Michel Ancel discusses Beyond Good & Evil 2 progress, themes & more

The following comes from Michel Ancel...

"What is certain is that bge2 is a fantastic project. Space, planets, travelling at 15 000 km / h ... It's something crazy. All of this can run on current consoles, and it works. With this kind of project, we can show video gaming is some crazy stuff, that still has a bright future." - Michel Ancel

- Yves Guillemot called Michel Ancel to make Beyond Good & Evil 2
- Ancel was going to leave after Rayman Legends, but couldn't resist the proposal
- original BG&E2 started in 2007 and was abandoned in 2009, at Michel Ancel's request
- work began again in 2012-2013
- Ancel feels like he still needs three to four years to finish it, but even he isn't sure about that estimate
- BG&E2 is an open-world
- the heart of the game is the "civilization"
- the game will talk about conspiracy and the human aspect with lots of surprising characters
- right now they are working to create the game world
- no release date yet determined, but significant progress has been made
- Ancel is a bit scared that he might have to cancel the project if Vivendi buys Ubisoft