Release

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Critic score

81/100

Platform families

3

Editorial overview

Inside Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands

What it is

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is a multi-platform video game produced by Ubisoft which was released on May 18, 2010, in North America and on May 20 in Europe. The games mark a return to the storyline started by Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is the title of four separate games with different storylines. The main game was developed for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows, while the other three are exclusives for the PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, and Wii.

The premise

The Prince is riding through a desert on his horse, on a quest to see his brother, Malik, and learn about leadership from him. When the Prince arrives at Malik's kingdom, he finds it under attack by an army who are attempting to breach the treasure vaults for a great power known as "Solomon's Army". The Prince charges in to the city, and tracks Malik to the treasure vaults. Here, Malik says that he is fighting a losing battle and proposes to rely on a last resort or be forced to retreat. The Prince strongly objects, but Malik releases Solomon's Army using a magical seal. Solomon's Army is an assortment of different creatures, all made of sand. The Prince and Malik both manage to obtain halves of the seal used to keep the army contained, protecting them from being turned into sand statues, which is the fate of the rest of the kingdom.

PC

LUDEX game dossier

Platform Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Adventure

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands

Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft Entertainment

81Critics3.4/5Tuesday, May 18, 201016.3 years ago

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6

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Play styles

Single player

Perspective

Third person

Themes

Action · Fantasy · Historical

Languages

5 supported

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21 assets

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1 release

BundlePrince of Persia FranchiseNov 8, 2021Multi-item package

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5 releases

PortPrince of Persia: The Forgotten SandsMay 18, 2010Platform adaptation

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Platforms

PlayStation 3
Gen 7
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Xbox 360
Gen 7

Release history

May 18, 2010PlayStation 3
May 18, 2010Xbox 360
May 20, 2010PlayStation 3
May 20, 2010PlayStation 3
May 20, 2010Xbox 360
May 20, 2010Xbox 360
Jun 03, 2010PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jun 04, 2010PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jun 08, 2010PC (Microsoft Windows)

Themes & modes

ActionFantasyHistoricalSingle player

Windows

Minimum

Minimum: • OS *: Windows XP (SP3) / Windows Vista (SP2) • Processor: 2.6 GHz dual-core Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or higher recommended) • Memory: 1 GB Windows XP / 2 GB Windows Vista (2 GB / 4 GB recommended) • Graphics: 256 MB DirectX 9.0c–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (512 MB recommended) (see supported list*) • DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c • Hard Drive: 8 GB • Sound: DirectX 9.0c–compliant sound card (5.1 sound card recommended) • Peripherals Supported: Windows-compliant keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended) • Internet Connection: Broadband Internet connection with 128 kbps or faster *Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 100 / 200 / GTX series ATI RADEON X1600 / HD 2000 / HD 3000 / HD 4000 / HD 5000 series Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game .Originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS