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So How Many Boss Fights Will Prince Of Persia Have?

11:00PM AJ Glasser | Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner says that one of the first things lost in translation from video game to film is gameplay. But the Prince of Persia film hopes to dodge that bullet with its action/adventure genre label. More »

Prince Of Persia Trailer Impressions — Please, Ben Kingsley, Don’t Mess This Up

5:30PM AJ Glasser | Yesterday afternoon, Disney and OnePR treated games journalists to the first ever screening of the Prince of Persia film trailer. More »

Prince Of Persia Creator Talks Film Sequel

7:30PM AJ Glasser | At China’s Game Developers Conference, Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner talked about the evolution of the series and about the sequel potential for that upcoming Jake Gyllenhaal flick. More »

New Prince Of Persia Trademark Pops Up

6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | On September 29, a trademark for “Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands” was filed by Jordan Mechner. Who’s Jordan Mechner? More »

Jordan Mechner Reveals Last Express Prequel

1:00PM David Wildgoose | Jordan Mechner’s The Last Express is regarded as one of the greatest adventure games of all time. Sadly, no one bought it and we never saw a sequel. Now, Mechner has revealed a script he wrote for a prequel, giving us a glimpse of what might have been. More »

Mechner Pens Prince Of Persia Prequel Graphic Novel

2:40AM Mike Fahey | Series creator Jordan Mechner once again plumbs the depths of the Prince of Persia mythology, penning an anthology graphic novel to serve as a prequel to the upcoming feature film. More »

Classic PC Adventure Game Re-Released As Cartoon

7:30PM Luke Plunkett | No, it’s not Day of the Tentacle. Sorry. But it’s something almost as neat: a playthrough of Jordan Mechner’s The Last Express, re-cut to look like an animated film. More »

Prince Of Persia Creator Pens Fathom Movie

2:40AM Mike Fahey | Jordan Mechner, the famed creator of the original Prince of Persia game, has been tapped to write Fathom, the movie adaptation of the popular comic book. More »

Prince of Persia Creator Working On New Karateka Game

5:20AM Michael McWhertor | While the majority of Jordan Mechner’s talk at Comic-Con earlier today focused on all things Prince of Persia, some fans veered slightly off-topic, picking the programmer’s brain on his other titles — Karateka and The Last Express. The former, Mechner’s first commercial game, an early 2D fighter published by Brøderbund and known for its fluid animation, is planned to get an update (of sorts). Details on the Karateka project weren’t provided, but Mechner teased the crowd by saying “I can safely say it’s not going to be the way that you expect”. He did, however, say he would be directly “involved”, a claim he didn’t make about Ubisoft’s recent Prince of Persia releases. Mechner also let the crowd in on the particulars of a hilarious Easter egg in the original Karateka. More »