Ubisoft has handed out a new developer diary for its refreshed Prince of Persia, which is in the works at its Montreal studio. The video discusses about the acrobatic platformer's semi-open world and story driven by the "on-demand dialogue" feature.

Promising DLC of significant value next year, the newest adventure of the Prince arrives on December 2 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. A PC edition follows on December 9.

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Ubisoft Montreal's Prince of Persia (PC, 360, PS3) is planned to receive additional content after its December release, and producer Ben Mattes promised that the content will be worth users' hard-earned money.

"We certainly have plans for downloadable content," confirmed Mattes in a video interview for French site Gamersyde, which was cleverly spotted by Eurogamer.

"The intention is to do downloadable content that adds significant value, so I don't think you'll see downloadable content of a new skin or a new weapon or something like that," he added.

Mattes elaborated to describe what shape the DLC could take. "[Maybe] it's going to be a new story, a new experience, maybe a prequel, maybe a sequel--we're going to do something that really offers a lot of value for the player," he explained.

Sporting colorful new visuals to complement the series' wall-running, leaping and bounding, Prince of Persia lands for consoles on December 2 followed by the PC release on December 9. The promised DLC will arrive "sometime next year."

The PC release of Ubisoft Montreal's colorful platform Prince of Persia has been delayed one week after the console versions hit, according to reports and retail listings.

Blue's News noticed that online retailer Amazon.com shows the PC version hitting North America on December 9, with the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions still on track for the promised December 2 launch. This coincides with Eurogamer's official confirmation of a one-week delay for the PC version in European territories.

No reason was provided for the delay, though Ubisoft and Electronic Arts are among the many publishers that have been postponing PC releases until after console versions arrive, as was the case with EA's Dead Space and Mirror's Edge. Ubisoft Shanghai attributed the delayed PC release of EndWar to piracy concerns

However, not all of Ubisoft's PC-console titles have been delayed--Ubisoft Montreal's Far Cry 2 launched simultaneously on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in late October.

With Ubisoft Montreal's cel-shaded platformer Prince of Persia hitting PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on December 2, the system requirements for the PC version have arrived.

"There are no recommended specs as basically anything you have over this will run it nicely," Ubisoft representative UbiRazz wrote in the game's official forum.

Minimum System Requirements

Supported OS: Windows XP/Windows Vista
Processor: Dual core processor 2.6 GHz Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or better recommended)
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As Ubisoft Montreal's cel-shaded platfomer Prince of Persia (PC, PS3, 360) is due out December 2, publisher Ubisoft has issued a new trailer focused on gameplay.

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Ubisoft sends along the latest Prince of Persia (PC, PS3, X360) trailer, focusing on the battle between light and dark in a minute and a half of cinematic footage.

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Prince of Persia ships December 2.

A third video development diary has been released for Ubisoft Montreal's Prince of Persia, offering nearly five minutes of interview and gameplay footage focusing on the game's art style and environments.

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Prince of Persia will be released this December for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

New screenshots from Ubisoft's newest Prince of Persia game have been released, showing a wide variety of locations. A Tokyo Game Show 2008 trailer is available as well

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Prince of Persia ships for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 December 2, with the Nintendo DS version Prince of Persia: The Fallen King shipping the same day.

Ubisoft Montreal's Prince of Persia (PC, PS3, 360) doesn't hit until December 2, so publisher Ubisoft has released a new developer diary for those that just can't wait.

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The latest entry in Jordan Mechner's acclaimed Prince of Persia platforming series will hit PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on December 2, publisher Ubisoft has announced.

Developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Prince of Persia ditches the time rewind feature found in the past three PoP games. Instead, the game is said to focus more on one-on-one combat and platforming, including the ability to run on the ceiling.

Ubisoft Casablanca's cutesy Nintendo DS release, titled Prince of Persia: The Fallen King, is slated to accompany the console game in its journey to stores on December 2.

Ubisoft Montreal checks in with the first Prince of Persia development diary, highlighting the open-world structure and ceiling-running ability found in the upcoming platformer.

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The acrobatic wall-scaling title hits PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 later this year.

Ubisoft has provided the following walkthrough and screenshots of the next Prince of Persia title, which will arrive on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in late 2008.

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The release date for the Disney-produced live-action feature film adaptation of Prince of Persia has been pushed back until 2010, ComingSoon.net reports.

