An early pitch and footage from Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake have allegedly been leaked.
The aforementioned leak offers an early look at Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake. The material, said to be a pitch deck paired with a focus-group screening, briefly appeared on YouTube (mirror here) before being swiftly hit with a DMCA takedown. It contained early motion-capture tests, rough alpha gameplay, concept art, and narrative slides. The video is dated March 4, 2024, suggesting the footage is from around two years ago.
Viewers noted that this was not polished gameplay, but a behind-the-scenes presentation likely never intended for the public. Most environments shown appear in a basic greybox state, using placeholder geometric blocks and default PBR materials. Characters seem further along, complete with WIP animations, while lighting, effects, and textures remain minimal due to the early development stage. The overall video quality is poor as well, reportedly recorded off-screen during the focus group session.
The narration in the leaked footage suggests that Ubisoft gathered longtime fans of Sands of Time to evaluate early concepts and potential deluxe-edition features. The presentation includes ideas for “in-game bonus content,” resurfacing classic elements from the franchise’s history. Among the concepts shown were emulated versions of Prince of Persia 1 and 2, optional visual filters, behind-the-scenes development footage, developer commentary tracks for cinematic sequences, and unlockable character and weapon skins. Most of the geometry is greybox and everything other than the characters is based on default PBR material.
In May, 2022, Ubisoft Montreal took over development of The Sands of Time remake from Indian studios Ubisoft Mumbai and Ubisoft Pune. A month later, the game was delayed, with the company stating that it was no longer targeting a release during its 2022–2023 fiscal year. In November, 2023, the official Prince of Persia social media account posted that “the project has passed an important internal milestone and development is progressing.” At Ubisoft Forward in June, 2024, Ubisoft announced that the remake will release in 2026 under the original title Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
