A rumor starting from an unknown blog, “Surfer Girl Reviews Star Wars” claims that there is a fourth Prince of Persia game in the making at Ubisoft.

The release date is speculated to be late 2008 and the blog contains two screenshots in which there appears to be a ghostly female character.

According to the blogger, the game, which is rumored to be a prequel to the trilogy and a mash up of PoP: Sands of Time, Ico and Zelda, will be created for the Xbox 360, Wii, PC, and PlayStation 3.

Gamespot news reported that on speaking with an Ubisoft rep that “Ubisoft does not comment on rumors.” (Ubisoft rep. from Gamespot news)

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, the first installment of the Prince of Persia trilogy, is now free to play. This is being made possible as the game is supported by advertising.

To play Sands of Time for free, you’ll need to live in the United States of America and have an Ubi account.

To sign up for an Ubi account, you’ll need to visit the Ubisoft web site.

Download the game from Gamershell.

Take a look through the history of the Prince of Persia franchise from the original game in 1989 through its various incarnations on PC and Ubi’s versions of the game.

Warning: If you haven’t played all the games, you may want to avoid this video as it may contain spoilers.

Running time: 8 min 27 seconds

Size: 20.4 MB

Format: Windows Media Video Format (.wmv)

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As you all should know by now, Prince of Persia is one of the oldest computer game series in existence with the very first Prince of Persia game making it’s debut in 1989.

The classic Prince of Persia game was in instant hit. The quality of animation was one of the best at the time and its game play and storyline, although seemingly repetitive, was interesting enough to captivate its audience.

Classic Prince of Persia is now making a resurgence in 2007 with its release on Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) on Wednesday, June 13, 2007.

The 2007 version of the classic game has been updated a little. Not to fret, the core game play and feel hasn’t been changed, only the graphics has been given a face lift. The game graphics is now in 3D, including the cut scenes, and the characters have been redrawn like The Sands of Time characters.

A pure classic mode with 2D is missing, but with the new 3D graphics, this is hardly missed.

Prince of Persia: Classic is available on XBLA for 800 Microsoft points (about $10 USD).

More screenshots, trailers and information is available at XBLA’s PoP: Classic page.

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is the third instalment in the Prince of Persia (PoP) trilogy. It follows the previous two PoP games,

• Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, release in 2003
• Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, released in 2004

The Two Thrones will be released in North America (more…)

There are 6 Prince of Persia games. Which one is your favourite? (more…)

Prince of Persia is one of the oldest video game franchises. Created by Jordan Mechner in 1989, Prince of Persia was seen as a great leap forward in video game animation.

The games so far:

1. Prince of Persia (1989)
2. Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame (1994)
3. Prince of Persia 3D (1999)
4. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003)
5. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (2004)
6. Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (2005)

Have you got a favorite Prince of Persia game? Let the world know and take this poll.