Beyond Good and Evil 2 is an upcoming action-adventure video game in development by Ubisoft Montpellier and published by Ubisoft. It is a prequel to Beyond Good & Evil released in 2003. Its development was characterized in the media by uncertainty, doubt and rumours about the game's future, until it was officially announced at Ubisoft's E3 2017 conference, although no release window or target platform has been revealed.
Answer this question, making sure that the answer is supported by the text: is beyond good and evil 2 a prequel?

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