The Biggest Gaming News For May 3, 2022
Bit of a slow one for big announcements, but the top story today was Ubisoft's announcement that the developers behind the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake will be taken off the project and replaced with Ubisoft Montreal.
We've also got EA's announcement that it's testing out cross-play with FIFA 22 on limited systems, and a new teaser for Netflix's upcoming Sonic Prime TV show. All of that and more if you read on.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake is currently undergoing a period of rocky development, especially when you consider the original release date for the game was January 21, 2021. Now it seems that development has taken yet another stumble as the game's original developers, Ubisoft Pune and Ubisoft Mumbai, have been removed and replaced by Ubisoft Montreal. Not a good sign from a game already clearly struggling, yet Ubisoft insists development is on track and will release the game "when it's ready."
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FIFA players seperated by consoles could soon be reuinted as EA is testing out cross-play in FIFA 22, although this feature is only availble on PS5, Xbox Series X, and Google Stadia at the moment. There's another caveat to note as well, that being that the only two modes that will support cross-play are currently Online Seasons and Online Friendlies. Probably not the cross-play that folks were hoping for, but EA will likely roll out the feature to other modes and consoles once all the kinks are ironed out.
2022 continues to be a fantastic year if you're a Sonic fan, as Netflix has recently revealed a very short teaser for its upcoming Sonic Prime TV show. We also got to hear Sonic's new voice as previous voice actor Roger Craig Smith
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