It’s been a number of years since Beyond Good & Evil 2 used to be formally introduced. After a loss of information for fairly a while, there’s in spite of everything a brand new building for the long-awaited sport: they’ve employed their lead creator.
In a tweet the previous day, Sarah Arellano introduced that she used to be becoming a member of as the sport’s Lead Author. Arellano prior to now labored as Narrative Dressmaker for Snowfall on International of Warcraft and at Volition, the studio chargeable for Saints Row.
It’s my flip to do the object pic.twitter.com/gS87kZn7UT
— Sarah Arellano (@TheSugarVenom) August 3, 2022
Past Excellent & Evil 2 used to be officially announced in 2017 at E3. The sport will function a prequel to the unique sport with guarantees of with the ability to explore alone or with friends in its massive and ambitious world.
Past that announcement, there’s now not been numerous significant information since. We’ve gotten a look at some cool concept art and another look at the game at E3 in 2018. That ultimate time we noticed the sport gave us a glimpse at Jade from the first game, seemingly as a villain.
Ubisoft initially planned for a beta of the game to be available at the end of 2019, however that by no means got here to fruition. Beyond Good & Evil 2 also lost its director in 2020, leaving the sport’s standing much more up within the air.
Since then, the game got a mention in UbiSoft’s earning reports, confirming it’s nonetheless round in some capability. Then, previous this 12 months, a report came out saying the game was still in pre-production. The inside track of the sport getting its lead creator, on the other hand, is a superb step ahead.
The primary Beyond Good & Evil were given a 9/10 from us in our review. We mentioned it “tells its tale with wonderful pizzazz and varnish. Even higher, it is a tale neatly price telling.”
Casey is a contract creator for IGN. You’ll normally to find him speaking about JRPGs on Twitter at @caseydavidmt.
