A New Rayman Project Is in Its ‘Early Stages’
Ubisoft confirmed the unnamed Rayman challenge in an emailed statement to Kotaku Wednesday, including that it might share extra particulars on the sport later. “We are happy to verify Ubisoft Montpellier and Ubisoft Milan have just lately began an exploration part on the Rayman model,” a Ubisoft spokesperson instructed Kotaku. “The challenge continues to be in its early phases, and we’ll share extra particulars later.”
Ubisoft Montpellier is the developer behind Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, the action-adventure Metroidvania platformer that got here out January 18. Ubisoft’s Rayman affirmation adopted a report that mentioned the corporate’s Montpellier group had been disbanded and assigned to different tasks.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Team Disbanded
French impartial media portal Origami reported Tuesday that The Lost Crown’s gross sales fell in need of expectations at Ubisoft, regardless of crucial acclaim. Ubisoft Montpellier reportedly pitched a sequel to the corporate however was turned down.
Ubisoft partially confirmed the report back to Eurogamer on Wednesday and mentioned a lot of the builders at its Montpellier studio had been assigned to different tasks “that may profit from their experience.” While the corporate didn’t elaborate its place on a sequel to The Lost Crown, it mentioned it was “excited to carry extra Prince of Persia experiences sooner or later.”
Gadgets 360, in its constructive assessment of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown earlier this 12 months, had known as the sport a “ridiculously enjoyable and surprisingly difficult” platformer that might set the tone for future Prince of Persia video games.
Ubisoft Montepellier Moved to Other Ubisoft Projects
Following Ubisoft’s affirmation, Insider Gaming reported that Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown builders had been shifted to 3 new tasks on the firm — a majority of the group had reportedly moved to engaged on Beyond Good and Evil 2, 12 builders had been now reportedly engaged on the following mainline Ghost Recon recreation, internally often known as “Project Ovr,” and round an analogous variety of Ubisoft Montpellier staff had been assigned to a remake challenge of a Rayman recreation, dubbed “Project Steambot,” in improvement at Ubisoft Milan.
In its assertion to Kotaku, Ubisoft additionally confirmed that Michel Ancel, creator of the Rayman model, had been introduced on as a guide for the challenge. Ancel’s involvement comes with its justifiable share of controversy, too. In 2020, French newspaper Libération had reported that Ancel, who on the time was engaged on the Beyond Good and Evil sequel, was leaving Ubisoft amid an investigation over accusations of making a tough work setting and bullying group members.
Ubisoft didn’t verify if the Rayman challenge could be a remake of an older recreation from the collection. The final mainline Rayman recreation was Rayman Legends, developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and initially launched in 2013 on PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U and PlayStation Vita.
