Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition has appeared again, this time on Microsoft’s Xbox store.
The unannounced game appeared on the Xbox store overnight with a raft of screenshots before Microsoft pulled the listing offline.
The internet noticed and splurged the details online, of course, including Wario64 on X/Twitter (below). According to the listing, the Anniversary Edition has 4K resolution and 60 frames per second performance, with “improved graphics, controls, and audio, along with brand-new autosave and cross-save features”. Apparently there’s a new speedrun mode, too, and updated achievements.
Beyond Good & Evil - 20th Anniversary Edition listed on Xbox Store: https://t.co/xDHeD3JJWC
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Here’s the official blurb:
Ubisoft’s Beyond Good & Evil first launched on November 11, 2003, so we’ve skipped past the actual 20th anniversary. Still, it's likely an announcement and launch is imminent. IGN has asked Ubisoft for comment.
In August, the Electronic Software Ratings Board (ESRB) rated Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC, so a release is expected across all platforms.
Beyond Good & Evil 2 was officially announced in 2017 and has been in the works in varying states of capacity ever since. It’s unclear when or if this game will see the light of day as updates from Ubisoft have been non-existent, and it's reportedly still in pre-production even after more than six years of development.
In IGN’s 9/10 Beyond Good & Evil review, we said:
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