Beyond Good & Evil 2 isn't cancelled

[Terminator02]

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[titleriginal story saying Michel Ancel left and the game was cancelled]

A rumour has emerged from France that Rayman creator, Michel Ancel has left Ubisoft, which has subsequently seen the cancellation of his game, Beyond Good and Evil 2.

According to the French report, Ancel has left the publisher along with another "star developer" to found his own studio in France.

Apparently there have been internal problems concerning Beyond Good and Evil 2's development - which was supposedly well under way - and there's now strong reason to believe it's been canned.

The rumour's made even more believable by the fact we haven't seen anything of the sequel since 2008, when a single teaser trailer was released.

Earlier this year an Ubisoft exec assured journalists that the game was "still in production".
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QUOTEUbisoft has dismissed suggestions that Michel Ancel has left the company, confirming that Beyond Good & Evil 2 is still in development.

Word of the Rayman creator's supposed departure appeared on the internet last week. It was said that Ancel had left to set up his own studio, and that the BG&E2 project had been cancelled as a result.

But a Ubisoft representative told Eurogamer, "There are no changes on the horizon."

When asked if that means Ancel is still at Ubi and that BG&E2 is still in development, the representative replied, "Yes."

It's been two years since the sequel was first announced, and since then there's been nothing more to see than the original teaser trailer. Here's hoping more is revealed soon.

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[DeadLocked]

Awesome, I played the original and it was amazing albeit confusing.
Mamago garage

In fact I didn't even know they were making a new one. I hope it's low spec so I can play it on my laptop.

 

[tk_saturn]

Duke Nukem Forever hasn't been cancelled either...

 

[pitman]

Plain ol propaganda.