First Look at a Brand New Prince of Persia Reboot?

This image is reportedly our first look at a brand new Prince of Persia game. It was posted by a user on Ubisoft's official forums, and down the bottom you can see the term POP_ZERO_2.

Is it real? Who knows, we're asking. Is it interesting? You bet. If it is real, that's not just a black Prince, it looks to be have at least part of the game set somewhere closer to Egypt than the series' traditional Persian stomping grounds, going by the clothing on that crowd.

Prince of Persia Zero was the codename for an aborted attempt by Ubisoft a few years back to do something radical with the franchise, like taking it into the present day.

While there are signs this really could be from an in-development build of the game - the crowd is "floating", the visuals are pretty rough and they all appear to be looking straight ahead...at his junk - I also shouldn't need to tell you how easy it is to fake something like this.

Still, because it's so interesting, here it is. We'll update if we hear back from Ubisoft.

UPDATE - Check out these pics posted on NeoGAF back in May. From what can be made out of the silhouetted man's outfit and the those of the crowd behind him, it certainly looks similar to the image up top.

http://kotaku.com/5931994/first-look-at-a-brand-new-prince-of-persia-reboot

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I don't know.. I have a vibe of "Assassins Creed in Egypte" which could be cool or not...

I don't think it looks very pretty.

Reminds me of ass creed... in eqypt!

some rumors on the ubisoft forums:

Quote Originally Posted by Zapages
1) its a reboot. original PoP Zero was going to be modern day and was code named PoP Zero. Hence this reboot is going to be PoP Zero 2.
2) POP 2008's sequel assets were used in making POP TFS Wii.
3) Ubi was working on a new IP for next gen that would have been like God of War meets Shadow of the Colossus. I think they have decided to make it the POP 2 remake.

http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/675423-Sequel-to-Prince-of-Persia-2008-%28v-4%29/page95?p=8523075#post8523075

The character design is atrociously bad.  Hopefully, it'll will change as production ramps up.

I don't see the point. Isn't AC everything Prince of Persia could be?

Why bother with PoP again?

I always thought PoP had some of the best platforming & puzzles in any 3D game. However the combat was outright atrocious. If they retain/improve the puzzles & platforming while fixing the combat, this can be an excellent game.

I hope they don't utilize the platforming mechanics of Assassin's Creed. The platforming in AC wasnt engaging or challenging at all.

Looks horrible.

Personally i think they are just making sure that Jake Gyllenhaal will never ever play the prince again..

Everyone is floatiiiiing woooooo