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Ubisoft officially confirms Beyond Good and Evil Game in development
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DXB-KNIGHT
Member
Maybe they can't announce it through proper channels for a reason or two.
Nintendo from a distance: *wink wink* *nudge nudge* *whistles* *snap tongue noise*
AHA-Lambda
Member
Yeah the other posts from that facebook page indicate it's an official page
dragonfart28
Banned
This is the most underwhelming announcement in the history of announcements.
LiquidSolid
Member
Same guy, different studio. Ancel's indie studio, Wild Sheep, is developing it and Sony's publishing.
Ubisoft are desperate for any good will they can get, I highly doubt they'll pull a Rise of the Tomb Raider.
That said, am I the only one who's pissed at Ubisoft over this? After all the years of teases and that fucking CG trailer, it took the threat of Vivendi buying them out to finally make them go "it's happening, guys!" Fuck that. It's been 13 years since the original came out, I'll care when it's in my hands, not while it's still in pre-production.
wild wild rice
Member
yessssss
Keyser Soze
Member
Vivendi will surely cancel this when they take over the company
After so many years of waiting, watching Ubisoft's tedious E3 conferences every year hoping their "just one more thing" would be this game, I've actually gone numb.
I actually bought BG&E when it came out, so a full thirteen years ago. BGE&2's announcement was eight years ago. And since it disappeared without a trace, we've had countless tidbits, quotes and snippets come along saying the project is still alive, it's ongoing, there'll be more soon.
And now, after all the waiting and being led on, the Instagram image gets leaked. I got really hyped, man, I was buzzing. And now we get the concrete message that "it's really here! It's really coming" And then the words... In pre-production.
Pre-production.
I can't do it, guys. All this time just to be told that it's only just getting started? Which means it was probably quietly cancelled years ago and all those quotes were probably lies told by people who couldn't or didn't want to admit it.
I want this to come out. I really, really do. But I can't quite bring myself to believe it.
I was fifteen when BG&E came out, thirteen years ago, which means should I ever get to play the sequel, my age will have more than doubled since that time.
Christ.
I actually bought BG&E when it came out, so a full thirteen years ago. BGE&2's announcement was eight years ago. And since it disappeared without a trace, we've had countless tidbits, quotes and snippets come along saying the project is still alive, it's ongoing, there'll be more soon.
And now, after all the waiting and being led on, the Instagram image gets leaked. I got really hyped, man, I was buzzing. And now we get the concrete message that "it's really here! It's really coming" And then the words... In pre-production.
Pre-production.
I can't do it, guys. All this time just to be told that it's only just getting started? Which means it was probably quietly cancelled years ago and all those quotes were probably lies told by people who couldn't or didn't want to admit it.
I want this to come out. I really, really do. But I can't quite bring myself to believe it.
I was fifteen when BG&E came out, thirteen years ago, which means should I ever get to play the sequel, my age will have more than doubled since that time.
Christ.
But hey this is still an improvement over the status of the other sequel I've been waiting thirteen years for, to F-Zero GX 
xrnzaaas
Member
This would be understandable if they game will have the budget of, I dunno, Grow Home/Up series. If that's not the case they may be starting (again) from scratch and it's gonna be a while before they have something solid to show.
I wonder if the looming vivendi threat had anything to do with greenlighting this. Realizing that if that happens, unless the game is already far along it would never happen. Also, it would create very bad press for them if they cancel the game quickly after taking over. A final fuck you from ubisoft?
Triggerhappytel
Member
It'll be a megaton when they bring it to E3 in 2018 with in-game footage. For now they're just confirming that the game is in development. Hopefully moreso than it has been over the last 8 (?) years since they had that CGI trailer of Jade & Pey'j at E3.
And Agent from Rockstar.
Justice_Bolt
Member
Yes! But why make the announcement this way?
Death Metalist
Member
Underwhelming as fuck announcement but who gives a shit at this point, SPANISH BAR BAAABYYYYY.
wonderful103
Member
Cause Ancel spilled the beans despite the fact that he wasn't supposed to. They had to address it.
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
Not precisely,
Beyond Good and Evil GO! Will surely happen.
jediyoshi
Member
No.
Diprosalic
Banned
interesting way to announce a new game.
