The sequel to Beyond Good & Evil is still being made, but being held up by the development of Rayman titles according to Ubisoft's CEO.

Speaking to Polygon, Yves Guillemot explained that the brain behind both Rayman and Beyond Good & Evil, Michael Ancel, was having to devote all his time to completing the upcoming Rayman Legends at the moment.

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What's very important is that Michel Ancel is kind of doing too many things at the same time.

"What's very important is that Michel Ancel is kind of doing too many things at the same time," he explained. "He was working on Rayman Origins last year, and he's working a lot on Rayman Legends this year. So, you know, when he does that, he kind of puts too much of his time on the other projects that he has.

"So the fact is, that working on Legends is slowing the process on Beyond Good & Evil 2.

"It's really a game that we've been working, we have worked on, and is a game that we want to do. But there are so many things that have to be done that, you know, this one is going to come in line at one point, but at the moment Michel is really on Rayman Legends."

While we still haven't seen much of the game, we do know that it's being developed for the next generation of consoles and there have been reports that part of the game will take place in a shanty town.

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Crytek President Cevat Yerli has revealed he'd be prepared to push for a re-release or sequel to Timesplitters, but only if fans can demonstrate there's demand.

Speaking to GameInformer, Yerli explained that while there was no question over his personal desire to see the franchise resurrected, it's currently a struggle to justify it from a business perspective.

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If they could get the petition together I would be very happy to put in front of decision makers in the company, the key stakeholders, and say “Look here. This is how it is, let’s make it now."

"For me, I would love to see the game out there, as a newborn HD version or what not," he admitted. "I definitely would love to see it. But the case of turning this into a business decision is still difficult, despite the fact that there was a Twitter request feed to test the waters."

In mid-October, fans launched a petition with the aim of trying to prove that there was still enough of a fanbase to justify a remake, but Yerli says this didn't work well enough and confirmed the company's past feelings about the game.

He revealed, "There is actually a petition running online trying to bring the fan base together. But unfortunately the petition doesn’t look that convincing. If the petition picks up it will be an even better argument for us.

"It just seems to be as we expected, as it was when it was Free Radical."

Timesplitters was originally developed by Free Radical, which Crytek obtained in February 2009.  Despite fan hopes that this would mean a fourth entry in the popular shooter series may see release, Yerli reveals there wasn't enough industry demand. He asserted that he's still prepared to champion the cause though, presenting the magic number of 300,000 signatures as how many would be required to get the project off the ground.

"There’s a very hardcore market that is very verbal about it," he explained. "I would love to see this, and if the fan base approves a further petition. They’re trying to call 300,000 voices, I think it’s at two or three thousand right now. If they could get the petition together I would be very happy to put in front of decision makers in the company, the key stakeholders, and say “Look here. This is how it is, let’s make it now.""

Since referencing the petition, over 25,000 more signatures have appeared in a few hours. As the company has previously ruled out using Kickstarter to get the franchise get back on its feet, go sign if you fancy another outing with Cortez and co.

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The hit animated film Hotel Transylvania is getting a sequel.

The Hollywood Reporter says Hotel Transylvania 2 is in the early stages of development, but is slated for a September 25, 2015 release.

Director Genndy Tartakovsky will helm a different Sony Pictures Animation film, Popeye, instead of the sequel.

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Given his track record with X-Men movies, it wasn't all that surprising when Matthew Vaughn dropped out of Days of Future Past, the sequel to his X-Men: First Class. (Way back when Vaughn pulled the same move on X-Men: The Last Stand, only to be replaced by Brett Ratner). But still, why the helmer left X-Men: Days of Future Past has remained unclear until now.

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Mark Millar, comics scribe and recent appointee as 20th Century Fox's Marvel movie guru, recently spoke to CBR and Vaughn's departure came up. Millar worked with the director on the first Kick-Ass film, of course, and they also have a project called Secret Service in the works now. It is that film, an adaptation of Millar and Dave Gibbons' comic, that the writer says led to Vaughn's leaving Days of Future Past.

"We thought Matthew was going to do X-Men first, but we found out there were actually a few imitators of Secret Service in the works," he says. "People think you're lying when you say you're not trying to get your comics made into movies so quickly, but the two reasons it happens like that is first because it's the best ad for the comic you'll ever have. And for me, selling the book is the most important thing. The second reason is because people are always trying to rip you off. Somebody will start to work on a spec screenplay about your idea. There are three other projects I know of now about a James Bond kind of guy taking a street kid and turning him into a spy. Three screenplays were already going through Hollywood about this! So Matthew and I said, 'F#@k this. We're not letting anyone steal our ideas.'"

If this is accurate, then it would also seem to do away with that rumor that Vaughn left X-Men because he's up for the much-coveted Episode VII directing job. I, for one, am bummed that he's not making Days of Future Past, but who knows -- maybe he's better off leaving his X-Men legacy as is with the great First Class.

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