Ubisoft has surprised fans of the Assassin’s Creed saga with the expansion of the game Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which presents an unusual approach to storytelling. Instead of typical cutscenes, the DLC content unfolds through a puppet theater, offering a visual experience that recalls the best of classical theater. This change is complemented by side-scrolling gameplay, similar to iconic titles like Rayman and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, representing a significant departure from the main entries in the franchise. There are great similarities with recent successes of the company […]
Ubisoft has surprised fans of the Assassin’s Creed saga with the expansion of the game Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which presents an unusual approach to storytelling. Instead of typical cutscenes, the DLC content unfolds through a puppet theater, offering a visual experience that recalls the best of classical theater. This change is complemented by side-scrolling gameplay, similar to iconic titles like Rayman and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, representing a significant departure from the main entries in the franchise.
Great similarities with recent successes of the company
The mission called The Claws of Awaji lasts about 20 minutes and allows players to control both a soldier and an assassin, evoking the style of characters like Yasuke and Naoe. During this experience, players can enjoy a varied set of activities, including direct combat, stealth assassinations, parkour, and alternative routes, all in an artistic style reminiscent of period theater. This unexpected proposal has been well received, suggesting that it could be a nod to the underrated Assassin’s Creed Chronicles trilogy, which also aligned with a side-scrolling gameplay style.
The similarities with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Ubisoft’s most successful game in recent years, fuel expectations that a title in this style for Assassin’s Creed could find a warm reception. Some experts suggest that this mission could be an experiment to assess the viability of developing a full game along these lines. Many in the gaming community express a desire for the franchise to return to more concise installments, around 20 to 30 hours, a duration that would resonate with the classics of the series.
The reception of The Claws of Awaji and its similarity to past works could be a sign that Ubisoft is considering an interesting future for the series, sugesting that the time for metroidvanias in the Assassin’s Creed universe might be closer than many think.
Ubisoft has decided to revive the iconic Prince of Persia franchise after several years of inactivity, presenting two promising projects: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and The Rogue Prince of Persia. This decision marks a turning point in the history of a saga that gave rise to Assassin’s Creed and had been relegated to oblivion. A game that has had a long early access period, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has been well received by critics and players, standing out as a metroidvania that, however, did not meet sales expectations
Ubisoft has decided to revive the iconic Prince of Persia franchise after several years of inactivity, presenting two promising projects: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and The Rogue Prince of Persia. This decision marks a turning point in the history of a saga that gave rise to Assassin’s Creed and had been relegated to oblivion.
A game that has had a long early access period
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has been well received by critics and players, standing out as a metroidvania that, however, did not meet sales expectations. On the other hand, The Rogue Prince of Persia, a roguelike developed by Evil Empire, has been in early access for over a year, allowing developers to refine its mechanics through various updates and patches.
At the recent PC Gaming Show 2025, Ubisoft revealed that The Rogue Prince of Persia will exit early access in August 2025. This full version will include new content such as biomes, enemies, an additional new act, and improvements to weapons and perks. To date, the game has received over 86% positive reviews on Steam, supporting its emerging success. Additionally, Evil Empire has announced that they plan to increase the price of the game after its full release.
On the other hand, after the multiple issues faced by the remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Ubisoft announced that the release window for this project is the first quarter of 2026. The company seems to be showing renewed confidence in its ability to meet this date, following the difficulties experienced in the past.
This revival of the franchise not only generates excitement among fans, but also raises the possibility that Ubisoft is ready to reclaim its legacy within the world of video games.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, the latest title in Ubisoft’s iconic saga, has made its debut on mobile devices, specifically for Android, just a year and three months after its release on next-gen consoles. This 2.5D metroidvania-style game combines action and exploration in an environment that recalls the franchise’s roots, offering players the chance to enjoy a complete experience on small screens. An excellent game for which you need a controller In The Lost Crown, players take control of Sargón, a hero tasked with rescuing […]
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, the latest title in Ubisoft’s iconic saga, has made its debut on mobile devices, specifically for Android, just a year and three months after its release on next-gen consoles. This 2.5D metroidvania-style game combines action and exploration in an environment that recalls the franchise’s roots, offering players the chance to enjoy a complete experience on small screens.
An excellent game for which you need a controller
In The Lost Crown, players take control of Sargon, a hero tasked with rescuing a prince in a cursed city filled with monsters. The game’s mechanics focus on challenging combat that demands dodging skills, precise counterattacks, and time manipulation, keeping players in constant tension during each encounter.
