Prince of Persia game from the studio behind Dead cells was supposed to hit early access on PC on May 14th. Not so anymore. Evil Empire says its debut has been delayed until the end of this month, and that’s because of a small game Hades II.
Soon a done, Supergiant Games . It shot up the Steam charts and quickly peaked at 102,000 concurrent players. Evil Empire suggested that “everyone and their mother” was playing Hades II, including his own team, he gets out of the way of the game. new early access date for Prince of Persia will be announced on Monday.
“Even though we have every confidence Prince of PersiaIt’s not every day that a game in the same genre as you, one of the most anticipated upcoming games of 2024, hits early access a week before you plan to do the same,” Evil Empire . “We are not proud enough to ignore the implications of this and truly believe this short delay is the best decision for us and our early access journey.”
In that case, the delay will give the Evil Empire extra time to polish up Prince of Persia. While the whole point of releasing a game in early access is to get player feedback on a project that’s far from the finished article, developers still want their games to be in the best shape possible when the public gets their hands on them. first time.
Evil Empire says it may “add more cool stuff” and try to iron out some bugs before the game’s debut. The team also has a bit more time to test and improve the patch on day one.
Exit Hades II‘s way is a smart idea since the two games are both roguelikes. It’s nice to see Evil Empire being transparent about the reasons for the delay as well. But there are many other Hindi films released this week which are well reviewed and at least overshadowed by this blockbuster sequel.
Another Crab Treasure (a cute spin on From Software’s Soulslike format), PS1-style survival horror crow country, science fiction title and an adventure that looks charming all debuted this week to strong reviews. So he did Metroidvania with the word “masterpiece” about it by some reviewers (although it is the number one selling game on Steam at the time of writing. Hades II).
The train doesn’t stop there as other buzzy Indians are coming over the next few weeks. (we about it) and . There’s another game coming up next week that I’m playing that’s worth checking out, though I can’t talk about it yet.
Although there aren’t many AAA titles from the likes of Sony, Microsoft, and EA, there are a lot of exciting things happening in the indie scene. So maybe go check out some of those games, if you still do.