Beyond Good & Evil 2 is fast becoming the new The Last Guardian. We've seen some brilliant trailers for the game, and some impressive-looking footage from early tech demos, but it remains an enigma. We're no closer to a release date, and it's clear the game is nowhere near done.
However, in response to a message on his Instagram account, the game's creator, Michel Ancel, has given us our next clue as to the game's current status. He's stated that the development team is aiming "for a playable beta for the end of next year," suggesting Beyond Good & Evil 2 is still a long way off.
Of course, we've no idea exactly when this will arrive or what it will entail, but a beta potentially coming in such a vague window as late 2019 means details won't be nailed down for some time.
[source eurogamer.net]
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Beta? This wont be a Beta, it'll be a playable demo of some vertical slice that likely won't be in the end game.
He also said an update on WilD was due before the end of the year. This was 2017 so...yeah.
Last guardian? I dunno, I think this is doing much worse. When did we get that first ever CG trailer with the pig in the desert? Must be 10 years ago no?
I really hope this game turns out well. I haven't played the first game, but Ancel's work with Rayman and his creative yet crazy head won me over.
I wish we knew why this game seems to have a troubled development.
@DerMeister I think they are probably overambitious.
So basically the launch is confirmed for PS5 & Xbox One X 2?
This looks like an absolute disaster in the making. A single-player game Beta; could Ubisoft be any less confident about this? also, I can’t get over ugly some of the main characters look like. They don’t need to be supermodels, but I don’t want to spend hours and hours looking at that. I never have this complaint either (DMC hair aside.)
Oh for the love of....
What is with planning out a beta 18 months in advance? Just what is the point of that? It's a beta. Just say the game won't be out until at least 2020 and be done with it. You don't need 18 months advance notice for a beta.
mM announced a Dreams beta in 2015 for 2016. Then delayed until 017. Still waiting. If you can't get a beta out it just looks bad for the company and the game. There is nothing to be gained by early announcing a beta, nobody is paying you money 18 months in advance for a beta.
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2015/07/media_molecule_dreaming_up_dreams_beta_trial_for_ps4
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2016/12/media_molecules_dreams_beta_will_sleep_until_2017
Any time spent on a beta this far out is time that should be 100% focused on making the game. I can't even...
Oh, Ubisoft...
Not long now!Can't wait!....actually yeah i really can.This is going to be a disaster.
What ever happened to WiLD?
Beyond Good and Evil 2 alpha, available on PS5 in 2021! 😂
To be fair, they just started developing this game and the idea is with their "Space Monkey" project that fans participate in the development of the game from start to finish.
For those that say they released a trailer back in 2008, that was an old BG&E2 version which was cancelled. They started making this version at the end of 2016 I believe, after they finished developing their new engine.
So that's the idea behind it, and it means the game won't be finished for several years.
I am worried that WiLD is basically cancelled. If we don't see something at gamescon or Paris games week then I can just grieve for a while and move on lol
CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE ASK HIM ABOUT WILD ALREADY?!
@DerMeister this looks like the most ambitious and big game ever made so it's not hard to see there would be a long dev time and troubles to get it all working.
Wild, just like Deep Down, it’s not going to happen anymore probably.
Beyond Good & Evil is one of my favorite games ever, really want the sequel to be great too.
Unless Nintendo has some secret dock with a built in nvidia gpu up their sleeves I seriously doubt this game will ever come to Nintendo's platform.
Isn't showing a trailer this early doing more harm than good? I don't see the point. Do they get more funding based on reaction?
@Monkeyofthefunk Forget PS5. At this rate this it will probably be a launch game for PS6 if we're lucky. Lol!
lol
So, next gen then.
I'm just gonna forget about this game until we get more news, the same for WiLD too.
But Joseph Gordon-Levitt sounded so confident on stage ...
Okay Ubisoft, okay. Just let me know when you think it's almost done, and THEN I can care about it.
@SilentJ 😂😂
I can't believe this is coming to current gen consoles personally.
This game looks like a total dog, just like the previous entry in the "series".
There's a reason nobody bought it, and it seems that Unisoft never learn. They gave it away on plus and nobody bothered with it FFS.
I don't care how long it takes personally, the original was amazing, take as long as you need to make the sequel worthy of the wait Ancel. One thing i appreciate is he's trying to enrich the giant world with interesting things, one thing i am totally bored of is huge open worlds that are just barren and unworthy of actually exploring so the idea of community input in filling it is quite innovative i feel.
Shame, I was hoping to play this on PS4. Hopefully though it means the game will be alot more polished and amazing when it's finally released on the PS5 or PS6 .
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