The Rogue Prince of Persia has been delayed, but its Early Access release will still be in May. According to The Rogue Prince of Persia developers, the delay was to avoid competing with the surprise release of Hades 2.
On May 6, Hades 2 was unexpectedly released in Early Access on Steam. As the name suggests, Early Access is an unfinished version of the game released for the community to test before the full release as the developer continues developing new content.
And, in the case of Hades 2 Early Access, Supergiant Games assures that there's already a lot to enjoy. Evil Empire took to Twitter to announce that The Rogue Prince of Persia would be delayed due to the release of Hades 2.
According to the developer, «everyone and their mum is playing the game,» including their own team, and they want to give people time to enjoy before releasing The Rogue Prince of Persia.
Initially, the Prince of Persia roguelike was set to release on May 14 in Early Access. Evil Empire assured that the game would still be out in May but did not specify an exact day.