Beyond Good and Evil 2 Unaffected by Recent Ubisoft Changes - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 February 2026 / 2,145 Views
Ubisoft Creative Director Fawzi Mesmar on Beyond Good and Evil 2 following a restructuring at the publisher announced in a LinkedIn post development on the game has been unaffected.
"Thank you for everyone who has reached out to me over the past few days in regards to recent news at Ubisoft," said Mesmar. "Myself, my team and our project Beyond Good and Evil 2 are unaffected by the recent changes."
He added, "Needless to say, I am saddened by the cancellations that has affected my colleagues in other parts of Ubisoft and the industry. I urge everyone - myself included - to offer support whenever and however they can during these times.
"We remain committed and focused on delivering a remarkable game for our players to enjoy."
Beyond Good & Evil 2 was first announced in 2008 and re-revealed in 2017.
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Unaffected because it doesn't exist. Just like the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot were unaffected by the layoffs as well.
When Ubisoft goes completely under, they'll still be trying to gaslight us that BG&E2 is coming someday.
Working on Beyond Good and Evil 2 is more layoff-proof than working on GTA VI. 18 years and counting, baby.
Every 10 years they tell fans it's still coming. Almost 20 years later and nothing. It aint coming lol
You cannot kill what is not alive.
This game still exists?
Just realised that after all this time we might know each other haha.
Do we? Lol
Ah maybe not then. Australian Azzas of about your age with an interest in the video games industry might not be in short supply.
Was worth checking though!
This game still exists? I have more faith in Scalebound and Deep Down coming out. lol
