Beyond Good and Evil 2 blijft in development at Ubisoft without a release date

A Ubisoft employee said he worked on the project in 2026 in a support or consultant role.
The game still has no release date.

What happened

Beyond Good and Evil 2 is back in the news after a Ubisoft employee said he had worked on the project in 2026 in a supporting or advisory role. That comment suggests the game has not been dropped internally, but the information provided does not include any new official statement from Ubisoft itself. As a result, this update is limited to a staff mention rather than a formal status update from the publisher.

The game was originally announced in 2008 and was shown again in its current form at E3 2017. Ubisoft described the project at the time as a prequel to the original Beyond Good and Evil and also said the game would require a constant internet connection for single-player and co-op. That earlier information remains relevant because the latest reporting does not add any new details about a changed design, a different online approach, or an updated release plan.

According to the report, Beyond Good and Evil 2 still has no release date. That keeps it among Ubisoft’s longest-running projects, although the exact length of that development cycle depends on how the different phases are counted. The provided facts also say the game has been in and out of active development for more than twenty years, but that is a characterization from the source rather than an official Ubisoft timeline.

The latest mention names Rik Godwin as the employee who worked on the project in 2026. The provided information also mentions Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Bordeaux, and Fawzi Mesmar as names connected to the broader development, but it does not say which tasks or parts of the game they handled. So while there is clearly still activity around the project, there is no indication of which concrete milestones were reached in 2026.

Timeline

2008 — Beyond Good and Evil 2 is first announced.
2017 — Ubisoft shows the current version of the game at E3 and positions it as a prequel to the original.
2017 — Ubisoft says the game would require a constant internet connection for single-player and co-op.
2026 — A Ubisoft employee says he worked on the project in a support or consultant role.
2026 — The report names Rik Godwin as the employee who worked on Beyond Good and Evil 2.
2026-09-22 — The provided facts refer to a recent date in reporting about the project’s status.
2026-09-24 — The latest reporting says the game is still in development and has no release date.

Background

Beyond Good and Evil 2 has been a recurring topic in Ubisoft news for years. The provided information names Ubisoft, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Rik Godwin, and Fawzi Mesmar as people and studios connected to the recent mention, but it gives no details on which parts of the game were handled in 2026. That means it is still unclear whether the work involved content production, technical support, design, or another form of project support.

The main open questions remain the same: whether Ubisoft will officially confirm the current development phase, whether the always-online idea still applies, and whether there is now a new release window or platform list. The provided sources do not answer any of that. There is also no new information about a release window, a platform announcement, or a change to the game’s original positioning as a prequel.

The report also frames Beyond Good and Evil 2 as a project with an unusually long development history. The source says the game has been in and out of active development for more than two decades and compares that span to Duke Nukem Forever. However, that is a comparison made by the report itself, not an official Ubisoft label, so the exact interpretation depends on how development phases are counted.

For the current status, the key point is that the latest mention does not speak of a cancellation, a restart, or a completed production phase. Instead, it points to ongoing internal involvement in 2026. That still makes the game an active Ubisoft project, but without a publicly confirmed release date, without new gameplay details, and without additional technical specifics in the provided source.