Prince of Persia Creator Files New PoP Trademark

April 22, 2008 9:46 AM

Trademork reports that Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner has filed a trademark for Prince of Persia Prodigy, suggesting that the new Prince of Persia game due by March 2009 may carry that title.

Though the unnamed Mechner-written Prince of Persia film is currently in pre-production, the details of the trademark application indicate that the phrase only applies to "game software and electronic game programs."

Publisher Ubisoft has remained rather silent about the next Prince of Persia game. No platforms have been confirmed, with the company only noting that the title should arrive by the end of its current fiscal year.

Originally released on the Apple II, the platforming series was eventually reimagined by Ubisoft Montreal through a trilogy of releases for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube, with the latter title ported to the Wii and PSP as well.

A downloadable 2D remake of the original game was released via the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade last year.

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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David Craddock

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April 22, 2008 10:11 AM

AAAH! Love me some PoP. :) Also, please to be re-making PoP2 on XBLA.
- Hoax
  
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  April 22, 2008 10:23 AM
  
  why? that one sucked hard
  - deadhorse
    
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    April 23, 2008 7:32 AM
    
    Um, why do you believe that? I loved PoP2.
    - Hoax
      
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      April 28, 2008 11:26 AM
      
      because it had sluggish animations and and less responsive controls than the original prince of persia.
      it was a major letdown considering that those two things were what made pop stand out at that time.
      people were so unhappy with it that they started to make their own sequels/maps/versions.