Michel Ancel Says Beyond Good & Evil 2’s Beta Is Due by End of 2019, Addresses HitRecord Controversy
https://wccftech.com/beyond-good-evil-2s-beta-end-2019/
We got another look at Beyond Good Evil & 2 during Ubisoft’s E3 2018 press conference last week. The game, developed by Ubisoft Montpellier in conjunction with Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Barcelona and Ubisoft Sofia, once again looked extremely ambitious. However, the biggest news was perhaps the partnership with HitRecord to allow artists from the community to submit original music and artwork to be potentially introduced into the game, and if that happens they’d get paid.
Still, there was a moderate backlash from those who believed this to be tantamount to “spec work“. Game Director Michel Ancel took to Instagram to address some of those concerns and clarify that Ubisoft isn’t replacing internal artists with the community’s efforts at all.