Penny Arcade's Prince of Persia storybook: Pages 3-7

Posted Oct 29, 2008 at 10:30PM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Penny Arcade, Ubisoft
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Prince of Persia comics - Image 1 


I love these little collaborative projects Penny Arcade gets into with gaming companies. Their Fallout 3 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC) series kept me amused for weeks (still does, actually, but the release dates are so far apart!). If you're expecting the usual PA shenanigans this time around, however, you'd be mistaken.

Regardless, the treatment is *beautiful* with a water-colored, fairy tale appeal reminiscent of such childhood mainstays as the Little Prince or Doctor Sues. I find myself getting a little nostalgic reading it.

You may recall an earlier article announcing this joint effort between Ubisoft and Penny Arcade to create "Stories and Secrets," an online picture book feature for Prince of Persia (PS3, Xbox 360, PC). From today up until the game's release on December 2, they'll be revealing more and more of the book's pages.

Three more pages have come out since, and I can honestly say it's shaping up really well. The story book itself is in the source link below, so go ahead and visit it if you feel like. In the meantime, here are the pages I was talking about (just click on the thumbs to enlarge:

Penny Arcade comics - Image 1 Penny Arcade comics - Image 2 




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