Work on Beyond Good & Evil 2 Continues; We Have Official Confirmation
Beyond Good & Evil 2 has not been abandoned by Ubisoft. Work on the game is still going on, and there is an official confirmation of sorts.

The sequel to the iconic the start of testing. But now we have received official confirmation that the game has not been abandoned, in the form of a "coming-out" from one of the developers.
Twitter profile description of Sarah Arellano has recently been updated. The woman herself brought this to people's attention by posting a video showing the short process of updating her . This is because Arellano announced that she is the head writer of the Beyond Good & Evil 2. She summed up her video with the words "It's my turn to do the thing."
All right, but who is Sarah Arellano? She's a Saints Row reboot (lead screenwriter). Her profile update tweet is one of the first official mentions of Beyond Good & Evil 2. So far, the only confirmation that the game has not been abandoned has come from financial reports of Ubisoft.
The creation of the first Beyond Good & Evil was the responsibility of Michel Ancel, who some time ago September, when the next Ubisoft Forward is scheduled to take place.