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'Miraculous': Beyond Good & Evil 2 Fans Can't Believe the Game Has Survived Ubisoft's Major Project Cull That Killed the Prince of Persia: Sands of Ti
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 69866" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2024/06/20/gp9sisqwoaalkml-1718901769210.jfif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/games/beyond-good-and-evil-2" target="_blank">Beyond Good & Evil 2</a> fans are celebrating a small piece of good news to come from <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/ubisoft-cancels-6-projects-including-prince-of-persia-sands-of-time-remake-closes-2-studios-and-confirms-further-layoffs-in-major-company-restructure" target="_blank">Ubisoft's major cull of projects, studios and people yesterday</a> — that after almost two decades, the game that holds the Guinness World Record for the longest development still isn't dead.</p><p></p><p>While yesterday saw the end of Ubisoft's plans to release a Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake (a project that the company had been working on for at least six years) and five other unnamed games, no mention was made of Beyond Good & Evil 2, whose record-breaking development now spans almost 20 years, off and on.</p><p></p><p>Indeed, Beyond Good & Evil was named by Ubisoft as an ongoing franchise that would now be overseen by its reorganized "Creative House 4" division, dedicated to narrative driven and fantasy games. Separately, <a href="https://insider-gaming.com/exclusive-beyond-good-evil-2-survives-ubisofts-project-purge/" target="_blank">Insider Gaming</a> has reported that the project is indeed still alive today, as the dust settles.</p><p></p><p></p><p>On reddit, Beyond Good & Evil's long-suffering fans have reacted to the sequel's survival by calling it "<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/beyondgoodandevil/comments/1qj77ye/ubisoft_just_canceled_six_games_and_delayed_seven/" target="_blank">miraculous</a>", "<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/beyondgoodandevil/comments/1qjenil/its_insane/" target="_blank">insane</a>" and simply "<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/beyondgoodandevil/comments/1qjs15h/too_big_to_fail_ubisoft_is_in_too_deep_with/" target="_blank">too big to fail</a>."</p><p></p><p>"It's insane this game is still in production and survived," dan_in_his_own_way wrote. "Don't get me wrong, I want to play it but the cancelation of the Price of Persia remake hit really hard. A project that would arguably cost them less and require less resources than Beyond Good & Evil."</p><p></p><p>"Beyond Good and Evil 2 will survive World War 3," quipped Travguard. "But it still won't be out by the armistice," added meathappening.</p><p></p><p>One fan, 33Sharpies, pointed to the likely financial implications of Beyond Good & Evil 2 ever being canceled, at which point Ubisoft would have to write down the cost of its gargantuan development. While the project is still alive, however, it can still be listed as an ongoing asset. (Insider Gaming has reported that the project has been valued internally as having now cost over $500 million, though that figure is unverified.)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Beyond Good & Evil 2 is believed to have originally begun early development in 2007, with series creator and Rayman mastermind Michel Ancel and his Ubisoft Montpellier team on board. Over the coming decade, development was mostly paused while Montpellier worked on other projects, but Ubisoft re-announced the game with fanfare in 2017 and showed off an in-engine concept featuring space flight and designs to feature multiple solar systems and planets.</p><p></p><p>Again, however, development struggled — and the project was further impacted by Ancel's departure from Ubisoft and the sad death of its subsequent creative lead Emil Morel. But the last couple of years have seen work coalesce once more, with <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/beyond-good-evil-20th-anniversary-edition-has-a-new-narrative-link-to-beyond-good-evil-2" target="_blank">the sequel's characters given intriguing cameos in the new Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition</a>, while a <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/beyond-good-and-evil-2-gets-new-creative-director" target="_blank">new creative director</a> — former DICE and King veteran Fawzi Mesmar — has come on board to steady the ship.</p><p></p><p>Beyond Good & Evil 2 still lacks any word of a release date — and may well have been one of the titles Ubisoft delayed to receive further polish yesterday. As of now, however, it remains alive — however improbable that may seem.