One of the creative minds behind Rayman, Rabbids, and Beyond Good & Evil has left the videogame industry to pursue something else entirely. Ubisoft vet Michel Ancel took to Instagram (below) to reveal that his next project is a wildlife sanctuary "dedicated to education, nature lovers, and wild animals".
"Today is very special for me," Ancel says. "After more than 30 years, I've decided to stop working on videogames and fully focus on my second passion: wild life! My new project takes place in the real world and consists in an open wildlife sanctuary dedicated to education, nature lovers, and wild animals."
Ancel goes on to say that his departure won't have any effect on Wild or Beyond Good & Evil 2, and that the teams on the projects have been "autonomous" for some time now. Ubisoft also issued a statement explaining that Ancel hasn't been directly involved with Beyond Good & Evil 2 for some time now as the team works to build on top of the creative vision he laid out. Beyond Good & Evil 2 senior producer Guillaume Brunier also says that progress on the new PC game is coming along nicely, but there is still much to do.
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