"The fate of the game was already decided": Ubisoft breaks up Prince of Persia dev team despite it making one of this year's best games, turns down sequel [UPDATED]

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.

What you need to know

• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a 2D Metroidvania platformer released earlier this year by Ubisoft. It's available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch.
• The game reviewed very well with critics when it came out in January, and also has very favorable user review scores across all of its platforms.
• However, a new report claims that the development team at Ubisoft's Montpellier office responsible for making it has been disbanded, with a sequel turned down and developers assigned to other projects.
• Reportedly, Ubisoft's reasoning for the decision is financial, with the publisher choosing not to make a sequel due to The Lost Crown failing to meet sales expectations.