What's going on over at Ubisoft? Beyond Good & Evil 2, officially announced in 2017, is seemingly no closer to completion today, and recent hearsay suggests it's still nowhere near finished.
Tom Henderson, a games journalist who will often post leaks and rumours via Twitter, claimed to have heard that the game is "suffering a development crisis" from developers working on the game. Apparently, the departure of Michel Ancel last year has only worsened the game's troubled production, which is to be expected. Henderson continued, saying that his sources believe it's only a matter of time before the title is cancelled.
Since all this came out last week, the journalist has apparently been contacted by another developer, who somewhat refutes the above. The word now is that BG&E2 is still in development, but is "several years away".
While this all sounds pretty plausible, it's information that's difficult to corroborate, so we're labelling it a rumour for now. In the meantime, we've reached out to Ubisoft about the status of Beyond Good & Evil 2, and will update this story if we hear anything.
Are you still waiting for the sci-fi sequel? Don't go ape in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com, via gamesradar.com]
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Not to be pessimistic, but this is never coming out, and if by some miracle it did, it wouldn't be worth the wait. I lied, that was totally pessimistic.
When they showed the assets they had produced so far that time a few years ago, it looked like a few months of work at most.
This was announced far too soon.
Development hell like Vampire the Masquearade: Bloodlines 2
No. Give it up. The trailer was offensive to anyone who played and loved the original and was so far removed from that game that i see no value in releasing this. Just cancel and be done with it
I really can't see this ever coming out unfortunately. It doesn't help that it looks like it has absolutely zero to do with the first game either.
I heard a rumour that it’s going to be a Panasonic M2 exclusive
@Quintumply Yeah, that's about the standard for this game. It was actually announced in 2009, not 2017, though. Though, I don't think development started until years later.
All they had to do was make a simple, linear, single-player sequel to Beyond Good and Evil. That's all they had to do, and Ubisoft and Ancel couldn't even do that right...
No one asked for a Beyond Good and Evil prequel with a massive open-world, multiplayer, customizable protagonists, and live service elements...
Glad I'm not a fan anticipating this game. Feel sorry for them.
Everything I saw of it looked like try-hard garbage - I don't know why they bothered in the first place.
@Deadhunter Nah not pessimistic....just realistic!
Does Pushsquare still have it listed as "TBA 2018" though? 😉
@Golem25 You could be talking about basically any Ubisoft game with that comment.
This is beyond good...it's just evil.
Here's the thing - this game did not need all this development time if they had concentrated on what made the original so good. Instead, you just know the problem is trying to mash the source material with head office mandated huge online persisted world that is ripe for monetisation.
Fans would be happy with a great 13 hour game that built on the foundation of the first game. That just isn't the type of game that Ubisof want to make anymore.
The cybernetic humans of 3023 will look forward to playing Beyond Good and Evil 2 on the PlayStation 152 but they will have to resort to emulation to play the original first as the latest PlayStation still can't play PS2 games.
Even if it did released, I highly doubt it'll meet everyone's expectations. It barely feels like a successor to Beyond Good and Evil. I understand what David Jaffe meant back when it was announced as a live service, but I wouldn't mind if the game stood on its own without the need of the BG&E ip.
@Rob_230 Couldn't agree more! The closest we ever got to BG&E2 was that trailer back in the PS3/360 era! The whole concept of this next gen sequel being retooled into a prequel in name only whilst also being a live service MMO generic cookie cutter character multi-planet extravaganza just felt off when it could've been a slam dunk as a single player game!!😔😕
That swearing Gorilla trailer was any number of things,but it certainly wasn't about Jade going off to rescue & find P'eyj!
I forgot this game existed and to be honest, given Ubisoft's current pay to play mentality, anything coming from that company I will avoid like a plague.
The last three games developed or under development by Ubi that's worth a look Starlink, Immortals Fenyx Rising
and that Mario Rabids 2, and even then I'm gonna wait to see how they screw that up via monetization.
I remember when I signed up for its website a day after the e3 reveal to stay updated and share ideas... Does anyone know what happened with that?
This game has been coming out for years and yet nothing.
They are delaying it long enough to take Duke Nukem Forever's crown. Hail to the new king baby.
"Still several years away" = development hell
Hope it comes out before chronic arthritis sets in.
I enjoyed the trailer (seems I was the only one).
It’s been in production for what, four years. The last 2 of those nothing much would have happened. So I guess it’s ripe to be canned. Shame as the trailer made it look fun and quite out there compared to most things on the market.
@Deadhunter Its not pessimistic, its realistic.
I implore you to lower your expectations regarding the quality and/or existence of this game.
They should scrap this and work on remastering/remaking the first title, it's a travesty that it can't be played on PS4/PS5
Figured as much from the lack of any news/updates.
Wow, the hustle and bustle of the team working on BG&E2 must be a sight to behold.
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