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Word on the street is that Ubisoft's Beyond Good & Evil sequel has been canned. This attached to reports that the man behind the game, Michel Ancel is rumored to have left Ubisoft along with a "star developer" to form another studio in France. If true, Ancel hasn't updated his LinkedIn profile (the most important thing one can do when leaving an employer, of course), which still has him listed as a Creative Director at Ubisoft.
It's been quite awhile since we'd seen anything on Beyond Good & Evil 2, which has long been rumored to be in jeopardy. Last word from Ubisoft was that the game was "still in production," but the lack of new information since 2008 has been a bit unsettling.
A bit of a critical darling, Beyond Good & Evil wasn't quite the success at retail, so it's not too surprising to see that Ubisoft isn't going full steam ahead on the sequel. It does, however, make me cry into my pillow at night thinking about would could be. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for an E3 surprise, but that's looking about as likely as a Buck Bumble revival.
Michel Ancel quitte le navire [w00t gaming via CVG]
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11:20 AM on 05.28.2010
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But sad panda anyway.
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Well, you should.
I know, hence the small text (that's the best I could do to hide my shame).
I missed it the first time around, and though I own it on Steam, I just haven't gotten around to it yet.
And there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Beyond Good & Evil was one of my favorite games of the previous gen.
This makes me very sad....
Shame on Ubi...for having little faith.
I never really played it but my brother rented it and I watched him play and it looked....meh so I never really got the hype as looking at the game and seeing it in motion still never moved me enough to want to play it.
http://www.gameblog.fr/news_15707_michel-ancel-quitterait-ubisoft-c-est-faux
Besides, I don't think it should have been trusted originally so much because of the following reasons:
1. The source is a small, unknown site that doesn't get much traffic ( look at their forums, there's almost no activity, same for the comments on the articles ).
2. They also don't mention the name of the guy who he would be making a studio with.
3. Michel Ancel loves Beyond Good & Evil, he wouldn't just abandon it, certainly not so far in the process.
4. Michel Ancel wants to go back to 2D? I think he said somewhere that he loved his 3D games more...
"I missed it the first time around, and though I own it on Steam, I just haven't gotten around to it yet."
You and I are in the same exact boat. I too own it on Steam and haven't gotten around to it, yet.
THIS RUMOR IS FALSE, DO NOT BELIEVE IT.
http://www.gameblog.fr/news_15707_michel-ancel-quitterait-ubisoft-c-est-faux
I translated that here:
"According to the information of the Montpellier website WootGaming ( that some here know for it's "inspiration" ), Michel Ancel, the creator of Rayman and Beyond Good & Evil and emblematic figure at Ubisoft, would be quitting the Montpellier studio, and abandon his project BG&E2. Just like that.
If we tell you about this rumor, it's because the information spreads over the internet at light speed, making lots of players panic. To be sure we have called Ubisoft France and members of the Ubi Montpellier team.
Don't worry: this information is completely false, denied by Ubisoft press and our sources in the studio... and the project Beyond Good & Evil 2 is more than ever on track. Besides, E3 could be a good time to prove it in a brilliant way..."
Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury, Warcraft Adventures, Starcraft: Ghost all say hello.
That said, the sequel looked really interesting and I was looking forward to it. Hope this isn't true.
If false . . . where the eff is BG&E2?
In retrospect: Hopefully a publisher picks up the game and does something with it. =P