The movie is currently slated to hit theaters on May 28, 2010, just in time for Memorial Day. Other cinematic releases around that time include Dreamwork's Shrek Goes Fourth and Marvel's Thor.

According to the site, Prince of Persia's previous June 19, 2009 release date would have placed it in close proximity to the next Michael Bay-directed Transformers sequel, Revenge of the Fallen.

Loosely based on the 2003 Prince of Persia game The Sands of Time, the Jake Gyllenhaal and Alfred Molina-starring film was written by series creator Jordan Mechner, with Mike Newell (Pushing Tin, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) directing and Jerry Bruckheimer serving as producer.

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Ubisoft demonstrated eight minutes of the new Prince of Persia title at the company's press conference earlier today.

The footage covers the length of one level from the game, allowing a glimpse of the partner-based gameplay.

The Prince's cohort Elika acts as a physical manifestation of his powers, following him throughout each level and assisting him in both combat and platforming. While the Prince has no upgradeable abilities, Elika is upgraded instead. She can be used in platforming to assist the Prince in double-jumps, or revive him from death. In combat Elika uses special combo moves with the Prince, and bosses will often have character-specific shields that require Elika to be used.

Prince of Persia is slated for a holiday release on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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The first Prince of Persia in-game trailer was today released by publisher Ubisoft. The two minute video features a glimpse of the series' new illustrative art style and duel-focused combat system.

"We wanted [Prince of Persia] to feel like a playable illustration," said producer Ben Mattes in a recent Shacknews interview. "We want it to feel like the concept art has been directly brought to life in an interactive way in this game so you have that sensation almost as if you were playing an illustration."

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New screenshots and concept art from Ubisoft's stylish Prince of Persia reboot have surfaced, showing off the upcoming title's horrors and heroes.

Marking the debut of an entirely new Prince of Persia franchise, the game will arrive on PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 this holiday season. A DS version of the title, dubbed Prince of Persia: The Fallen King, is slated to release around the same time.

Alfred "Dr. Octopus" Molina (pictured left) has joined the cast of Disney's game-to-film adaptation of Prince of Persia, which begins filming this July.

Molina's character, Sheik Amar, serves as the acrobatic prince's mentor, according to Variety.

As previously reported, Jake Gyllenhaal will be playing the prince himself, with Gemma Arterton cast as the princess Tamina and Ben Kingsley performing an unknown role. The screenplay was written by Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner.

The film is due out next year, with publisher Ubisoft apparently planning to release a title based on the game-inspired flick around its release. An unrelated and cel-shaded Prince of Persia game is due out this fall.

In addition to the cel-shaded retooling of the classic Prince of Persia platforming series, developer Ubisoft is apparently planning a separate Prince of Persia title based off the upcoming game-inspired film.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot made reference to a movie-centric entry in the franchise during the company's recent Ubidays event, according to GameDaily.

Going by Guillemot's comments, the film and its accompanying game should arrive side-by-side in summer 2009. The other Prince of Persia title Ubisoft has in the works, which is entirely unrelated to the movie, is slated to hit this fall.

The film, which was written by series creator Jordan Mechner and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, is said to be loosely based on the time-traveling adventures found in Ubisoft Montreal's 2003 release of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.

Speaking on the original Prince of Persia game due this fall, creative director Jean-Christophe Guyo explained that while the Sands of Time trilogy "mixed the Arabian Nights in with historical Persia," the stuido opted "to return to the tales of the Thousand and One Nights for something more colourful."

Here's the first trailer for Ubisoft's new Prince of Persia game, in development for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The video offers about a minute of cinematic footage from the Ubisoft Montreal project.

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Also, in case you haven't seen any other media from the game you can find screenshots here and concept art here.

It's a whole new world for the Prince, and a whole new prince.

The debut of Ubisoft's stylized Prince of Persia reboot undoubtedly led many to recall the introduction of Nintendo's cel-shaded Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, after which a grinning Shigeru Miyamoto was the target of a previously unseen brand of gamer vitriol for altering the direction of the hallowed adventure series with its cartoon-like graphics.

But in an era populated by games sporting the "next-gen color palette" of grays and browns, this new, colorful Prince might seem a breath of fresh air for many exhausted by console offerings in recent years. But as Prince of Persia ... Read more