Announcement of Beyond Good & Evil 2

At E3 2017, Ubisoft finally announced that a prequel was in the works to Beyond Good & Evil: Beyond Good and Evil 2. Showing a cinematic trailer and a small glimpse into the game emphasizing it to be more of an open world game. According to developers, it has a more traditional role-playing elements compared to the first game; the player generates a character that starts the game "at the very bottom of the social system". The character can be male or female. As the player completes various tasks, they improve in various attributes, and gain spacecraft and crew members which they can also improve over time. The players visits planets that have their own societies, and by completing tasks on these planets, gain new technologies or other facets to improve their spacecraft. Its director, Michel Ancel, said that they do anticipate that there will be a narrative element that includes fixed story events, as well as events based on what decisions the player had made in exploring planets.

The game will have single-player and cooperative player support; even as a single-player, the player can participate in a shared universe, with some events affecting all players at the same time. Beyond Good and Evil 2 will require an internet connection to play both single-player and multiplayer.

However despite this, there is no certain release date as to when the game will be released.