A Prince of Persia game from the studio behind it Dead cells should be released in Early Access on PC on May 14th. That is no longer the case. The Evil Empire says The debut is postponed until later this month due to a small game of the name Hades II.
Soon after completion, Supergiant Games . It skyrocketed up the Steam charts, quickly reaching a peak of 102,000 concurrent players. Evil Empire suggested that “everyone and their mother” play Hades II, including his own team, so it’s avoiding this game. The new early access date for The Rogue Prince of Persia will be announced on Monday.
“While we have complete confidence The Rogue Prince of Persia“It’s not every day that a game in the same genre as yours, which is one of the most anticipated upcoming games of 2024, arrives in Early Access a week ahead of your scheduled schedule,” said Evil Empire. “We are not proud enough to ignore the impact, and we firmly believe that this short delay is the best decision for us and our Early Access journey.”
In fact, the delay will also give Evil Empire a little more time to polish up The Rogue Prince of Persia. While the point of releasing a game in Early Access is to get feedback from players on a project that is far from finished, developers still want their games to be in as good a state as possible when the public gets their hands on them takes the first time.
Evil Empire says it may “add even more cool things” and will try to squash some bugs before the game’s release. The team also has a little more time to test and refine the “extensive” day one patch.
Get out Hades IIThis route is a smart idea considering that both games are roguelikes. It’s nice to see Evil Empire also being transparent about the reasons for the delay. But there are a number of other indies released this week that received good reviews and were at least partially overshadowed by this blockbuster sequel.
Another crab’s treasure (a nice twist on From Software’s Soulslike format), PS1-style survival horror crow country, Science fiction title and charming looking adventure All debuted this week to strong reviews. It did that too a Metroidvania that has been called a “masterpiece” by some reviewers (although it was actually the best-selling game on Steam at the time of writing, see above). Hades II).
The train doesn’t stop there as several more popular indies are arriving in the next few weeks, including (was above) and . There’s another one coming next week that I’m playing that’s worth a look, although I can’t talk about it yet.
While there may not be too many AAA games coming out from Sony, Microsoft, and EA right now, there are a lot of fascinating things happening in the indie scene. So maybe check out some of these games if you haven’t already.