A month after rumors pointed at its development, Ubisoft has made it official. The French publisher announced today that in May, the same exact month that the Prince of Persia movie will be hitting theaters, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands will be releasing on both consoles and handhelds.

Also, in the Press Release, the publisher revealed that The Forgotten Sands storyline will return to the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time storyline, which means it follows the original storyline. The Forgotten Sands will also feature “many of the fan-favorite elements from the original series as well as new gameplay innovations”.

That said, the release date wasn’t chosen at random. Like I stated before, the release time-frame is in directly conjunction with the upcoming movie, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time – based on the game with the same name. Can anyone smell a movie tie-in? Be that as it may, Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is expected to hit both consoles and handhelds in May 2010.

As rumors of another Prince of Persia game unspool, the official trailer for the movie adaption of “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” popped up on the internet. But, that’s not the only good news. The trailer is actually pretty good; it has a great mixture of humor and action, which makes for a great action movie experience.

The trailer, also, indicates that the film’s story will stick to that of the 2003 game Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which centers on a magical dagger that can be used to speed up or slow downtime. The Sands of Time is due in theaters May 2010.

When the newly revamped Prince of Persia released, it easily began one of most impressive games this console generation. However, it left many of us wanting more. With that said, recent speculation has pointed to a sequel. And, with the trademarking for “Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands“, speculations has been raising, even more.

At the “The Sands of Time” trailer preview event at Bruckheimer Studios, the movie team left losses that Ubisoft is planning to announce a new Prince of Persia game spring of next year. However, as for details, they haven’t revealed anything about the new game; making it clear that it’s not their place to give out any details.

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The Prince of Persia movie adaptation is, undoubtedly, one of next year’s biggest summer movies, at least in our book. And to keep our anticipations up, Walt Disney’s Pictures has released few new posters showcasing the lovely Jake Gyllenhaal and the gorgeous Gemma Arterton in snapshot form for the upcoming movie (as shown above).

Based on the UbiSoft video game trilogy which was, in turn, an update of Jordan Mechner’s classic original side-scrolling game, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is written by Mechner, Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard and directed by Mike Newell. (This marking Newell’s second big foray into fantasy after the fourth Harry Potter film, in 2005.) Sir Ben Kingsley and Alfred Molina co-star.

[Prince of Persia UK Posters: Ads or Art? via Slash Film]

Sometime last month we got the chance to see the latest photos from the set of the upcoming video game movie adaption, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. In the photos we saw Jake Gyllenhall, who we saw in movies like Zodiac and Jarhead, making his way to the set to film a part of the movie in his costume with no shirt on. As many of you know the pictures turned the movie/gaming world over getting featured on almost every movie/gaming site on the web. Today, according to photo gain by Korben, which show parts of the set being made or set up, the film is really going to be something amazing.

All six photos are post at the both of this post so feel free to check them out, warning there’s not photos for Jake Gyllenhall acting out any part of the movie.

Update:

Images will be unveiled in the next Joypad magazine set to appear on April 29.

Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced that a new Prince of Persia is scheduled to release Holiday 2008 for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and PC. This new Prince of Persia marks the debut of the critically acclaimed franchise on next-generation consoles. Developed by Ubisoft’s award winning Montreal studio that brought you Assassin’s Creed(TM) and the same all-star team that created the previously acclaimed Prince of Persia Sands of Time trilogy, Prince of Persia is opening a new chapter in the Prince of Persia universe, featuring a new breed of gameplay. The game is poised to rejuvenate the action-adventure genre in addition to introducing a brand-new illustrative art style.

Ubisoft will also release a Prince of Persia game specifically designed for the Nintendo DS(TM) system, featuring an entirely new storyline and new characters. More details to be unveiled in the future.