Ubisoft has perfectly adapted the entire experience of the original game for its mobile version, allowing users to enjoy a campaign that is estimated to last around 18 hours. In addition, the game’s map is extensive and full of secrets to discover, ensuring that fans of the metroidvania genre will find plenty of content to explore.
For those who prefer to play with touch controls, Ubisoft has implemented customization options that enhance the experience, although using a controller is recommended for smoother gameplay. Among these settings are automatic locking, the use of potions, and automatic attacks, which are especially useful in the more difficult battles.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has received a positive reception from critics and fans, highlighting its potential on mobile platforms. The title is now available on Google Play Store, including a free trial, inviting new players to dive into this nostalgic return of the saga.
Silksong is a game that is taking a long time to arrive. After its very brief appearance in the Nintendo Switch 2 presentation, which has even offended some people due to its brevity, there are doubts about whether the project will really come out this year. But for now, we have no reason to believe it will be delayed again. New images of the game have been released, it has been confirmed that it will be released this year, and it will be available on both the original Nintendo Switch and its successor. That said, we know you want to play it. That you are craving it. That’s why we are going to offer you eight alternatives for […]
Silksong is a game that is taking its time to arrive. After its very brief appearance in the Nintendo Switch 2 presentation, which has even offended some people due to its brevity, there are doubts about whether the project will actually be released this year. But for now, we have no reason to believe it will be delayed again. New images of the game have been released, it has been confirmed that it will be released this year, and it will be available on both the original Nintendo Switch and its successor.
That said, we know you want to play it. That you have the itch. That’s why we’re going to offer you eight alternatives to satisfy that need to play Silksong right now. They are not Hollow Knight, but they are excellent games. And who knows: you might even find a game that fascinates you.
Super Metroid
The father of all metroidvanias. The third installment of the Metroid franchise and one of the most acclaimed games in video game history, not just on its console. Because Super Metroid looked at what the excellent Metroid and Metroid II: Return of Samus did and raised the stakes in a game that, even today, still seems to come from the future. Is it the best Metroid? That could be debated. But what is indisputable is that it remains an exceptional metroidvania.
Cave Story
In the rise of the indie scene in the early 00s, before any American made a move, it was a Japanese who made everything start to fall into place. Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya released Cave Story on December 20, 2004, and forever changed the history of video games. The first great indie video game is also an excellent metroidvania and an exceptionally narrative and aesthetically pleasing game. A delight without which Hollow Knight would be impossible.
Rain World
Is it a metroidvania? Is it a survival game with expressive platforming elements? The answer to both questions is yes. Because Rain World takes the structure and logic of the former to create the latter. And it does so with a dark world, filled with fascinating lore and an overwhelming complexity that doesn’t diminish no matter how many times we visit it. An absolute must-have that will soon receive an expansion that promises to make it even more fascinating and strange.
Ori and the Blind Forest
The prettiest game on the list, although not necessarily the simplest. Ori and the Blind Forest hides behind its cute aesthetics a game with much more bite than it seems, both in narrative and mechanics, which would be even more amplified in its excellent sequel, Ori and the Will of the Wisps. A diptych that, especially fans of Hollow Knight, should not miss for anything in the world.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
What would happen if we introduced elements of combat inherited from fighting games into a metroidvania, along with an incredibly intuitive map? We would have one of the best metroidvanias of recent years: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Although we won’t have a sequel because it didn’t meet Ubisoft’s expectations, don’t pay attention to the suits and listen to us. This game is a masterpiece. And you should play it as soon as possible.
Blasphemous
Metroidvanias are also made in Spain. For example, we have the excellent Blasphemous, a game heavily inspired by Catholicism and all the grotesque and very bloody imagery that surrounds it. With a notable sequel as well, these are two tremendously interesting games that stand out for both their aesthetics and their unique use of everything related to the religious. Something surprising and fresh that makes us wish more people would do the same with the culture of their countries or regions.
Ender Magnolia
The most recent of our elections is also one of the easiest to connect with if you are a fan of Hollow Knight. Sequel to the interesting Ender Lillies, Ender Magnolias polishes all the flaws of the original by adding new layers to its combat and exploration, making it a tremendously dense, deep, and interesting game. If you want lore, complex battles, and platforming that requires precision, really: you don’t need to wait for Silksong with Ender Magnolia.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Ending without mentioning the father of all metroidvanias is a bit absurd. And we can accept that for many new players, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night can feel slow or repetitive, but it doesn’t seem that way to us. Here is all the DNA of all those that would come after, and this is where it is enjoyed and where it truly demonstrates its genius: how the entire foundation is here. And even though we pretend otherwise, when we strip away the garments, all the others are nothing but Symphony of the Night, now in another outfit.