LiquidSolid
Member
What makes you say that? Seemed like an obvious controlled leak to me, coming so soon after their last shareholder meeting.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Yeah, I'm annoyed that the 2008 teaser trailer was a lie and seemingly the game was never in any kind of serious development. Taking a few links from Wikipedia:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6190987.html - "Report: Beyond Good & Evil 2 is on the way" 15/05/2008
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6191556.html - "Beyond Good & Evil returns" 28/05/2008
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/877/877261p1.html - "Ubisoft announces Beyond Good & Evil follow-up" 28/05/2008
To go with these announcements there was this teaser trailer which was uploaded on 28/05/2008
http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=58434 - "'Beyond Good & Evil 2' already 1.5 years into development" 19/12/2008
Then there was this 'test footage' (I believe) which was uploaded on 09/05/2009 (almost a whole year later). Doesn't look much like BG&E, but certainly looks like a product in active development. I believe this was when Ancel said the game was too ambitious for current hardware (PS3/Xbox 360) so might have to wait for Gen 8 hardware.
https://www.gamezine.co.uk/beyond-good-evil-2-hold/ - "Beyond Good & Evil 2 is on hold" 24/08/2009
(Skipping ahead a bit) http://uk.ign.com/articles/2010/01/15/beyond-good-evil-2-still-in-development - "Beyond Good & Evil 2 still in development" 04/01/2010
http://www.polygon.com/2012/11/13/3...il-2-still-in-the-works-rayman-titles-slowing - "Ubisoft: Beyond Good & Evil 2 still in the works, Rayman titles slowing development" 13/11/2012
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...s-new-studio-but-remains-at-ubisoft-part-time - "Michael Ancel starts a new studio but remains at Ubisoft, who confirms that he's working on BG&E2" 31/07/2014
I won't write out everything, but you can see all the links here. There's 43 so far.
And a bonus one: Ubisoft saying we should buy Rayman Origins to help fund development of BG&E2
http://www.playstationtrophies.org/...With-Beyond-Good---Evil-2--Then-Buy-Rayman-Or
Honestly, the way they entire life of this game has been handled has been a complete clusterfuck and I won't believe it's real and happening until it's on store shelves.
Not really up to Ubisoft IF Nintendo co-funded it like Bayonetta 2.
jediyoshi
Member
What makes you say that?
Jawmuncher
Member
Seems unlikely at this point. Really doubt we'd be hearing about the game in the capacity we are if it was exclusive.
I'd consider Ancel saying it was in pre-production two days ago official, but whatever. Happy that it's finally happening.
The only thing they basically said is "yes it's coming"; so I don't think that rules out anything.
We already have Dragon quests games and Just Dance announced for NX. So developers teasing us with their future products wouldn't be out of the question.
JetSetRadio
Banned
Must be really far away.
jediyoshi
Member
The fact you have to reference the allusion as 'it' and not new Beyond Good and Evil game is enough of that distinction alone.
Jawmuncher
Member
But not as exclusives. A exclusive is a big deal. Don't recall platinum announcing bayo 2 and then Nintendo announcing exclusivity. It's not very common in the industry to get a game announcement and then later on exclusivity.
Regardless I'll be able to play so doesn't matter where it ends up for me.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Is this the 2nd or 3rd announcement for this game?
Diprosalic
Banned
LiquidSolid
Member
This happened:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1286378
And Ubisoft are desperately trying to paint themselves as the good guys (see: Yves' speech at their E3 conference), presumably hoping Vivendi will back off if there's enough of a backlash.
I was on their side for a while but then I remembered what they did to Patrice, so maybe it's just karma.
Discotheque
Banned
Been anticipating this for years but right now I don't give a shit until I see a substantial gameplay trailer and release date
They announced it in development last time too and that was 8 years ago
They announced it in development last time too and that was 8 years ago
To be honest, I'm not convinced this is in serious development either.
Ubisoft invites games journalists over to their headquarters to talk about how they shouldn't be bought by Vivendi. GameSpot suggests that if they want to convince gamers they're actually a company about originality, they should show games like Beyong Good & Evil 2. Ubisoft's CEO makes a statement that sounds like he thinks it's a good idea, but that it would be a long time before anything like that could come out.
Seven days later, Ubisoft releases a piece of concept art, and then another a few days after that, and then a few more days later confirms the game as being in preproduction.
This all strikes me as a stunt to try and garner good will during the acquisition bid. I wouldn't be surprised if that concept art didn't exist 12 days ago, and would be surprised if we saw anything beyond meaningless teasers for years, assuming they even go through with the game.
Surely if it's been getting worked on for so long, they could have shown more than this.
Capcom revealed RE2 Remake the same way. It's a brave new world. On one hand games are revealed at E3 6 months before release. On the other, on social media before production has even begun.
