the game,» including their own team, and they want to give people time to enjoy before releasing The Rogue Prince of Persia. Initially, the Prince of Persia roguelike was set to release on May 14 in Early Access. Evil Empire assured that the game would still be out in May but did not specify an exact day.

Evil Empire justifies the delay by saying it doesn't want to compete with a game of the same genre as theirs, which happens to be one of the most anticipated games of 2024. However, the developer assures that it has complete confidence in The Rogue Prince of Persia and will take this time to polish the game even further, fix some bugs, add more content, and closely examine the Day 1 patch. Evil Empire apologizes and says the wait for The Rogue Prince of Persia Early Access will be worth it.

The Evil Empire studio helped Twin Motion develop Dead Cells for many years. The director of the new Prince of Persia, Lucie Dewagnier, commented that Dead Cells helped shape The Rogue Prince of Persia'sgameplay, as well as in the decision to release the game in Early Access. However, Dewagnier comments that the biggest challenge was to make The Rogue Prince of Persia have a similar game feel to Dead Cells but still be an entirely new