Beyond Good & Evil director joins new indie studio — but he's still at Ubisoft as well

Another big-name developer has heard the call of the indie, but that doesn’t mean he’s also leaving the comfy confines of his long-time employer.

Michel Ancel, the mastermind responsible for Rayman, Beyond Good & Evil, and more at publisher Ubisoft, is participating in the creation of Wild Sheep Studio, a new indie outfit in Montpellier, France. The team is working on something original under the leadership of director Céline Tellier who previously worked with Ancel on the Rayman games. While Ancel is the latest developer to go into the independent-gaming scene after years working for a triple-A publisher, he actually isn’t leaving his position at Ubisoft Montpellier, according to French reports.