GOG Releases Enhanced Edition of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Modernizing the 2003 PS2 original with widescreen, frame-rate and field-of-view fixes, GOG positions itself as the game's preservation steward.

Overview

GOG published an enhanced release of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, and posted a GOG Classics Vault video that explains the changes and technical work.
The update fixes modern-hardware incompatibilities and adds widescreen and ultrawide support, an FPS limiter, and an automatic field-of-view setting tied to aspect ratio.
Ubisoft cancelled its long-delayed remake in January 2026 during a company 'major reset,' ending a troubled run that began with a 2020 announcement and a full reboot at Ubisoft Montreal in 2023.
GOG says its team rebuilt a lightweight wrapper around the game's original Scimitar engine to make the title run natively on modern PCs, and that the wrapper can be adapted to help other older DirectX games.
The release restores the original game's design for players who feared the remake's loss, makes the classic more playable on current hardware, and signals GOG's ongoing role in preserving older games.