The inventive director of Ubisoft’s long-in-development Past Good & Evil 2 has spoken for the primary time for the reason that firm’s ‘main reset’, reassuring that growth of the sport is progressing.
Final week, the Murderer’s Creed writer introduced a major organizational restructuring, which is able to see its growth groups break up into autonomous ‘inventive homes’.
A type of ‘homes’ was confirmed to incorporate BG&E2, the sport that’s now been in growth in some type for almost 20 years.
Its inclusion got here as a shock to some, since Ubisoft had seemingly been considerably ruthless with the choice to cancel six video games, together with the remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
Nevertheless, inventive director Fawzi Mesmar has now commented on Past Good & Evil 2’s standing, reassuring that its growth group “stay[s] dedicated and targeted on delivering a exceptional recreation for our gamers to get pleasure from”.
“Thanks to everybody who has reached out to me over the previous few days with regard to current information at Ubisoft,” Mesmar wrote on LinkedIn.
“Myself, my group and our mission Past Good and Evil 2 are unaffected by the current modifications. I might direct you to the official press launch for extra data across the newest organisational construction.”
He continued: “Evidently, I’m saddened by the cancellations that has affected my colleagues in different elements of Ubisoft and the trade. I urge everybody – myself included – to supply help every time and nevertheless they will throughout these occasions.
“We stay dedicated and targeted on delivering a exceptional recreation for our gamers to get pleasure from.”
Past Good & Evil 2 was initially introduced again in 2008, and regardless of a re-reveal in 2017, there’s nonetheless been no signal of a launch any time quickly. Creator Michel Ancel left Ubisoft in 2020, saying he was leaving the online game trade solely to deal with a brand new profession in wildlife.
In 2024, Ancel shared his view on what went incorrect with Past Good & Evil 2 throughout his time on the firm, saying he felt that clashes between administration had been the primary concern.
