The writer/company president agreed to take the time from his daily routine to give GEN the scoop on Peter and his boyhood pals ... and foes.
It’s not every day that a Lara Croft or Sephiroth comes along. Video game characters need to be original and captivating because, more often than not, players will be spending hours upon hours with them. Unfortunately they rarely are more than soulless, badass marines or semi-retarded femme fatales. Last year saw hundreds of releases, but only a handful of truly notable characters that not only added to the gameplay, but looked good doing it.
Prince of Persia is a very long lived gaming franchise going all the way back to 1989 with Prince of Persia for the Atari and NES. The series was revamped from a two-dimensional to a three-dimensional game with the trilogy from Ubisoft, subtitled The Sands of Time, Warrior Within, and The Two Thrones. Once again, Prince of Persia has been reinvented by Ubisoft, introducing an entirely new art style, while still holding to the spectacular acrobatics made popular by The Sands of Time. Read the full story
