Duke Nukem Forever has been dethroned by Beyond Good and Evil 2 for most delayed game of all time



When Ubisoft made the choice to delay Skull & Bones for the fifth time, a few comparisons were made to Duke Nukem Forever, a game known well for its amount of delays and lengthy development cycle. But in actuality, there was a better comparison to be made--another Ubisoft game, in fact. While it took Duke Nukem Forever 5,156 days to be announced and subsequently released, Ubisoft's Beyond Good and Evil--initially teased in 2008--is still in development, with no release in sight, 5,239 days after its official reveal. That means it now holds the Guinness World Record for the longest development period for a AA video game.

In the years since BG&E2's announcement, lead director Michel Ancel has stated that pre-production on the game had begun as early as 2007, though it would eventually lose priority to other projects such as Rayman Legends, and that Beyond Good and Evil 2 would again take a backseat in favor of development on Ancel's other upcoming game Wild. Ubisoft has continued to tease the game, featuring it at E3 2017, E3 2018, and showcasing gameplay segments as recently as 2020. However, following 2020, Michel Ancel left Ubisoft and the video game industry, though Ubisoft's financial reports claim development is still ongoing and the project has not been canceled. Obviously, the game lacks any form of release window at this time.
 

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Maybe it will come out on the next consoles.
PS5 and Xbox Series X are still considered next-gen, but to be fair their potential has yet to be seen. They've been relying on PS4/Xbox One games.

So let's see how this generation turns out.

I wish it was 2008 again.

Gotta finally play the first game on GC. The look of the new one seems too odd.
Yeah, except the financial crash.
 
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i dont see this coming out soon, imo it will be cancelled someday officially or they are just waiting for you to forget about it.

First game was a zelda dungeon explorer type of deal

this one is some wierd open world loot fest multiplayer crap, so its probably better to cancel it, since they arent doing anything the fans even liked about the first game.
 

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What about The Last Guardian. It was announced as Project ICO3 (SOTC2) before the PS3 released. Then delay after delay for it to finally release on PS4.
 

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I wonder where HL3 is on that list of forever delayed games?
Half Life 2, Episode 3 was announced in May 2006 and was supposed to be released in late 2007. It's been 16 years now.

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I'm still pissed that we'll never get closure on one of the most painful cliffhangers in video game history.
 
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