Actress Eman Ayaz has said she’s lost three years of work in a “life-changing role,” just days after Ubisoft canceled its long-awaited Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake.
“So hi, my name is Eman, I’m an actor, and last week I experienced the moast devastating moment of my career,” Ayaz said in a video message posted online today. “I’m still under NDA so I’m going to try my best to speak as vaguely as possible about the details, and I hope you understand.”
At no point does ayaz specifically say the game she worked on was Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake, but the actress has also retweeted comments from those who have linked her to the role of Farah in the game, seemingly making the connection clear.
the most devastating moment of my acting career: https://t.co/ZzbWftGL1t
— Eman Ayaz (@emanayazz) January 26, 2026
“Three years ago I booked a life-changing role on a life-changing project,” Ayaz began. “It was a rigorous audition process, including a self-tape audition, an in-person callback, and a chemistry read that I had to fly out of the city for. When I got the role I remember crying my eyes out.
“I’ve spent the last three years getting to know the team which has become like a family to me. I’ve watched it grow through countless stages of advancement and I’ve waited and waited for it to finally be released so I could talk about it. And this week, I found out through the internet that the project was canceled.”
Ayaz says she was first contacted by her brother who had seen the news of the game’s cancelation via an online article. Ubisoft confirmed it had canned its Prince of Persia: The Sans of time Remake last week,as part of a wider reorganization that featured layoffs at three development studios,the closure of two more,and the shutdown of five other game projects.
“I was in total shock,” Ayaz continued. “Just two months ago I filmed marketing for this project, everything had been running smoothly and that was the last I had heard. We were all looking forward to it being released t
