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In the years after Beyond Good and Evil 's launch and subsequent flop, it's taken on a legendary status as a shining example of originality in the action-adventure space. In 2003, following the success of the Rayman games, Michel Ancel turned his hand to a new IP, moving to a dar
I sometimes wonder, with so much time passed since Episode Two, whether people would actually care any more about Half-Life 3. It's a faintly ridiculous notion - of course they would, it's Half-Life - but people move on, more games arrive, and old favorites, no matter how wonderf
Announcing something new is rarely easy, there's a lot of spinning plates and moving parts that have to come together just right in order for things to go smoothly. In the case of the Beyond Good and Evil 20th Anniversary Edition some of those plates have come falling down recent
Sorry, folks. Tonight's Ubisoft Forward showcase has now passed by, and Beyond Good and Evil 2 was nowhere to be seen, leaving everyone still wondering whether it'll ever actually arrive at all. Yeah. We've got virtual tissues handy if you need em', Beyond Good and Evilers. Maybe
Beyond Good and Evil 20th Anniversary Edition has apparently been released, only to get suddenly withdrawn. However, some people were still able to download and play this then-unannounced game. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Beyond Good and Evil is finally returning
Beyond Good and Evil , oh, how we miss you. Originally released back in 2003, the platform game from Ubisoft has long earned its reputation as a cult classic. We miss Jade. We miss Pey'j. Although Beyond Good and Evil 2 is still in development, it feels, somehow, further and furt
Somehow, despite everything suggesting it should be dead in the water, Beyond Good and Evil 2 is still in development, as it just got a new lead writer. Beyond Good and Evil 2, the supposedly upcoming sequel to the cult classic original, hasn't exactly had a smooth development. S
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Holding a camera in your hands has a subtle effect on the nature of reality around you, I reckon. And that's true even when the reality around you isn't that real. In the Earth Temple, somewhere across the Great Sea, I once asked Medli to move to the left a little, just so I coul
Michel Ancel, the co-creator of Rayman and creative director of Beyond Good & Evil, today announced that he’s stopping working on video games. The French designer started at Ubisoft when he was a teenager and, after over 30 years in the industry spent mostly at Ubi, says he w
Michel Ancel has announced he has left the video game industry to focus full-time on a wildlife sanctuary. Ancel's prolific 30-year career saw him create franchises at Ubisoft such as Rayman, Rabbids and Beyond Good & Evil. Announcing his departure via Instagram , Ancel confi
Fresh off the heels of Tom Clancy goes anime , Ubisoft have announced yet another collaboration with their new pals at Netflix. This time, it’s a feature-length adaptation of Beyond Good And Evil from Detective Pikachu director Rob Letterman – and with the long-dormant game seque
Netflix has announced it's working on a Beyond Good & Evil film. Hot on the heels of confirmation Netflix is working on an animated Splinter Cell series , the streaming service revealed it's making a movie based on Ubisoft's space pirate adventure, too. According to The Holly
“Is it friendship? Or is it something more?” goes a common sentiment, particularly on days like today, when we celebrate the anniversary of Captain Cook getting stabbed to death. Well, that’s a stupid question, because there is nothing more than friendship. Games are, for once, n
Welcome to another week of Five of the Best, a series where we celebrate the overlooked parts of video games, like hands ! And potions ! And dinosaurs ! And shops ! They're the kinds of things etched unwittingly into memory, like an essential ingredient of a favourite dish you co
Ubisoft has confirmed that Michel Ancel's very-long-awaited Beyond Good & Evil 2 won't be putting in an appearance at this year's E3 - but will instead be getting another showing during a livestream scheduled for next week. Livestreams have been Ubisoft's preferred means of d
Last week, Beyond Good & Evil 2 creator Michel Ancel told fans to expect a playable beta of the game towards the end of 2019 . It was disappointing news, perhaps, for those eager to explore the kind of worlds glimpsed in last year's flashy E3 debut trailer. But it was also ne
A beta version of Beyond Good & Evil 2 is due for release towards the end of 2019, creator Michel Ancel has said. Ubisoft Montpellier's ambitious, currently-half-built open world multiplayer space opera thing got another showing at E3 this year - where we were treated to arou
Beyond Good & Evil 2 will include the main characters of Beyond Good & Evil, Ubisoft has just confirmed during its E3 press conference. It's a huge surprise, seeing as both were kept out of the game's reveal a year ago. Jade is described as an antagonist to the game's mai
Fans got a first glimpse at Beyond Good and Evil 2 gameplay last night in a developer livestream filled with information about the work-in-progress game. The footage shows multiplayer spaceship combat, on-foot melee fighting and sweary monkey shipmate Knox in action. It was the h