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Michel Ancel joins indie outfit Wild Sheep Studio; still at Ubi
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Poetic.Injustice
Member
He's still at Ubisoft.
BG&E2 is still alive!
BG&E2 is still alive!
BronsonLee
Member
Oh it's only a matter of time then...
funkystudent
Member
Yep, Rayman too.
I really want something like Rayman Legends once again, it was really good.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Ditto.
This is exactly the first thing i thought of when i read the article.
Now this is interesting.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Yep, BG&E2 and Rayman
As if I needed UBi to become even more focused on bland and lifeless open world collectathons >_>
SentryDown
Member
The press release states that he's "involved", there isn't anything clear.
Also on the photo we can see that Cristophe Héral who composed Rayman Origins music is also there (the guy with the glasses in the back)
Also on the photo we can see that Cristophe Héral who composed Rayman Origins music is also there (the guy with the glasses in the back)
Like how Mega Man legend 3 was alive when Inafune left Capcom? Yeaah I don't think it will see the light of day, beside the main character is a female Ubisoft think female are expensive to make.
The press release states that he's "involved", there isn't anything clear.
Also on the photo we can see that Cristophe Héral who composed Rayman Origins music is also there (the guy with the glasses in the back)
I loved Origins' soundtrack.
TitusGroan
Banned
My money is on him leaving Ubisoft some time in the near future then. They've been dicking him up the arse for a while now with his games, putting his team through hell on Rayman Legends, constantly kicking Beyond Good And Evil 2 to the curb, let alone not giving him anything original to work on since... well, the original BG&E.
Him leaving Ubisfot would actually be quite wonderful. I absolutely love the Rayman series (particularly 2), but the dude is far too creative to be chained to the same two franchises for all eternity. If he's already working outside Ubiisoft with another developer, I can only imagine he's already checked the Ubi building for exit routes. If nothing else, I can't imagine they'd be too thrilled at him pulling double duty with another studio either.
C'mon Ancel. Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!
Him leaving Ubisfot would actually be quite wonderful. I absolutely love the Rayman series (particularly 2), but the dude is far too creative to be chained to the same two franchises for all eternity. If he's already working outside Ubiisoft with another developer, I can only imagine he's already checked the Ubi building for exit routes. If nothing else, I can't imagine they'd be too thrilled at him pulling double duty with another studio either.
C'mon Ancel. Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!
This ubisoft won't make females because they are expensive is the most broken telephone bullshit I have seen in a while.
SentryDown
Member
Not many people in the industry had the opportunity to have their own team to manage and funds to create a new IP at the age of 20. He should totally be grateful to Ubisoft for that.
Visualante2
Member
He should stay until Beyond Good and Evil 2 is nearing completion
Or perhaps Ueda leaving Sony Japan.
TitusGroan
Banned
He should be grateful to Ubisoft for something they did for him back in the Nineties?
Yeah, you can't work to full-extent at two companies at once. Well, you can, but it usually doesn't work out over an extended period of time.
If Ancel leaves Ubisoft for good... Well, I can't say I'd be particularly sad, honestly. He's an incredibly talented guy and he's not really doing a lot with his talent at Ubisoft currently.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Hope his project is really at Sony gamescom press conference.
SentryDown
Member
And a few other things, like Beyond Good & Evil, his creativity freedom... He can do whatever he wants now but it's incorrect to say that he's the Ubisoft toy and they are doing what they want with him (also because you don't know what really happens there)
Nailed it.
JennyTablina
Member
The industry was drastically different in 1994, Ancel was hardly a unique case, though yes he was quite on his game to get into the industry so early. If anything Ubi OWE him because without the original Rayman, Ubi Soft wouldn't be the software juggernaut it is today.
Ancel's might of been given his break at Ubi - but this is like saying I should stay in my checkout job because the store was the first company to give me a job. No, loyality only goes so far in business. If you feel it's holding you back or the environment there doesn't work for you anymore, it's time to go. There's little reward for staying the course with one company bar whatever long term scheme they have for such things.
