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Beyond Good & Evil 2 in Pre-Production

Akira_EX | May 15, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 Wii 
From JeuxVideo Magazine comes word of an interview with Michel Ancel, the father of Rayman and creator of Beyond Good & Evil. In the interview, Ancel reveals that he and a team of about 10-12 people are working on the project. However, Ubisoft has not greenlit the project.

Beyond Good & Evil, released in 2003 to critical success, but was a commercial failure, with the game receiving less than satisfactory sales, being sent to die against games like Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. The game follows the protagonist Jade, part of an underground journalist organization working to uncover and expose a military conspiracy.
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During an interview with our compatriots at JeuxVideo Magazine, Michel Ancel (father of Rayman) declared that "Beyond Good and Evil 2" is actually in the pre-production phase. Considered one of the best games of 2003, "Beyond Good and Evil" unfortunately did not achieve the expected level of commercial success. <<I'm working on "Beyond Good and Evil 2. We've been in pre-production for a year, and we're mainly doing R&D with a small group. But for now, we're in the 'outline' step. Ubisoft has not greenlit this project,>> Ancel admitted during the course of the interview. He also noted that from 10 to 12 people are working on the project.

<< We want to continue the style of the original: a great variety of gameplay types, lots of emotions in the gameplay, and engaging characters. This time we're going to examine the future of the planet, how the animals get along [...] >>. Sounds enticing, doesn't it? We hope at any rate that the French game company will rapidly greenlight the project. And why not announce this at the upcoming UbiDays event?

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    Gogetenks | May 16, 2008
    Well, it's about damn time! Getting all these announcements lately has been a pleasant surprise, but this is one of the best. Beyond Good & Evil was superb, I can't wait to see how BG&E2 will turn out. I really hope Ubisoft agrees to publish this, the first game has managed to get a lot of attention over the past few years, so the sequel might actually sell.

    Hopefully this time, it will actually be advertised and not pitted against two of Ubisoft's big sequels.
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    Play ISDF | May 16, 2008
    *bleep*ING YES!!!! BG&E remains one of my favourite games of all time and it's such a great game to boot. As Gogetenks said, hopefully this time it'll be advertised and not against Ubi's other big games, if they go for it.

    Go for it Ubi or you will have at least a few gamers haunting you for the rest of eternity.
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    Silver Mirror | May 16, 2008
    I heard the first was good so I may well buy the sequel. I think Ubisoft will move into production considering the following and publicity the game has now

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