Ubisoft: BG&E2 is still in development

By Robert Purchese Published 15 January, 2010

No word on when it's out yet though.

The absence of Beyond Good & Evil 2 from any of Ubisoft's financial chatter raised questions - but fear not, the sequel is still in development.

That's what a rep for the publisher told G4TV, but there was "no additional info to provide at this time".

Beyond Good & Evil 2 was unveiled in 2008 at the publisher's spring UbiDays event. Little has been seen of the game since then, although creator Michel Ancel popped-up last year to tell us this "direct sequel" will be more "immersive" and "complex" - the game he'd envisaged making first-time around but couldn't due to technical hindrances.

Earlier this week Ubisoft announced delays for I Am Alive, Splinter Cell: Conviction and R.U.S.E. The publisher also revealed multiplayer plans for Assassin's Creed II and re-focused publicly on PS3 and 360.

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Comments (21) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • MORZTAN #1 2 years ago

    Loosing faith in this one I am...

  • coolbritannia #2 2 years ago

    Never going to see release, to the frustration of many, will be added to the list of great games we never got to see in years to come.

  • DoctorZoidberg #3 2 years ago

    Never going to see release, to the frustration of many, will be added to the list of great games we never got to see in years to come

    You must have missed this part of the article then....

    "but fear not, the sequel is still in development."

  • Eraser #4 2 years ago

    Yeah, Duke Nukem Forever was "still in development" for 12 years as well.

  • DoctorZoidberg #5 2 years ago

    Yeah, Duke Nukem Forever was "still in development" for 12 years as well.

    That's a ridiculous argument. With that attitude (not just you of course) every game thats ever been / currently in / ever going to be in development will never see the light of day.... I can name thousands of games that were in development and saw the light of day....

    Bit of optimism goes a long way!
    Edited by 1 at 15/01/10 @ 09:44

  • telboy007 #6 2 years ago

    Phew! Thank gawd for that.

  • Thalanos #7 2 years ago

    Excellent. If this game were to have been canned I would have lost my faith in all that is right with the world.

  • jonsaan #8 2 years ago

    The first game was crushingly average. It really was.

  • gav_and_the_gavster #9 2 years ago

    Best news I've heard all year. Would love to see the first one get a re-release alongside it's sequel somehow (like what Sony did with Ico & SOTC). Maybe easier/cheaper to go down the download route though, I'd buy it. Games like these really do deserve bigger sales.

  • clip-clamp #10 2 years ago

    Awesome Im happy!

  • Cappy #11 2 years ago

    Pleased to hear it's still moving forward.

    Much like Shenmue, it's another game that left things somewhat on a cliffhanger at the very end, some closure would be nice for Beyond Good And Evil at least. I doubt we'll ever find out what happened next after Shenmue II. :(

  • Lukree #12 2 years ago

    BG&E was really lovely. More loveliness, please!

  • Vin #13 2 years ago

    My day is now complete.

  • Rubarack #14 2 years ago

    While this is an encouraging step I won't be celebrating till I see it in store shelves, if it does launch I think it may get a record for "most troubled development".

  • lucky_jim #15 2 years ago

    I'd snap up a sequel to BG&E, and like gav, I'd gladly buy the first one again as a download. Make it happen, Ubi!

  • dudefella #16 2 years ago

    Yeah not really a good sign, radio silence this long... one wonders why they unveiled it so soon in the first place when they clearly had nothing but a CGI trailer to show.

  • sarcasmoidosis #17 2 years ago

    The first one is at a ridiculous low price (5 euros) on Steam if anyone wants to reminisce. I was pretty excited about the second, but I reckon it won't be coming out until at least the summer of 2011.

  • Slipstream #18 2 years ago

    To be fair though, how many times have we heard this? Seriously UBI pull your finger out, jeez. At least some media to back your statement?
    Edited by 1 at 16/01/10 @ 00:22

  • Phishfood #19 2 years ago

    The leaked video I saw a while back had a very interesting camera system that looked like you were being followed by a camera man.

  • Hydrogene #20 2 years ago

    Good News. I hope the music is going to be composed by Christophe Heral, just like the first one.

  • celeste068809 #21 2 years ago

    ugh im begining to think theyre just teasing us i LOVE the first game still play it even tho ive already beaten it a hundred times even went out and rebought it cus my disc got so scratched up, when i first heard bout there being a second one i got so excited but then a year went by and i heard it was canceled then i heard it never existed to begin with then they said it was real just still in development but come on as much as i love the first one its not as exciting when u have every moment in the game memorized i dont care how much the 2nd one costs just please try to get it out asap ill even buy the ps3 or xbox just to play it you guys did a great job on the first one its already been how long since u first announced it i wanna be able to play it before i go into retirement or at least get as far as demo id rather have a glitchy demo and know u guys are makin some progress then sit here wondering if ur for real or not