Though voice actor Eman Ayaz has seemingly spent the last three years on the cast of the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake, she learned Ubisoft canceled the game the same way you did: online.
"I experienced the most devastating moment of my career," Ayaz says in a candid YouTube video where she appears to discuss Prince of Persia under the constraints of her ongoing NDA agreement. She never mentions The Sands of Time remake directly, though she has interacted with tweets identifying her as the princess Farah.
"My brother reached out to me on WhatsApp and sent a text asking if I was OK," she says. "And I was like, 'Yeah, I'm OK. Why wouldn't I be OK?' And he sends me a link to an article, and that's where I read that it has been shelved forever."
"Just last month," Ayaz says, "I had filmed marketing for this project. Everything had been running smoothly, and that was the last that I had heard."
Ayaz describes a steadfast commitment to Prince of Persia, saying, "I said no to other opportunities during this process. I broke my foot and continued to come to work and act, because it just meant so much to me. I pushed myself past old limits and discovered things I didn't even know existed inside of me through the lives that I lived in this character."
Since the remake's cancellation, Ayaz says she "can't publicly attach my name to it," though she stresses "it brought out what I honestly believe is the best performance of my career."
"Don't assume that, because something was shelved, it didn't matter," she concludes.
Just today, Ubisoft informed GamesRadar+ about a potential "voluntary mutual termination agreement" that could impact up to 200 jobs at its headquarters.
"At this stage, this remains a proposal, and no decision will be final until a collective agreement is reached with employee representatives and validated by French authorities," Ubisoft says in a statement.
