Dead Cells developer Evil Empire has delayed its upcoming roguelike, The Rogue Prince of Persia, due to Hades II. Originally scheduled to be in PC Early Access on Tuesday, May 14th, Evil Empire has delayed the game until later this month to give potential players more time with Hades II, another roguelike that The latest coverage of what’s hit Early Access this week Sports Informer magazine).
“So it’s been a little bit of a crazy week for us,” A Statement Evil Empire reads. “It all started when a little game called Hades II was released – have you heard of it? Seeing as everyone and their mother was playing that game (including our entire team.. .and his mother), we’ve decided to let people have fun with The Rogue Prince of Persia.
“We will still release in May and come back with an exact date on Monday. While we have full confidence in The Rogue Prince of Persia, it’s not every day that a game in the genre like yours comes along. With one of the most anticipated upcoming games of 2024 releasing into Early Access a week before you plan to do so, we can’t ignore the implications, and we believe that this short The delay is the best decision for us and our early access journey.”
The team says the extra time will be used to polish The Rogue Prince of Persia even more, adding “even more cool stuff” and fixing some bugs. It also noted that the first day’s patch for the game was getting bigger and that the extra time would give the team more time to test it (and in turn reduce the pressure on the team). .
Sports Informer Got our hands on the game recently and loved what we played – you can read our preview impressions of The Rogue Prince of Persia here. If you want to know what it looks like in action, check out this new gameplay of The Rogue Prince of Persia today. For more, check out our discussion with Evil Empire about the difference between roguelike and roguelite.
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