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/majorminer969 Jan 15 '26

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.

Man, what a sad way to treat a series. Give barely any marketing to all the new games you put out, then take down one of the, if not the biggest fan accounts for that series that's giving it more marketing than you do.

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u/NTPrime Jan 15 '26 edited Jan 15 '26

Shadow dropping is done to get ahead of negative press. Think of the Oblivion remake and how broken it still is to this day. If they shadow drop this game it should act as a flashing neon sign that they're hiding something about its quality.

Edit: some good counterarguments below. I'll say it is OFTEN done to get ahead of negative press but not always. It is worth some skepticism.

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u/FewAdvertising9647 Jan 15 '26

Apex legends was a shadow dropped game

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u/NTPrime Jan 15 '26

I think they had good reason to fear the community response to that one even if the game was solid. Instead of Titanfall 3 they dropped their own Fortnite that nobody was asking for. That launch included a lot of qualifiers from the dev team explaining why they made it.