Beyond Good & Evil 2 In The Works

“I am working on Beyond Good & Evil 2. We have been in preproduction on the title for a year, and we’re currently doing market research. But for the moment, it’s in the early stages, and Ubisoft still hasn’t agreed to it. We want to be in continuity with the first game, with a big variety of levels, lots of emotion in the gameplay, and characters we care about. This time we are dealing with planet Hillys’ future, and the relationship with animals…” – Michel Ancel

This has to be the best piece of gaming news this year by far! Words… Truly cannot even begin to describe how happy I am about this news (I tried but it just came out as a jumble of capital letters along the lines of OMGTHISISFANTASTICALLYAMAZINGJUSTPERFECTBESTNEWSEVERSERIOUSLYCANTGETBETTER…)

Beyond Good & Evil is easily one of my 5 favorite games ever made, with its gripping emotional story line, with twists and turns around every corner, filled with darkness and light, changing the way you think of the world and the characters every hour. Game play took a brilliant mix of action and stealth, as you sneak into enemy complex’s in order to uncover the conspiracy. This is combined with Jade’s photography, which sees you cataloging every animal in the world, and collecting evidence of the above said conspiracies. If the gripping main story wasn’t enough, the game featured hundreds of hidden coves, facilities and strongholds.

Criminally, this game might not be coming out for the Wii, but if there was one reason to buy a 360, this is it. Without a doubt this will be one of next years biggest gaming highlights. Unfortunately the original didn’t sell well, but this is a new start for the series and I have high hopes for what could be game of the year.

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