Despite underperforming sales when it launched back in 2003, the critical reception for the first Beyond Good and Evil game was mostly positive, and the title won multiple gaming awards, leading to a desire from designer and writer Michael Ansel for a sequel. In 2008, it was announced that Beyond Good and Evil 2 would be coming, but it then took nearly ten years before Ubisoft officially unveiled the game in 2017. Since then, rumors of development hell have swirled around Beyond Good and Evil 2.

RELATED: Beyond Good and Evil 2 Still in the Works

Sarah Arellano announced on Twitter that she will be joining Beyond Good and Evil 2 as the project's Lead Writer. Previously, Arellano has worked as a Narrative Designer at Blizzard, writing for World of Warcraft. Also, more recently she has worked at Volition on the Saints Row reboot which is set to release in August 2022. It's clear then, that Arellano joins the team working on Beyond Good and Evil 2 with plenty of narrative design and writing experience, hopefully creating an interesting story for players in the unique sci-fi setting of the franchise.

As mentioned, just because news is picking up on Beyond Good and Evil 2 again does not mean that gamers will be getting a close look at the title anytime soon. As the game has just got a new Lead Writer, this likely means that the story of Beyond Good and Evil 2 is still in the works, implying that the rest of development is also a ways off being complete. However, with the silence from Ubisoft only being occasionally interrupted by reiterations of work still being done on the game, it is hard to tell what state it is in.

Still, it is good to know that Beyond Good and Evil 2 hasn't been completely abandoned. For a while, many fans had assumed that due to the game's long development, it would eventually be canceled, and there were even some Beyond Good and Evil 2 developers awaiting that cancellation as well.

Beyond Good and Evil 2 is reportedly in development.

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