Beyond Good & Evil 2 Is Somehow Still Under Development

With nan gaming industry's caller rash of layoffs, closures and cancellations, it would beryllium easy to presume Beyond Good and Evil 2 is toast. After all, nan crippled looked for illustration vaporware moreover earlier nan utmost cost-cutting inclination started. But present we are successful precocious 2025, and — lo and behold — Ubisoft is hiring for nan prequel.

The occupation listing (via Eurogamer) is for a method sound engineer. But speech from revealing that nan crippled is apparently still successful nan works, nan explanation doesn't show america thing new. "Beyond Good & Evil 2 is an action-adventure unfastened world crippled group successful a captivating abstraction opera beingness and nan nonstop prequel to nan 2003 cult classic," nan posting reads. "Based connected a breakthrough exertion driven by nan proprietary Voyager engine, Beyond Good & Evil 2 intends to connection a seamless acquisition of exploration and abstraction piracy crossed a star strategy afloat of exotic locations, colorful characters and mysteries to uncover, solo aliases pinch friends.”

Ubisoft first teased nan prequel successful 2008, past officially announced it successful 2017. Engadget moreover watched a closed-door gameplay presentation nan pursuing year. We described what we saw arsenic "wildly ambitious," possibly to a concerning degree, fixed nan method challenges tied to that scope. Those worries look to person been warranted, arsenic we still bent onto mini nuggets of dream (look, a occupation posting!!) complete 7 years later.

In 2022, Bloomberg poured much acold h2o connected its timeline, reporting that nan crippled was still successful pre-production. Engadget contacted Ubisoft for remark connected its existent status, and we'll update this communicative if we perceive back. In nan meantime, you tin revisit nan surge of dream that was nan game’s 2018 cinematic trailer.