I'm surprised really that Ancel stayed as long as he did without venturing away from Ubi, he's been messed about for years (like how Raving Rabbids became a minigame instead of a proper Rayman, the executive messing about about that resulted in Origins having NOTHING to do with it's title, the Rayman Legends mess + Beyond Good and Evil being bounced about)
I hope this does allow him to break free, as I reckon Ancel's got some great concepts that he can't currently execute at Ubi
SentryDown
Member
Well, I may have been misunterstood. I just said it's not like he has been forced to do anything and that Ubi mistreated him, he had incredible opportunities with them and if he's still there he probably has good reasons to stay.
TitusGroan
Banned
Under Ubisoft management, he has been forced to do a great many things by executives, including the last minute notification that Legends was delayed and he now had to make it a multiplat game, the forced cancellation of BG&E2, the turning of what was going to be a proper Rayman game into Rabbids...
VibratingDonkey
Member
Incoming Carmack situation.
Beyond Good & Evil 2. :\
Curse you Yves!
Beyond Good & Evil 2. :\
Curse you Yves!
BeatResetsTheWorld
Banned
Literally came in here to say this. He's going to leave Ubisoft eventually to do this full time. Count on it
Very interested to see what he does. Its kind of funny that Ancel jumping ship for an indie team was the exact rumor before Rayman Origins but now its mostly true
Edit- i think people overestimate just how traditional Raving Rabbids was before becoming a party game. A lot of what they showed in footage prior to the change has clear analogues to minigames in the final product. If I had to guess, the minigames were the most polished part so they cut it down to that to have a game for launch.
Edit- i think people overestimate just how traditional Raving Rabbids was before becoming a party game. A lot of what they showed in footage prior to the change has clear analogues to minigames in the final product. If I had to guess, the minigames were the most polished part so they cut it down to that to have a game for launch.
RicoTheMad
Banned
Is it just me, or does it seem a bit shady to anyone else that Ubi would be ok with their developers potentially developing games that could compete with theirs? My cynical mind says that this is some sort of ploy from Ubi to get some "indie good will" thrown their way by means of an established developer who they are secretly funding and masquerading as indie. It has been exposed in the past that some publishers have tried to do this sort of thing in before
It just doesn't make sense that this guy could stay at Ubi and yet open some indie dev studio on the side. Color me skeptical but I think this is publisher trying to get some free money to make their games using a big name as a mask. Just like in that Kotaku article.
I expect they will announce a Kickstarter soon, too.
Keyser Soze
Member
Seems like a perfect ancellary job to take if he has time time
I thought the same thing. Too bad about BG&E2 but I never expected it in the first place.
I'm all for Ancel leaving Ubi, BTW.
Given what they pulled with Patrice Desilets, its more likely Ubi acquires the indie studio and cancel Ancels project than give Ancel his old ips.
Wii U exclusive.
Believe!
SentryDown
Member
Quick update :
Christophe Héral (Rayman Origins & Legends, BGE composer) says that Michel is still at Ubisoft to realize a project dear to his (their) heart
Christophe Héral (Rayman Origins & Legends, BGE composer) says that Michel is still at Ubisoft to realize a project dear to his (their) heart
Canis lupus
Member
Quick update :
Christophe Héral (Rayman Origins & Legends, BGE composer) says that Michel is still at Ubisoft to realize a project dear to his (their) heart
Beyond Good & Evil 2 RIIIIIIGHT???????
Azure Phoenix
Member
Quick update :
Christophe Héral (Rayman Origins & Legends, BGE composer) says that Michel is still at Ubisoft to realize a project dear to his (their) heart
It certainly wouldn't surprise me if that project were BG&E2 and he's simply staying with Ubisoft Monpellier until it is completed.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
It HAS to be!!
Rats Off To Ya
Banned
Nobody wants BG&E2 to happen more than Michel Ancel. If it's a possibility, he'll stay with Ubisoft as long as it takes to get the job done. If he bounces, we can only assume that it was completely dead in the water.
Regardless of the outcome, I anxiously await the next game he's involved in. He's one of the best directors in the industry.
Regardless of the outcome, I anxiously await the next game he's involved in. He's one of the best directors in the industry.