Ubisoft formally introduced its long-expected Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition on Thursday, however the writer deleted its publish on X/Twitter about 20 minutes after going dwell.
Nonetheless, it did not take lengthy for the information, which you’ll see a screenshot of beneath, to flow into on social media. In line with the since-deleted publish, it will arrive fairly quickly as effectively, set to launch on all platforms on June 25.
It is possible the announcement was the topic of a scheduling mishap, because the remaster had been anticipated to be revealed on the Restricted Run Video games Showcase in a while Thursday at 11am Pacific. IGN has reached out to Ubisoft for remark.
The announcement additionally arrived with the trailer, which introduced that the 20th Anniversary Edition would come with a brand new treasure hunt, an anniversary gallery, a re-orchestrated soundtrack, help of as much as 60FPS, and different “unique new content material.”
There had been mentions earlier than of Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary, first surfacing in November 2023, when Microsoft by chance printed (and later pulled) a retailer itemizing for the unannounced undertaking. Final week, achievement and trophy database web site Exophase spotted an inventory of trophies for Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary.
Most lately, on Wednesday, Beyond Good & Evil was pulled from Steam forward of the anticipated remaster announcement.
Beyond Good & Evil was initially launched in 2003 for the PS2, PC, Xbox, and Gamecube, created by Michel Ancel, the creator of the Rayman sequence. The unique Beyond Good & Evil is ready in a third-person perspective the place gamers management Jade, who’s uncovering the darkish secrets and techniques of her authorities. Beyond Good & Evil would see an HD re-release in 2011 for Xbox 360 and PS3.
In our evaluation of the unique Beyond Good & Evil, IGN wrote: “In the end, for all its similarities to Zelda, that is the place Beyond Good & Evil finds its personal floor. Not solely does it keep away from most of the frustrations of the video games it attracts from (and sure, that features Zelda‘s flat story and tedious item-chasing), however it’s pierced all through with humor, intelligence, and humanity.”
Beyond Good and Evil 2, which can function a prequel to the unique sport, was initially revealed in 2017 at E3, however Ubisoft has stored a good lip in the years since. In February 2022, we discovered that the sport was nonetheless in pre-production. In August that very same 12 months, we discovered that Ubisoft employed Sarah Arellano as the sport’s lead author.
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