A new Prince of Persia will relase in the 4th quarter of this year. The game had been in developemnt for the past 2 years. Ubisoft Montreal is developing the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC versions, while Ubisoft Morocco handling the DS version. The game is looking very impressive visually and the artworks are stunning. The screenshots on GS are filled with the artworks of the game.



The events in Prince of Persia occur in a completely separate timeline from the Sands of Time trilogy, with an altogether new prince making his debut. This time, he's not a prince from the get-go. The new character that we'll play as is described as an adventurer searching for riches, who, through the course of the story, becomes a prince. Inspirations for the character have been drawn from Sinbad the Sailor, Han Solo, and even Lo "Dark Cloud," the desert bandit from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.



The series has always had elements of acrobatics, puzzle-solving, and combat. However, this time around the prince will have to rely more heavily on acrobatics to advance through the game.The game will still have many puzzles to solve, but the emphasis will be more on exploration and using the prince's awesome abilities to reach new areas. The game will have a partly-open ended structure in which the order you explore the areas is compltely upto you. However, the path to every objectuve will still be linear.

GameSpot's first impressions on this game has a detailed descripetion about this game. I'm really excited about this one and will deffinatley buy a copy as soon as it arrives in India. I just hope it releases real soon.