It looks as though, against all odds, Rayman is still alive after all. Job postings spotted for a “AAA Rayman game” have been hastily taken down, but not before they were archived by eagle-eyed Reddit users.
The roles advertised include a job as a senior game designer and a 3D gameplay animator, that last role asking for someone to be “involved in the production of a prestigious AAA title for the Rayman brand”. You can still see these posts on Reddit, where they have been saved for all eternity despite Ubisoft’s best efforts to take them down.
Last year, Ubisoft publically announced it was musing a revival of the Rayman IP, after he showed up as a cameo in a weird NFT game the company had pushed out to the joy of like five bozos. It looks like these musings weren’t just talk, as the job listings look to indicate some Rayman-related movement is happening. Good news for fans of one of Ubi’s most beloved characters, a guy who desperately needs some more attention.
Ubisoft Milan, for those who don’t know, was resposible for the brilliant Mario + Rabbids games, so Rayman is likely in good hands as far as the upcoming big project he’ll be featured in. This news also comes following Ubisoft and Tencent’s big collaboration in a new subsidiary company which will act as the home for Ubi’s biggest IPs. Now, Rayman doesn’t exactly fit into that category any more, but it does mean that he’ll probably be showing up at a less dire time for the Frnech video game giant.
Are you excited for more Rayman? Let us know below, as well as what sort of game you’d like to see him show up in. Something classic? Or a totally new approach?