Back in March, Ubisoft shared its post-launch roadmap for the excellent Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, and six months later we’re almost at the end. Its final content drop (the paid story DLC Mask of Darkness) launches on September 17, and Ubisoft has already announced that it will be releasing the paid story DLC Mask of Darkness. revealed At least some of what players can expect to see when it arrives.
Mask of Darkness introduces a new “super-sized” biome known as Radjen’s Mind Palace, which promises “new traversal items, traps, enemies, and more.” It will unlock once players have escaped the Depths and acquired the temporary Shadow of the Simurgh power, meaning players will need to get a decent amount of playtime in before they can dive headfirst into the game.
Radjen's Mind Palace, a “surreal landscape” of floating blocks and caverns lit by ghostly flames, is accessed by teleporting from a hidden room in the Lower City of Mount Qaf. While inside, Sargon is stripped of all his amulets and powers, most of his arrows and healing items, plus all but two of his temporal powers: the air race Rush of the Simurgh and Shadow of the Simurgh.
That means players will have to get creative when facing off against new enemies, such as spider-like mechanical sentinels, spinning birds with razor-sharp wings, and acrobatic dark wraiths. As for new environmental hazards and methods of travel, these include floating metal bumper-like orbs that launch Sargon in specific directions when hit, red saw blades that materialize in mid-air and hurtle toward his position, and horizontal pillars that spit out cannonballs.
And then, of course, there's Radjen, one of Persia's elite Immortals, who players can learn more about as their journey through his Mind Palace continues.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown's Mask of Darkness story DLC is coming to Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC (via Steam, Ubisoft Store, and Epic) on September 17.