Beyond Good & Evil 2 Overtakes Duke Nukem as Most-Delayed AAA Game

gamerant.com:

First announced back in 2008 by Michel Ancel, the acclaimed game designer behind the original Beyond Good & Evil and the creator of the Rayman franchise, Ubisoft's Beyond Good & Evil 2 has now become the most-delayed AAA game in history. That dubious distinction had previously belonged to first-person shooter Duke Nukem Forever, which was finally released in 2011 after being announced all the way back in 1997.

The original Beyond Good & Evil was a third-person action-adventure game released in 2003 starring investigative reporter Jade as she worked with a resistance movement to uncover an evil alien plot. Working alongside AI-controlled companions, gamers led Jade through a mix of puzzle solving and combat on a quest to get photographic evidence to reveal the aliens’ plans. The game was praised by fans and critics but had limited commercial success, and in recent years has come to be regarded as a hidden gem in a year that also saw the release of heavyweight titles like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic andWarcraft 3: The Frozen Throne.

Ubisoft Lists Beyond Good and Evil 2 as 'In Active Development'

In a post on his personal Twitter account, GamesIndustry.biz managing editor Brendan Sinclair noted that it has now been longer since the first Beyond Good & Evil 2 trailer was released than the 5,156 days that passed between the announcement and release of Duke Nukem Forever, making it the most delayed AAA title in history. Responses to the tweet ranged from people mentioning how they had been excited for the game as teenagers but were now solidly into adulthood, to expressing surprise that the game hadn’t already been canceled. In fact, some developers who previously worked on the title have stated that they believe