Six years later, Celeste returns, the classic indie platformer, adding a new dimension of gameplay, turning it into a Nintendo 64 game.
Few indies are more beloved than Celeste. If we also have to stick to platformers, there is probably none other that is remembered with such affection. And there are more than enough reasons for that. It was beautiful, it dealt with a warm and important theme, and its mechanics are still today so revolutionary, that even the latest Prince of Persia borrows some of them. Because Celeste is impossible to forget.
That’s why, now that it turns six years old, Extremeley OK Games has decided to celebrate the game’s birthday in a big way. By releasing a new game where we control Madelaine. With a twist. This time it’s in 3D.
Named Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain, it is a game that imitates the style of Nintendo 64 games to create a 3D platformer that maintains the essence of Celeste. The result is not only excellent, but also very original and different. It feels both like a Nintendo 64 game and like Celeste, but not quite like either. A beautiful tribute to both the original game and platformers of an underrated console.
In addition, Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountaincan be downloaded from Maddy Makes Games’ itch.io page at the best possible price: for free. Because they have decided that the best way to celebrate Celeste’s birthday is not for us to give them anything, but for them to give us a game. A new and excellent one.
The change has been positive; the world seems to agree that its gameplay is fabulous. However, all that glitters is not gold.
The release of the new ‘Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown‘ has surprised everyone because, suddenly, it has pulled out of its hat a Metroidvania that has reignited the excitement among gamers for a saga long forgotten in time. Not in vain, its first installment is from 1989, and it had been without an original game since 2010. The change has been positive; the world seems to agree that its gameplay is fabulous… But all that glitters is not gold.
In reality, it’s a very minor but hilarious oversight: when programming the game, the developers decided to use robotic voices for some characters (the famous text-to-speech widely used, for example, on TikTok, replacing the traditional Loquendo), and later replace them with the voices of the real actors. So far, so good and quite standard.
However, there’s a character lost in the sands that slipped through. Meet Kalux, a Wak-Wak tree that restores your health and helps illuminate your path in the Catacombs. It’s only eight lines, but they sound robotic, no name is associated with him in the credits, and they clash with the polished perfection of the rest of the game. Of course, Ubisoft has already rushed to say they will fix it as soon as possible with a patch.
It must be said that, indeed, it is a minor oversight: there are 12,000 lines of text in total in five different languages, with a good handful more of subtitled languages. It will be at the end of January or the beginning of February, so if you want to listen and find the slip-up yourself, you still have time. Just make sure that the game is in English, because the rest of the languages are perfectly implemented!
“Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown” is a game that can be a bit overwhelming at first, so we offer you some essential tips so you don’t feel overwhelmed while playing it.”
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is one of the first surprises of 2024. A game that is causing a sensation among critics, which seems to be one of the candidates for GOTY. And that’s without even finishing January. That doesn’t mean it’s not a challenging game that demands things from the player. And we’re going to give you some tips to make the experience as smooth and simple as possible from the first minute.
It’s easy to get carried away and just set the base difficulty, but trust us. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is highly customizable. In addition to various difficulty options, you can personalize your experience according to your needs. And furthermore, you can choose whether to play in Guided mode or Exploration mode. Do not underestimate the difficulty of the game, because the fights are tough and the exploration is demanding: there is no shame in playing in Guided mode and/or on easy difficulty.
Don’t skip the extra tutorials
When you advance a little in the game, you will encounter a character named Artaban. He will offer you a series of combat tutorials, completely optional. Okay: do them. For your life. They are brief, they give you small rewards and everything you learn here in combat you will take advantage of throughout the rest of the game.
Use memory fragments
One of the most original additions to the game are Memory Fragments. These allow you to take a screenshot of where you are, associating it with the point on the map where you are. This will allow you to know where places are that you cannot access yet, making your life much easier. So don’t hesitate to use them as much as you can.
Follow the golden leaves
To save, heal, and change talismans, you will have to find Soma Trees. The easiest way to find them will be to follow a method that other games have already taught us in the past: follow the wind. In this case, the golden leaves will indicate where the nearest soma tree is. Something that will make your life much easier when it comes to progressing.
Explore the scenarios thoroughly
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a metroidvania. That means you have to explore well. Some walls hide objects, many side quests give very good rewards, and that’s why investing a little time in exploring will help you a lot with this game.