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at <a href="mailto:tom_phillips@ign.com">tom_phillips@ign.com</a> or find him on Bluesky </em><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/tomphillipseg.bsky.social" target="_blank">@tomphillipseg.bsky.social</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/miraculous-beyond-good-evil-2-fans-cant-believe-the-game-has-survived-ubisofts-major-project-cull-that-killed-the-prince-of-persia-sands-of-time-remake" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 69866, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2024/06/20/gp9sisqwoaalkml-1718901769210.jfif[/IMG] [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/beyond-good-and-evil-2']Beyond Good & Evil 2[/URL] fans are celebrating a small piece of good news to come from [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/ubisoft-cancels-6-projects-including-prince-of-persia-sands-of-time-remake-closes-2-studios-and-confirms-further-layoffs-in-major-company-restructure']Ubisoft's major cull of projects, studios and people yesterday[/URL] — that after almost two decades, the game that holds the Guinness World Record for the longest development still isn't dead. While yesterday saw the end of Ubisoft's plans to release a Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake (a project that the company had been working on for at least six years) and five other unnamed games, no mention was made of Beyond Good & Evil 2, whose record-breaking development now spans almost 20 years, off and on. Indeed, Beyond Good & Evil was named by Ubisoft as an ongoing franchise that would now be overseen by its reorganized "Creative House 4" division, dedicated to narrative driven and fantasy games. Separately, [URL='https://insider-gaming.com/exclusive-beyond-good-evil-2-survives-ubisofts-project-purge/']Insider Gaming[/URL] has reported that the project is indeed still alive today, as the dust settles. On reddit, Beyond Good & Evil's long-suffering fans have reacted to the sequel's survival by calling it "[URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/beyondgoodandevil/comments/1qj77ye/ubisoft_just_canceled_six_games_and_delayed_seven/']miraculous[/URL]", "[URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/beyondgoodandevil/comments/1qjenil/its_insane/']insane[/URL]" and simply "[URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/beyondgoodandevil/comments/1qjs15h/too_big_to_fail_ubisoft_is_in_too_deep_with/']too big to fail[/URL]." "It's insane this game is still in production and survived," dan_in_his_own_way wrote. "Don't get me wrong, I want to play it but the cancelation of the Price of Persia remake hit really hard. A project that would arguably cost them less and require less resources than Beyond Good & Evil." "Beyond Good and Evil 2 will survive World War 3," quipped Travguard. "But it still won't be out by the armistice," added meathappening. One fan, 33Sharpies, pointed to the likely financial implications of Beyond Good & Evil 2 ever being canceled, at which point Ubisoft would have to write down the cost of its gargantuan development. While the project is still alive, however, it can still be listed as an ongoing asset. (Insider Gaming has reported that the project has been valued internally as having now cost over $500 million, though that figure is unverified.) Beyond Good & Evil 2 is believed to have originally begun early development in 2007, with series creator and Rayman mastermind Michel Ancel and his Ubisoft Montpellier team on board. Over the coming decade, development was mostly paused while Montpellier worked on other projects, but Ubisoft re-announced the game with fanfare in 2017 and showed off an in-engine concept featuring space flight and designs to feature multiple solar systems and planets. Again, however, development struggled — and the project was further impacted by Ancel's departure from Ubisoft and the sad death of its subsequent creative lead Emil Morel. But the last couple of years have seen work coalesce once more, with [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/beyond-good-evil-20th-anniversary-edition-has-a-new-narrative-link-to-beyond-good-evil-2']the sequel's characters given intriguing cameos in the new Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition[/URL], while a [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/beyond-good-and-evil-2-gets-new-creative-director']new creative director[/URL] — former DICE and King veteran Fawzi Mesmar — has come on board to steady the ship. Beyond Good & Evil 2 still lacks any word of a release date — and may well have been one of the titles Ubisoft delayed to receive further polish yesterday. As of now, however, it remains alive — however improbable that may seem. [I]Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at [email]tom_phillips@ign.com[/email] or find him on Bluesky [/I][URL='https://bsky.app/profile/tomphillipseg.bsky.social']@tomphillipseg.bsky.social[/URL] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/miraculous-beyond-good-evil-2-fans-cant-believe-the-game-has-survived-ubisofts-major-project-cull-that-killed-the-prince-of-persia-sands-of-time-remake"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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