Find the Gautoz report onYoutube, which is based on conversations with anonymous developers.

Beware that it’s in French.

And here’s Ubisoft’s statement in full from the game’s senior producer, Abdelhak Elguess.

A close up of Sargon in Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown

Ubisoft are in a prickly place at the moment.

Ubisoft subsequentlykicked back the release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows to 2025to avoid another Outlaws-style spongy landing.

Nowadays, projects of that scope with relatively modest commercial ambitions don’t seem to cut the mustard.