Beyond Good & Evil 2 blijft in development: Rik Godwin joins Ubisoft Montpellier

• Ubisoft Bordeaux writer and associate narrative director Rik Godwin reportedly joined the project a few months ago in a support and consulting role.
• The game still has no release date; Fawzi Mesmar is named in the article as creative director.

What happened

IGN reports that Beyond Good & Evil 2 is still actively in development, despite the long time since its original announcement. The game was first announced 18 years ago and was later shown again at E3 2016, which was 10 years ago. That makes it one of Ubisoft's longest-running projects without a concrete release date.

According to the article, Rik Godwin, lead writer and associate narrative director at Ubisoft Bordeaux, joined the project a few months ago. His role is described as a support and consulting position, but the piece does not provide further details about his specific responsibilities. The available information also does not say whether Godwin is working on the game full-time, part-time, or temporarily.

The article also names Fawzi Mesmar as the game's creative director. Ubisoft Montpellier is mentioned as the studio leading the project. A release date is still missing, and the provided information does not mention any release window, development milestone, or progress percentage. The update is therefore mainly about confirming that the project is still alive and that more staff has been added.

The staffing update appears in the article to be based on a social media post from Godwin, but the provided information does not include a separate official Ubisoft confirmation of that specific appointment. As a result, the only confirmed detail is that the article describes the change this way, while the exact internal scope of his role remains unpublished.

Background

Ubisoft Bordeaux was founded in 2017, while Beyond Good & Evil 2 had already been in development earlier and was later presented again at E3 2016. The available information does not provide a development milestone, progress percentage, or release window. As a result, it is not possible to say exactly how far along the project is, beyond IGN describing it as still actively in development.

The combination of a new staffing update and the lack of a release date fits the broader picture of a project that has surfaced in the public eye for years without a concrete launch date. The provided information does mention that Fawzi Mesmar serves as creative director, but it gives no additional explanation of when he took on that role or what earlier team changes may have taken place. It also does not explain the relationship between Ubisoft Montpellier and Ubisoft Bordeaux beyond Montpellier leading the project and Godwin being involved from Bordeaux.

The available facts are limited to the report that Godwin joined a few months ago in a support and consulting role. It is not specified whether he is working on narrative, worldbuilding, dialogue, or any other part of the game. It is also not confirmed whether Ubisoft itself publicly announced the change, or whether the reporting relies entirely on the social media post referenced by IGN.

For the timeline, the key point is that the game has existed for 18 years since its first announcement and 10 years since its E3 reintroduction. That makes this update mainly a confirmation of staffing progress, not a sign of an imminent release. The provided information also lacks figures for budget, team size, testing phases, or an internal production schedule.

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Sources

• IGN: Beyond Good & Evil 2 is still alive and just added an Assassin's Creed Shadows writer