Emile Morel, Past Good and Evil 2 Artistic Director, Dies Instantly at 40

Emile Morel, a Ubisoft sport designer and inventive director for Past Good and Evil 2, has handed away at age 40.

The announcement was initially noticed by IGN on LinkedIn, the place two people that labored with Morel made tributes on the web site.

“A cherished colleague for over a decade at Ubisoft Montpellier, we laughed and wept by means of good instances and unhealthy, and shipped quite a bit nice video games collectively,” Morel’s former colleague M. Gabrielle Shrager wrote on LinkedIn. “Emile was so very happy with Past Good and Evil 2, the Area Monkeys and his teammates. He will likely be sorely missed.”

Emile was so very happy with Past Good and Evil 2, the Area Monkeys and his teammates

Based on Morel’s LinkedIn web page, he started working at Ubisoft in June 2009. Different initiatives Morel was concerned in whereas employed at Ubisoft embrace Rayman Legends, the place he served as the sport’s senior sport designer. Morel was already concerned in Past Good and Evil 2, initially serving because the Affiliate Artistic Director, earlier than taking up as artistic director for Past Good & Evil 2, following the departure of Jean-Marc Geffroy.

Ubisoft didn’t instantly reply to IGN’s request for remark.

Past Good and Evil 2 was initially revealed in 2017 at E3, however Ubisoft has been silent on the sport’s improvement since. In February 2022, we realized that the sport was nonetheless in pre-production. whereas in August of that very same 12 months, we realized that Ubisoft employed Sarah Arellano to function the sport’s lead author.

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