The Rogue Prince of Persia Gets Major Free Update for 1st Anniversary Press ReleaseNews 18 Sept Written By Legacy Jill LONDON, UK – 17TH SEPTEMBER, 2026 – Today, Ubisoft unveiled the 1st anniversary update of the v1.0 of The Rogue Prince of Persia. Released in August 2025, the roguelite game became one of Ubisoft’s best-rated recent launches, with 90% positive Steam reviews, as well as a consistent engagement from the roguelite community throughout the development. A year later, thanks to the Evil Empire team’s efforts and commitment, The Rogue Prince of Persia delivers a unique anniversary update made of dedicated improvements and new modes, challenges, elements and even companions. Releasing today, it is available on all platforms. This iteration of the game welcomes new arenas, the combat zones, where players will face waves of tougher enemies while they show their combat skills and progress through the levels. And not only this, the update also includes a new mechanic allowing players to freeze and slow down enemies. In addition, the new speed run mode will test players’ agility as this dedicated, formal time-attack mode will feature built-in timers to track and test players’ movement and optimisation skills. Similarly, the new Parkour mode is a steadfast addition meant to deepen and emphasise the wall running elements, routing, and agility. Modes are not the only ones which are multiplied, but challenges as well. Daily awakening is coming into The Rogue Prince of Persia as a rotating system of daily runs, featuring shifting modifiers and specific requirements to test players’ adaptability and offer consistent progression. The anniversary update also features the new high-stakes “risk and reward” Nyamtur Trials, that are scattered across biomes to provide advanced trials in exchange for legendary loots. Finally, more challenging, fresh, high-difficulty puzzles and combat rooms were developed to push player mechanics to their limits. To improve the flow state of seamless parkour, pacing and difficulty were adjusted, increasing the players’ experience as initial biomes are now shortened and paired with higher overall challenges. As part of the improvements made to the game, the team also worked on a complete overhaul of the final Palace biome. It was redesigned and restructured to be significantly more challenging and better suited for the high-power, late-game builds players possess by the end of a run. This anniversary update finally introduces players to the brand-new slingshot weapon, and a new trap-like tool, to dispatch and dodge enemies, while companion animals make their official way into the fictional rendition of Ctesiphon, the capital of the Persian Empire. They will accompany the Prince while offering unique passive or active combat and exploration support. Detailed acrobatics, new faster and more adventurous modes, design improvements, new demanding challenges, dance-like motion, enhanced levels and environment; this 1st anniversary update leverages the license to deliver the strongest combination of movement and traversal within a layered mix of 2D and 3D navigation. PCSteamThe Rogue Prince of PersiaEvil EmpireUbisoft Legacy Jill
The Rogue Prince of Persia Gets Major Free Update for 1st Anniversary Press ReleaseNews 18 Sept Written By Legacy Jill LONDON, UK – 17TH SEPTEMBER, 2026 – Today, Ubisoft unveiled the 1st anniversary update of the v1.0 of The Rogue Prince of Persia. Released in August 2025, the roguelite game became one of Ubisoft’s best-rated recent launches, with 90% positive Steam reviews, as well as a consistent engagement from the roguelite community throughout the development. A year later, thanks to the Evil Empire team’s efforts and commitment, The Rogue Prince of Persia delivers a unique anniversary update made of dedicated improvements and new modes, challenges, elements and even companions. Releasing today, it is available on all platforms. This iteration of the game welcomes new arenas, the combat zones, where players will face waves of tougher enemies while they show their combat skills and progress through the levels. And not only this, the update also includes a new mechanic allowing players to freeze and slow down enemies. In addition, the new speed run mode will test players’ agility as this dedicated, formal time-attack mode will feature built-in timers to track and test players’ movement and optimisation skills. Similarly, the new Parkour mode is a steadfast addition meant to deepen and emphasise the wall running elements, routing, and agility. Modes are not the only ones which are multiplied, but challenges as well. Daily awakening is coming into The Rogue Prince of Persia as a rotating system of daily runs, featuring shifting modifiers and specific requirements to test players’ adaptability and offer consistent progression. The anniversary update also features the new high-stakes “risk and reward” Nyamtur Trials, that are scattered across biomes to provide advanced trials in exchange for legendary loots. Finally, more challenging, fresh, high-difficulty puzzles and combat rooms were developed to push player mechanics to their limits. To improve the flow state of seamless parkour, pacing and difficulty were adjusted, increasing the players’ experience as initial biomes are now shortened and paired with higher overall challenges. As part of the improvements made to the game, the team also worked on a complete overhaul of the final Palace biome. It was redesigned and restructured to be significantly more challenging and better suited for the high-power, late-game builds players possess by the end of a run. This anniversary update finally introduces players to the brand-new slingshot weapon, and a new trap-like tool, to dispatch and dodge enemies, while companion animals make their official way into the fictional rendition of Ctesiphon, the capital of the Persian Empire. They will accompany the Prince while offering unique passive or active combat and exploration support. Detailed acrobatics, new faster and more adventurous modes, design improvements, new demanding challenges, dance-like motion, enhanced levels and environment; this 1st anniversary update leverages the license to deliver the strongest combination of movement and traversal within a layered mix of 2D and 3D navigation. PCSteamThe Rogue Prince of PersiaEvil EmpireUbisoft Legacy Jill
