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A Prince of Persia game from the studio behind Dead Cells was supposed to hit early access on PC on May 14. Thats no longer the case. Evil Empire says The Rogue Prince of Persias debut is delayed until later this month, and its because of a little game called Hades II. Soon after a technical test wrapped up, Supergiant Games released Hades II into early access on Monday. It skyrocketed up the Steam charts and quickly reached a peak of 102,000 concurrent players. Evil Empire suggested that everyone and their mom is playing Hades II, including its own team, so its getting out of that games way. The new early access date for The Rogue Prince of Persia will be revealed on Monday. While we have every confidence in The Rogue Prince of Persia, its not every day that a game in the same genre as you, which is one of the most anticipated upcoming games of 2024, will release into early access a week before you plan to do the same, Evil Empire wrote on X. We are not prideful enough to ignore the implications of that, and we truly believe that this short delay is the best decision for us and our early access journey. So we've got a little bit of news about The Rogue Prince of Persia, it's all in the big yellow boxhttps://t.co/S3FiyGFfrY pic.twitter.com/9PXlw4J2MZ Evil Empire (@Studio_Evil) May 10, 2024 As it happens, the delay will also give Evil Empire some extra time to polish up The Rogue Prince of Persia. While the whole point of releasing a game in early access is to get feedback from players on a project thats far from the finished article, developers still want their games to be in as good a shape as possible when the public goes hands on with them for the first time. Evil Empire says it can add even more cool things and try to squish some bugs before the games debut. The team also has a bit more time to test and refine the hefty day one patch. Getting out of Hades IIs way is a smart idea given the two games are both roguelikes. Its nice to see Evil Empire being transparent about the reasons for the delay too. But there are a bunch of other indies that were released this week that reviewed well and have been overshadowed at least to some degree by that blockbuster sequel. Another Crabs Treasure (a cute spin on From Software's Soulslike format), PS1-style survival horror Crow Country, sci-fi title 1000xResist and adorable-looking adventure Little Kitty, Big City all debuted to strong reviews this week. So too did Animal Well, a Metroidvania about which the word masterpiece has been invoked by some reviewers (though thats actually the number one best-selling game on Steam at the time of writing, just above Hades II). The train doesnt stop there as some other buzzed-about indies are arriving over the next couple of weeks, including Lorelei and The Laser Eyes (were very excited about that one) and Paper Trail. Theres another one coming next week that Ive been playing and is worth checking out, though I cant talk about it just yet. Although there might not be too many AAA games from the likes of Sony, Microsoft and EA dropping at the minute, theres a lot of fascinating stuff going on in the indie scene. So maybe go check some of those games out if you haven't already.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/the-rogue-prince-of-persia-is-delayed-because-hades-ii-is-a-juggernaut-144229150.html?src=rss
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