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ARCHIVES FOR June 2008
Those artists are at it again with Annoushka taking the lead by seemingly doing nothing except draw Prince of Persia artwork all week,Coonroon from Korea seems to have jumped on the Fallen King (DS title) bandwagon before it was even shown and has drawn a cute picture of the Prince and Lutos has drawn a quality piece to rival that of Annoushka.
Keep your submissions flying in as we do love to see them and appreciate you guys taking the time to do something you clearly love with our game. As ever, you can email them in or post them in this thread.
UR
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Posted by POP Team @ 27/06/2008 00:06
Recently I caught up with Ben, Thomas, Jamal and Kevin, some of the team members on Prince of Persia, to ask them a bunch of questions and give you all an insight on who's behind making the game and so you can learn more about them.
To start, can you tell us your job title..
Ben: Producer – the guy to blame when things go wrong.
Thomas: Game Designer / Lead Fight Designer
Jamal: Associate Producer
Kevin: Lead Game Designer
What other Ubisoft games have you worked on?
Ben: Prince Of Persia: The Two Thrones and Prince Of Persia: Rival Swords.
Thomas: Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, Rainbow Six 3
Jamal: Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Kevin: Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (PS2) / Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (PS2) Prince of Persia: Sand of time (GBA) / Rayman 3 (GBA) / Batman Vengeance (GBA) Donald Duck: Going’ Quackers (PS2) / Tarzan Untamed (PS2) Speed Devils (DC) / Tonic Trouble (N64)
What's your favourite game(s) of all time?
Ben: Probably a toss-up between Street Fighter 2: Championship Edition and Ultima Online (the first two years).
Thomas: By god this is a tough one... I’ll say MGS4 just because it damn well better be!
Kevin: Mario Galaxy (Wii) / NIGHTS into dreams... (SAT) / Snatcher (SegaCD) / Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (DS) / Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (PSP)
Jamal: GTA, Metal Gear Solid, God of War, Ninja Gaiden, Sands of time
What music are you currently listening to?
Ben: Ben Harper; Juno Soundtrack; Django Rheinhart
Thomas: Jonny Cash
Kevin: The sounds, Mr. Bungle, Blonde Redhead, Editors, Tokyo Police Club, Funker Vogt, VNV Nation
Jamal: Gun’s & Roses
What are you currently watching? (film/TV)
Ben: Lost
Thomas: The Dark Knight trailer... over and over... and over... ...and over...
Kevin: Lost (best TV show EVER), CSI Las Vegas, The Shield and old Seinfeld episode
Jamal: The Shield (6th Season)
What gets you out of bed in the morning?
Ben: An early morning run up the mountain followed by a really strong coffee
Thomas: I make videogames for a living
Kevin: My left foot
Jamal: The fire on the POP production floor if not nothing can
What did the last text you received on your mobile say?
Ben: “6:45am?”
Thomas: “stop playing mgs4!”
Kevin: Who needs a mobile?
Jamal: “Answer your F.. phone!”
Where were you three hours ago?
Ben: At my desk
Thomas: On the toilet
Kevin: I was outside having lunch. Chicken sandwich + Inca Cola + Ice Cream = Happiness
Jamal: It’s 15:20 so I guess it was lunch time :)
Posted by POP Team @ 26/06/2008 00:06
Recently we launched an online poll which gives you the change to vote for a particular Xbox 360 achievement that will be in Prince of Perisa. There are three choices:
- Free fall: Perform the longest grip fall in the game
- Marathon: Run Prince Run! Run the whole map and then keep running!
- Combat King: Master every fight combo in the game
To participate, visit:
http://prince-of-persia.uk.ubi.com/index.php?page=achievement
Voting closes on 1st July so get over there and vote!
UR
Posted by POP Team @ 26/06/2008 00:06
Driven by envy and hatred, Ahriman spread darkness in the world, which corrupted the hearts of men and unleashed a dark substance which physically contaminated the land and the skies: the Corruption. Lethal to touch, insatiable in hunger the Corruption spread across the world, killing or changing all that stood in its path. Those who succumbed to it were killed, those who were saved by Ahriman became twisted beings tied to his service.
At the height of his power Ahriman counted his servants as legion. To most of his vassals Ahriman gave little, these men and women became mere drones, soldiers in the massed ranks of Ahriman’s armies. Their souls promised, or taken by the Corruption but little valued, these creatures have no will of their own they exist only to serve.
Among all of Ahriman’s followers only The Corrupted were permitted to keep their will. Ahriman granted these chosen ones the powers they wished for. In return the Corrupted served special tasks commanding Ahriman’s forces in the fight against Ormazd, or offering skills needed for the war. By the time Ormazd struck back there were many of these Corrupted, but as the war raged they died one by one so that when Ahriman fell, only a few remained. They were sealed into the Tree of Life trapping Ahriman and becoming his weakness instead of his strength.
In Prince of Persia, each environment will go through different stages - from totally “safe” to almost completely corrupted areas. We have developed an organic corruption which creeps through the world and makes it decay. It is a living substance that will interact with the player and challenge him.
UR
Posted by POP Team @ 19/06/2008 00:06
Since last week's Fanart Friday, the members of the Official Prince of Persia forums have unleashed their creativity to new levels with some fantastic fanarts of Prince of Persia. Kaxen is back with a bold Elika picture, we have a couple of email submissions and Annuschka has taken us all by surprise by doing some artworks inspired by our very own concept artist, Patrick, and his speed arts.
We love seeing your pieces so please make sure you keep emailing them in or posting them in this thread.
UR
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Posted by POP Team @ 13/06/2008 00:06
Ubidays for me had moments of elation mixed in with frustration, although not in equal measure.
My elation came, obviously, from the fact that the game was so well received even though we’re being extremely careful about how much we show and discuss. The artistic direction of the game is so far stealing the show, but I can’t wait to see what people say when they actually get hands on time with Elika, combat, and our acrobatics system in general.
The frustration literally stems directly from the above point – so far we’re only hinting at certain elements (i.e. Elika) and I really _want_ people to know more. It is very hard for me to hold back and be coy about certain features and core elements of the game when they clearly motivate me a great deal. Restraint has never been my strong point.
Now that I’m back in the office I have a nearly single-minded focus on making sure that the E3 demo blows people away and wins us some ‘best in show’ awards. Six weeks…
Ben
Photos from the show floor
(Click to enlarge)
Posted by POP Team @ 12/06/2008 00:06
The incredibly creative members of the Official Prince of Persia forums have been letting their pens, pencils, tablets and other drawing implements get away from themselves and have drawn a slew of artwork inspired by the new Prince of Persia. To celebrate this, and to find something that sort of rhymes for a blog subject line, we've declared today Fanart Friday! Below we have posted a bunch of the artworks created by our forum members and we hope you really enjoy seeing them as much as we have.
If you want to see your name in lights and submit your fanart for a future Fanart Friday, please either post them on this thread or email them to UbiRazz. It doesn't matter if you've spent three years at University studying art or if you just scribbled something on the back of a napkin when bored - we love to see your artworks so please do send them in!
UR
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Posted by POP Team @ 06/06/2008 00:06
Everyone seems to be on Facebook these days so in addition to the Prince of Persia Artefact, which can give you exclusive assets and keeps you up-to-date with what’s going on, we’ve created a Facebook Page. There are already over three hundred Prince of Persia fans on there and you’ll be sure to find hundreds more as people become fans.
We’ll make sure the page is updated with the latest screenshots, videos and concept arts so you’ll never miss anything that’s going on: Click here
Posted by POP Team @ 05/06/2008 00:06
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