Ubisoft is still hiring for Beyond Good & Evil 2 some 17 years after the game was originally announced, with the publisher posting up an opening for a technical sound designer to work on the long-delayed sequel.
Here’s a description of the job:
Beyond Good & Evil 2 is an action-adventure open world game set in a captivating space opera universe and the direct prequel to the 2003 cult classic. Based on a breakthrough technology driven by the proprietary Voyager engine, Beyond Good & Evil 2 aims to offer a seamless experience of exploration and space piracy across a solar system full of exotic locations, colorful characters and mysteries to uncover, solo or with friends. So, if you are ready for an adventure like no other, come join forces with us to build System 3!
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Beyond Good & Evil 2 was originally announced in 2008, although there was little shown off on the game at the time and it quickly vanished from public view until it resurfaced after years of speculation at E3 2017. Updates on Beyond Good & Evil 2 would trickle in over the next few years; back in 2002 for example, Ubisoft described in a job listing that the project is one of its ‘most ambitious games yet.’
Later that year, leaker Tom Henderson assured fans that Beyond Good & Evil 2 was still in production, but was at least a few years away at that point. In July the following year, sad news broke when Emile Morel, who was serving as the game’s creative director, passed away aged just 40, and the following summer Ubisoft reiterated that Beyond Good & Evil 2 was still in the pipeline.
The last major update on Beyond Good & Evil 2 came in October 2024, when Ubisoft appointed a new creative director for the sequel in the form of Fawzi Mesmar. Even so, the game has long since surpassed Duke Nukem Forever as the title to have the longest development cycle of any video game to date.
[Source – Ubisoft Job Listing via Eurogamer]