Prince of Persia's Unity Awards win is bittersweet

A screenshot from Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, which won the Best 3D Visuals award at the Unity Awards
(Image credit: Ubisoft)

The Unity Awards winners are in. We are, of course, talking about the Unity game engine and its developers annual awards, which were announced last night. But it was a bittersweet moment for one of the winners.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown by Ubisoft Montpellier won the best 3D Visuals Award. But the news came just a day after it emerged that Ubisoft has reportedly disbanded the team that worked on the game.

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Joe is a regular freelance journalist and editor at Creative Bloq. He writes news, features and buying guides and keeps track of the best equipment and software for creatives, from video editing programs to monitors and accessories. A veteran news writer and photographer, he now works as a project manager at the London and Buenos Aires-based design, production and branding agency Hermana Creatives. There he manages a team of designers, photographers and video editors who specialise in producing visual content and design assets for the hospitality sector. He also dances Argentine tango.

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