Main articles:, andThe first game in the series, titled The Prince, was created by after the success of. Drawing from multiple general sources of inspiration, including the stories, and films like and, the protagonist's character animation was created using a technique called, with Mechner using his brother as the model for the titular prince. The original Prince of Persia, with its more than 20 platform, is one of the most ported games in video game history. Despite the success of the game, Mechner enrolled in 's film department, producing an award-winning short film during his time there, before returning to design and direct a sequel to the original game. The sequel, Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame, was developed internally at Broderbund with Mechner's supervision.

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within builds a new layer of depth and complexity on the dynamic combat system of it’s predecessor, The Sands of Time. Freeform fighting mechanics combined with a wide range of swords, axes, maces and even improvised weapons will allow you to slay your foes with style! The Prince is back in his darker, brutish.

The game, like its predecessor, received critical acclaim and high sales. Broderbund was subsequently purchased by, which was later acquired by US game company. In 1999, a new Prince of Persia title, was developed and released under Broderbund's Red Orb label. Released for PC only, and criticized by many users as being buggy, it was a critical and commercial disappointment. The Broderbund/Learning Company's games division, the assets of which included the Prince of Persia franchise, was subsequently sold to. The Sands of Time series. Main articles:, andMechner, who owned the Prince of Persia, was brought in to work with Ubisoft on a reboot of the franchise, titled Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, although he was originally wary after the failure of Prince of Persia 3D.

The team they worked with were also working on: their aim with the new Prince of Persia was to breathe new life into the action-adventure genre. The Sands of Time was an success. Mechner did not take part in the production of the next game, Warrior Within, and he commented on finding the dark atmosphere and heightened level of violence unappealing. The changes also provoked mixed reactions from critics, but sales were strong and a third game, eventually titled The Two Thrones, went into production. For The Two Thrones, the developers and artists tried to strike a balance between the light, cartoon-like tones of The Sands of Time, and the grittier mediums of Warrior Within.

In November 2008, Ubisoft revealed that they were working on a new entry in the franchise, which turned out to be The Forgotten Sands, which filled in some of the narrative gap between The Sands of Time and Warrior Within. The game was released in May 2010, timed to tie in with the film adaptation of the first game in The Sands of Time subseries, also titled. Trilogy collection Prince of Persia Trilogy.: December 21, 2010,Mode(s)The Prince of Persia Trilogy (known as Prince of Persia Trilogy 3D on the remastered collection's title screen) is a collection of The Sands of Time trilogy released on and subsequently on as part of the range.

The collection includes The Sands of Time, Warrior Within and The Two Thrones, all previously released on PlayStation 2. The games were remastered in high-definition for the PlayStation 3 with and support on one.

The PlayStation 2 collection was released on October 27, 2006 in Europewhile the remastered collection was released on November 19, 2010 on Blu-ray in regions. The release marks the first Classics HD title to not be published by.In North America, the three games were originally released separately as downloadable only titles on the.

The first, The Sands of Time, was released on November 16, 2010 while the other two games followed in December 2010. The Blu-ray version was to be released in North America on March 22, 2011 but the collection ended up being delayed until April 19, 2011.Spin-offs, remakes and mobile games. Main articles:, andThe first spin-off of the series was developed alongside and released in the same year as The Two Thrones for the. Battles of Prince of Persia is a real-time strategy game, set between The Sands of Time and Warrior Within. It received mediocre reviews from critics.In 2006, concept designs surfaced hinting at another entry in the franchise.

The game, Prince of Persia, was unveiled in 2008, with Ubisoft marketing it as a reboot of the franchise, with its level and combat design harking back to the original 1989 game. The game came out in December 2008, receiving positive reviews from most video game outlets and decent sales. Alongside the main game, Ubisoft's Casablanca branch developed a direct sequel and spin-off to the reboot for the Nintendo DS, titled Prince of Persia: The Fallen King. The game was released alongside the main game, and received fair reviews.In 2007 and released, an enhanced remake of the original for,.

The visual style has been upgraded to resemble, and the Prince himself has acquired some additional moves, such as the ability to roll, backflip, wall jump and stop time briefly during combat. However, the core gameplay remains the same as the original - defeat Jaffar within one hour, watching out for the many traps and defeating the guards you encounter.There have been a number of developed by, some based on older PC or console titles with 2D graphics and others loosely based on contemporary games but with 2D graphics and different gameplay due to technology constraints. Gameloft has also developed some ports for both the and the.

The first spin-off by Gameloft was called Prince of Persia:Harem Adventures which was released for JavaME in 2003. Specifically, the company has developed HD remakes of the original Prince of Persia in 2007, and its sequel The Shadow and the Flame in July 2013. While the stealth-action series Assassin's Creed shares little but basic gameplay concepts, it has been called the Prince of Persia series' spiritual successor. Prince of Persia: Escape In 27 September 2018, under the banner of its entity released Prince of Persia: Escape, a mobile game for iOS and Android. It is a 'runner' game, made up of different levels, and the player can customize the protagonist with outfits from past games. Reviewing for, Cameron Bald calls Prince of Persia: Escape a 'mundane game crushed under the weight of excessive greed'.

Future In 2012, leaked images from a project entitled Osiris were assumed to be the next Prince of Persia title. Jordan Mechner even commented on his Twitter account that the images were not from a Prince of Persia game. A year later, in 2013, Yannis Mallat, CEO of, said that the franchise was being 'paused', saying that 'As soon as we have something to show, we will'. In the following months, Ubisoft confirmed that they were either planning or considering next-gen entries in multiple franchises, including Prince of Persia. Adaptations Graphic novel Jordan Mechner finished writing the story for a graphic novel in 2007. The novel was written by A.B.

Sina, and illustrated by Alex Puvilland and LeUyen Pham. It was released by in autumn 2008. The story follows two Princes, jumping between the 9th and 13th centuries.

Although it belongs to the franchise the plot is not related to any of the game continuities or that of the 2010 film. Prince of Persia: Before the Sandstorm Before the Sandstorm is a 2010 one-shot comic book that serves as both a direct prequel and sequel to the feature film and explains the motives and backgrounds of some characters. It was published by Disney press and written by Jordan Mechner with illustrations by, Nico Henrichon, and.Lego Prince of Persia. Main article: Reception Awards The success of the Prince of Persia series resulted in awarding the series 6 world records in the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008. These records include First Motion-Capture Animation in a Video Game and Highest Rated Platformer on PS2 and Xbox.Impact and legacy South Korean singer-songwriter released the song 'Magic Castle', with lyrics inspired from the storyline of the original Prince of Persia.In 1992, Russian author wrote a book called A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia and Other Stories, in which there is a short story called Prince of Gosplan.

The story is greatly influenced by the game; the main hero of the story lives in a mixed reality of real world and video games and identifies himself as Prince of Persia. He tries to understand if his life is real or is he just seeing it on a computer display.The feel of the gameplay in was intended to evoke that of the original Prince of Persia.The series originated out of ideas for a sequel for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Its critical and financial success led Ubisoft to request to develop a sequel, aiming for the. The Ubisoft Montreal team decided on taking the gameplay from The Sands of Time into an approach, taking advantage of the improved processing power to render larger spaces and crowds. Narratively, the team wanted to move away from the Prince being someone next in line for the throne but to have to work for it; combined with research into secret societies led them to focus on the, heavily borrowing from the novel. They developed a narrative where the player would control an Assassin that served as a bodyguard for a non-playable Prince, leading them to call this game Prince of Persia: Assassin. The 'Animus' device allowed them to explain certain facets of gameplay, such as accounting when the player fails a mission, in the same way they had done in The Sands of Time.

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