Portable Gaming Revolution

Yet another game in the Prince of Persia series is going portable. This new game is entitled Prince of Persia: Rival Swords, coming to Europe’s shores before North America’s for a change! This game is expected this holiday season in Europe, but all of us on the western side of the pond won’t see it until 2007. The game will be set in the latest PoP universe, from Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones. Ubisoft has released more details on the game

In Prince of Persia Rival Swords, the Prince makes his way home to Babylon, bearing with him Kaileena, the enigmatic Empress of Time, and unspeakable scars from the Island of Time. But instead of the peace he longs for, he finds his kingdom ravaged by war and Kaileena the target of a brutal plot. When she is kidnapped, the Prince tracks her to the palace — only to see her murdered by a powerful enemy. Her death unleashes the Sands of Time, which strike the Prince and threaten to destroy everything he holds dear. Cast out on the streets, hunted as a fugitive, the Prince soon discovers that the Sands have tainted him, too. They have given rise to a deadly Dark Prince, whose spirit gradually possesses him.

Versus play in timed races as either the Prince or Dark Prince. Interrupt and impede your opponent’s progress by activating switches in your own level that will trigger traps and obstacles in their level.

I personally enjoyed the previous PSP installment in the series, and I hope this one is just as good!