It's been a long time since we last heard any further news of "Beyond Good and Evil 2," the critically acclaimed action-adventure that will soon mark 20 years since its release. In fact, almost all of the last few years, including its exclusion from all of Ubisoft's E3 presentations in 2019 and beyond, have only served to underscore its continued existence. even Michel Ancel, creator of "BG&E," was sick of waiting for it He was: he left Ubisoft in September 2020 after more than 30 years with the company.

Despite this, Ubisoft today reaffirmed that "Beyond Good and Evil 2" will still happen. In its latest quarterly financial report, Ubisoft said that its plans to expand its premium game releases in the coming years include "reviving [the fan favorite] franchise with Beyond Good and Evil 2."

This is good news. The bad news is that less than a decade after we first reported Ubisoft's promise that BG&E2 was still in the works but likely quite far off, we still don't even have a hint of when we might get (or see) it. When asked if it is possible that the game will appear in Ubisoft's 2024 fiscal year, meaning that it will appear after May 1, 2023 for the record, Chief Financial Officer Frederic Duguet said, "Beyond Good and Evil 2 is well underway, but at this stage, this It is too early to tell anything more at this stage.

And that's about it: Ubisoft has only confirmed that it has not yet abandoned the project, but has made no further commitments at all. After the silence of the past few years, it is good to know that Ubi has not completely forgotten about BG&E2, but I have a feeling it will be a long time before we get any more substantial information than that.