Emile Morel, Beyond Good and Evil 2 Creative Director, Dies Suddenly at 40
Ubisoft game designer and creative director of Beyond Good and Evil 2, Emile Morrell, has died at the age of 40.
This announcement was originally discovered by IGN on LinkedIn. two People who worked with Morrell He posted his condolences on his website.
M. Gabriel Schrager, Morrell’s former colleague, said: “A valued colleague at Ubisoft Montpellier for more than 10 years, we laughed and cried through good times and bad and delivered many great games together. I did,” he said. I wrote on LinkedIn. “Emile was so proud of Beyond Good and Evil 2, Space his Monkees and his teammates. We will miss him so much.”
according to Morel’s LinkedIn PageMorrell started working at Ubisoft in June 2009. Other projects Morrell worked on during his time at Ubisoft include Rayman His Legends. senior game designer for games.Morrell has already been in Beyond Good and Evil 2, initially Associate Creative Directorbefore becoming Creative Director of Beyond Good & Evil 2 following the resignation of Jean-Marc Geoffroy.
Ubisoft did not immediately respond to IGN’s request for comment.
Beyond Good and Evil 2 was first revealed at E3 in 2017, and since then Ubisoft has been quiet about the game’s development. In February 2022, we learned that the game is still in pre-production. Meanwhile, in August of the same year, it turned out that Ubisoft had hired Sarah Arellano as lead her writer for the game.
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