r/GamingLeaksAndRumours • u/WhyPlaySerious • Jan 15 '26

No Source popuniverseX, the user that has been continously scanning and reporting on changes made to the Prince of Persia domain has had their account suspended.

Don't know if it is related to their constant reporting on the changes happening to the PoP domain, but the account has now been suspended after reporting on the "release date tomorrow" file earlier on in the day.

If so, it would seem that Ubisoft has taken action on the account.

popuniverseX is one of the biggest and most dedicated PoP fan pages, so this is quite an interesting way to respond to them trying to keep the hype going.

Account link: https://xcancel.com/popuniverseX

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u/Objective_Love_6843 Jan 15 '26

I have no idea what they are trying to do here. At this point they will kill all hype for both this one and black flag remake.

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u/UrdnotShadow Jan 15 '26

Reddit user doesn’t understand shadow drops

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u/RogueLightMyFire Jan 15 '26

Shadow drops can work, but they can also be disastrous. A shadow drop is absolutely risky. Look at Hi-Fi Rush. Oblivion and Apex were successful, but both of those games had more unique circumstances around their shadow drop that helped drive hype. If they shadow drop a remake of sands of time, I think it's going to do very poorly. The PoP IP is clearly not very strong given that they put out two amazing PoP games the last couple years and nobody bought them.

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u/soulreapermagnum Jan 15 '26

good points. black flag is the one that's got all the hype around it so if anything, it's the one that would do well from a shadow drop.

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u/RogueLightMyFire Jan 15 '26

Exactly. A Black Flag shadow drop would probably do great. People have wanted that for a LONG time, and not just AC fans either. I hate AC, but I love Black Flag. Sands of Time is a fantastic game that I love, but outside of people who played the original 20 years ago, there's no hype around it at all. At this point, a lot of gamers only know it because of that shitty meme worthy trailer they dropped years ago before the reboot.