Beyond Good & Evil 2 still exists, according to recent job listings.
Despite there being no news from the project since 2024, when Ubisoft promised that the game still existed, it appears that development on Beyond Good & Evil 2 is ongoing. Three roles are open now, including the position of lead quest designer.
Beyond Good & Evil 2 Is Still In Development, And It Doesn’t Sound Like Much Has Changed
As reported by FRVR, the job listings give us some insight into the game after years of no official news.
“Beyond Good & Evil 2 is an open-world action-adventure game set in a captivating space opera universe. It’s also the direct prequel to the 2003 classic,” the job listing reads. “Thanks to the technological advancement brought by our proprietary Voyager engine, Beyond Good & Evil 2 aims to offer an organic and seamless experience of space exploration and piracy on the scale of a solar system, in which exotic locations, colorful characters, and numerous mysteries can be discovered solo or with friends.”
In case you’re interested, the jobs up for grabs are: lead quest designer, technical sound designer, and technical lead network programmer.
This does actually tell us a fair bit about the game. For starters, any soft reboots that have happened behind the scenes have not changed the fact that Beyond Good & Evil 2 is a prequel, nor have they gotten rid of its multiplayer mode. Given how long the project has been in the works, there is a chance that there have been some major shakeups, but nothing that would rid the game of these features.
Hopefully, the fact that these positions have opened means that development is back on track after numerous setbacks. Sadly, one such setback was the sudden death of its previous director, Emile Morel. Given that and so many other turns in its development, I’m sure many of us assumed Ubisoft would cancel the project. But somehow, it has kept going since its announcement all the way back in 2008, before being re-announced in 2017, and then still struggling to get off the ground.
We are probably far off from having any kind of official update, so don’t get your hopes up for a showing at The Game Awards. Right now, it’s anyone’s guess when – or even if – Beyond Good & Evil 2 will launch.
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November 11, 2003
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Voyager
