{"id":691,"date":"2025-11-13T03:48:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/13\/the-rogue-prince-of-persia-hits-switch-and-switch-2-on-december-16\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T03:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:48:28","slug":"the-rogue-prince-of-persia-hits-switch-and-switch-2-on-december-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/13\/the-rogue-prince-of-persia-hits-switch-and-switch-2-on-december-16\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rogue Prince of Persia hits Switch and Switch 2 on December 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Rogue Prince of Persia<\/em> is coming to Switch and Switch 2 consoles on December 16. The game was in early access for around a year before being officially released for PC and consoles <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/the-rogue-prince-of-persia-is-officially-out-for-pc-and-consoles-184621675.html\"><ins>back in August<\/ins><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This version has been &#8220;optimized for handheld and hybrid play&#8221; and includes all content from the original release. That means players will be able access a wide variety of biomes, weapons and secrets.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>This is a unique take on the Prince of Persia franchise, bringing parkour-style movement and combat to the roguelike genre. It&#8217;s a fun and frenetic experience that calls to mind another sidescrolling roguelike, <em>Dead Cells<\/em>. This game was actually co-developed by Evil Empire, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2018-08-13-motion-twin-dead-cells-nintendo-switch-irl.html\"><ins>the company behind <\/ins><em><ins>Dead Cells<\/ins><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is a digital release, but collectors have something to look forward to. <em>The Rogue Prince of Persia<\/em> is getting a deluxe physical release on April 10 for Switch, Switch 2 and PS5.<\/p>\n<p>This physical version ships with a game key card, a double-sided poster and a set of cards depicting scenes from the game. When flipped, the cards join together to make up a portion of the title&#8217;s world map. Incidentally, there&#8217;s no physical version coming for Xbox Series X\/S, despite already being available to download.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/the-rogue-prince-of-persia-hits-switch-and-switch-2-on-december-16-194828522.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/13\/the-rogue-prince-of-persia-hits-switch-and-switch-2-on-december-16\/\">The Rogue Prince of Persia hits Switch and Switch 2 on December 16<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rogue Prince of Persia is coming to Switch and Switch 2 consoles on December 16. The game was in early access for around a year before being officially released for PC and consoles back in August. This version has been &#8220;optimized for handheld and hybrid play&#8221; and includes all content from the original release. That means players will be able access a wide variety of biomes, weapons and secrets. This is a unique take on the Prince of Persia franchise, bringing parkour-style movement and combat to the roguelike genre. It&#8217;s a fun and frenetic experience that calls to mind another sidescrolling roguelike, Dead Cells. This game was actually co-developed by Evil Empire, the company behind Dead Cells. This is a digital release, but collectors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}