Prince Of Persia Creator Reacts to the Canceled Sands of Time Remake
Reporting by Kotaku notes Jordan Mechner, creator of the original Prince of Persia, posted on his personal website offering condolences to the development team in Montreal after Ubisoft canceled the Sands of Time remake, writing "Having a project killed is a brutal experience." Mechner, who has largely left the video game industry for writing books, said the cancellation was disappointing to fans and himself and that a cancellation so close to release can be particularly devastating for younger team members without decades of past shipped titles.
He wrote that artists put their hearts into their work, and that memories of nights and weekends spent in studio crunch add to the pain when a project ceases to exist. Kotaku reports others reacted as well: actor Eman Ayaz released a video saying her work on the project was one of her best performances but will now never see the light of day.