Beyond Good & Evil officially gets its second remaster in 2024, and Ubisoft says the rotten-looking leaked version "is not indicative of the final game"
Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition is officially set to launch in early 2024. Ubisoft made the announcement after accidentally leaking the whole game itself, but the company says you shouldn't let the questionable state of that leaked build color your expectations for the final product.
"An early development version of Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition was recently released to some Ubisoft Plus subscribers by mistake," the company said in a tweet. "We apologize for any confusion and want to assure our community that this version is not indicative of the final game. As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Beyond Good & Evil, our commitment to delivering a game that meets the high expectations of our fans is unwavering."
Well, looks like the cat’s out of the bag, dagnammit. Happy 20th anniversary to Beyond Good & Evil! While we cannot wait to show you more about this special edition, more news to come in early 2024! pic.twitter.com/cNxHGTnmdUNovember 29, 2023
Ubisoft Plus is the publisher's Xbox Game Pass-style subscription service and, indeed, a seemingly complete version of this 20th Anniversary Edition was briefly made available to subscribers on PC. Footage soon hit the internet, and while Ubisoft has been quick to scrub those videos from the web, there are some extremely unflattering comparison shots out there, making it look like the new version of the game is missing some visual major effects that were present in the original.
Around the time of this Ubisoft Plus leak, an Xbox Store page for the 20th Anniversary Edition also went live, promising "up to 4K, 60 fps with improved graphics, controls, and audio, along with brand-new autosave and cross-save features," as well as "exclusive new rewards
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