Beyond Good & Evil 2's troubled development due to "passionate managers" not getting along, says creator Michel Ancel

The article seems to say that "passionate" is code for "toxic".

There reaches a point with vaporware projects where it's like, actually release something or I don't care anymore, it doesn't deserve to keep getting press

Managerial bloat seems to be an issue at a lot of large companies. Only so many people are actually needed to do the thing.

Clear and strict management would get this game out the door. Instead, it was Michel's pet project and the company protected him from their and his worst impulses, AND sexual harassment claims.

Beyond Good and Evil was a masterpiece, and a sequel will never be.

I thought they said it was cancelled?

Is that the one where you're a god and you have a giant monkey pet and you can teach it to take care of villagers and slap the monkey if it gets out of line