Beyond Good and Evil 2 is ‘progressing well’ following Michel Ancel’s departure

Beyond Good and Evil 2 is “coming along very well” according to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot.

After Beyond Good and Evil creator Michel Ancel announced last month that he was leaving the video game industry, Ubisoft was asked to provide a development update on the long-in-development sequel during its second quarter earnings call on Thursday.

“The game is progressing well,” Guillemot said. “The world is really a fantastic world – as you could see Netflix also decided to take that universe to create a movie with it. So, there’s a lot of progress in that team and the game is coming along very well.”

Ancel, who had until recently been working on Beyond Good and Evil 2 and adventure game Wild, announced in September that he’d decided to focus on a new career in wildlife.

He said his decision to step away from the games industry would not affect Beyond Good and Evil 2 or Wild development.

Beyond Good and Evil 2 resurfaced from a near-10-year absence at E3 2017, when Ubisoft revealed it would take the form of a prequel.

At E3 2018, the publisher announced a partnership with LA-based “creative collaborative platform” HITRECORD, allowing artists to collaborate on content for the game such as poster designs, radio ads and original music.

Ubisoft held a Beyond Good and Evil live stream ahead of E3 2019, but the game did not appear at the show itself.

It was announced in August that a feature film adaptation of Beyond Good and Evil is in the works at Netflix. Rob Letterman, who directed Detective Pikachu and Goosebumps, will reportedly lead the hybrid live-action/animated movie.

Earlier today Ubisoft confirmed delays to Far Cry 6, Rainbow Six Quarantine, and the Avatar game in development at Massive Entertainment, the studio behind The Division franchise.

Further reading

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