Rogue Prince of Persia is delayed because Hades II is a juggernaut

A Prince of Persia game from the studio behind it Dead cells was due out in Early Access on PC on May 14th. This is no longer the case. Evil Empire says the debut is being pushed back to later this month, and that’s thanks to a little game called Hades II.

Soon after the conclusion of Supergiant Games . It skyrocketed in the Steam charts and quickly peaked at 102,000 concurrent players. Evil Empire assumed that “everyone and their mother” was playing Hades II, including his own team, so he gets out of the way of this game. The new early access date for The Rogue Prince of Persia will be revealed on Monday.

“Although we have full confidence in The Rogue Prince of Persiait’s not every day that a game in the same genre as yours, which is one of the most anticipated upcoming games of 2024, gets released into early access a week before you plan to do the same,” Evil Empire . “We are not proud enough to ignore the implications of this and truly believe this short delay is the best decision for us and our Early Access journey.”

As it happens, the delay will also give Evil Empire extra time to perfect The Rogue Prince of Persia. While the whole point of putting a game into early access is to get feedback from players on a project that’s far from the finished article, developers still want their games to be in the best possible shape when the public gets their hands on them for the first time.

Evil Empire says it may “add even more cool stuff” and try to iron out some bugs before the game debuts. The team also has a bit more time to test and refine the “heavy” patch from day one.

Exit from Hades IIThe way of is a smart idea considering that both games are roguelikes. It’s good to see Evil Empire being transparent about the reasons for the delay as well. But there are a bunch of other indies that were released this week that were well reviewed and were overshadowed at least somewhat by this blockbuster sequel.

Another Cancer treasure (a sweet spin on From Software’s Soulslike format), PS1-style survival horror the land of crows science fiction title and a charming looking adventure all debuted to strong reviews this week. So he did Metroidvania for which the word “masterpiece” by some reviewers (although it’s actually the number one selling game on Steam at the time of writing, just above Hades II).

The train doesn’t stop there as some other high-profile indies are arriving over the next few weeks including (they were for this one) and . There’s another one coming up next week that I’ve played and it’s worth checking out, but I can’t talk about it yet.

While there may not be too many AAA games from the likes of Sony, Microsoft and EA dropping right now, there are plenty of fascinating things happening in the indie scene. So maybe go check out some of these games if you haven’t already.