NowGamer: Ubisoft's Michel Ancel keen on BGE sequel.
Video Game Writers: Back in 2003, Ubisoft released a quirky action-adventure game (arent they all quirky?) for GameCube, PS2 and Xbox called Beyond Good & Evil. The game was an amazing amalgam of puzzle-solving, stealth and contained a smart story and memorable characters. Unfortunately it suffered the same fate as most hard-to-describe action-adventure titles (see: Psychonauts) and sales werent great. Which is business speak for saying it instantly developed an avid cult following. In 2008, Ubisoft confirmed they would be making a sequel and here we are 3 years later.
EuroGamer - Beyond Good & Evil 2 might be too ambitious for the current generation of consoles to handle, creator Michel Ancel has revealed.
Beyond Good and Evil 2 is still in development, but won't be appearing on this generation of consoles. Speaking to VideoGamer.com at E3, Michel Ancel, creator of Rayman and Beyond Good Evil, has elaborated as to why. We can't say it's really only next-gen. he said, We need to reconsider the target platform because I have a very specific idea of that game. On high-end PCs we can already play the game, but it's very hard to say 'we'll cut that, that and that to make it fit into another platform'. On top of that you have the interface which is another question. Yes, we need to take the time to find the right target for this game.
Ben Dutka: In that Beyond Good & Evil 2 teaser trailer we saw a long ways back, the characters were just sort of sitting around. ...now we know why.
For next year, the company is expecting to post further growth in both sales and current operating income. That apparently means trimming some fat from its game line-up, though, as the company has terminated some unspecified projects. We may not know which games received the dreaded axe for some time, but the long-dormant I Am Alive and Beyond Good & Evil 2 seem like prime suspects.
TVGB: While participating in a panel at the Montpellier In Game conference in France, Beyond Good & Evil creator Michael Ancel has given a rare and brief update on the progress of its much anticipated yet MIA sequel.
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Last week we reported on a rumor that Beyond Good & Evil 2's lead designer, Michel Ancel, left Ubisoft for a new studio, thus suspending development of the crazy anticipated sequel. Balderdash, says a representative from Ubisoft, who told Eurogamer that Ancel is still with Ubi, and that BG&E2's development is unchanged...
Livegen writes : While many websites had related the rumor of a possible cancelling of Beyond Good & Evil 2 and Ancel leaving Ubisoft, the firm has made a statement denying all that stuff. But the Facebook fan page learns us something bigger. It seems that Ancel is working on a new Rayman, still for Ubisoft but no more working at Ubisoft Montpellier...
After Scrawl contacted Ubisoft regarding recent rumors of Beyond Good & Evil 2 being cancelled and series creator Michel Ancel leaving the development team, they received the old we do not comment on rumors response.
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