News items, reports, rumours and speculation about the existence and development of Beyond Good & Evil 2 have been running rampant for years now.

Even after the game was formally confirmed with a teaser trailer in May of 2008, we had to wait another two years before the project’s director, Michel Ancel, thought it necessary to mention it again and assuage fans that it was still in development.

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It’s not long now (nine days and counting) until the eagerly awaited PS Vita is available worldwide. The system will launch alongside more than twenty titles which can be purchased from the PlayStation Store or retail outlets, so choosing which games to pre-order or set aside money for can be a daunting task.

We’ll be covering as many of these titles as possible in the lead up to the Vita’s release next Wednesday to help remind our readers (and ourselves) what these launch games are all about.

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It’s a bit of a daunting task engaging in critical discussion surrounding the latest Rayman game from Ubisoft and industry luminary, Michel Ancel. It’s always tricky providing critique for a game of any description, but when one encounters a title that has clearly been lavished with love, care and attention at every step of development, with tons to see and loads of small touches to enjoy, it becomes a frightening prospect simply because you don’t want to leave anything out or make that game sound less than amazing.

So it is with Rayman Origins, an action platformer quite unlike anything I’ve played before. A game that’s fit to bursting with sights and sounds of utter delight and spellbinding charm to spare. A game that combines the speed and precision of the best Sonic games with the ingenuity and flow of a classic Mario adventure.

Rayman Origins is a pure game, and I want to tell you all about it.

Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Rayman Origins.

We first caught a hint of Ubisoft’s Rayman Origins at E3 last year, and it’s taken a full twelve months for us to catch another helping of information for the high definition 2D platformer, but these new screenshots and gameplay videos have certainly been worth the wait!

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Creative Director extraordinaire at Ubisoft, Michel Ancel, is currently working on the return of one of his original creations in Rayman Origins.

The legendary game developer is also thinking a lot about the return of one of his other creations, the action adventure game Beyond Good and Evil, and while speaking at the recent ‘Montpellier in Game Conference,’ he mentioned that work on the sequel is indeed going forward, but he’s very particular about how that work proceeds.

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