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Perfect Dark
Developer(s)
Publisher(s) Xbox Game Studios
Series Perfect Dark
Engine Unreal Engine 5
Genre(s) Action-adventure, first-person shooter

Perfect Dark is an upcoming video game that is being developed by The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics and published by Xbox Game Studios. It will be a reboot of the Perfect Dark series.

Premise

Perfect Dark will take place in a near future world that has been torn apart by ecological disasters. [1]

Development

Perfect Dark is the first project by The Initiative, a Microsoft studio founded in 2018 and headed by Darrell Gallagher. [2] Gallagher, who had previously worked on the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot, chose to work on a Perfect Dark reboot after Microsoft presented him with a few opportunities. [3] Plans for the game had already been discussed before Gallagher joined The Initiative, [4] with Xbox head Phil Spencer stating that the game is seen as an opportunity for protagonist Joanna Dark to diversify the Xbox family. [3] According to a source, the game will run on Unreal Engine 4 and feature "various weapons, gadgets, and a camera surveillance system". [5] Design director Drew Murray revealed that the game is being envisioned as a spy shooter, and that the studio wants the player character's physicality to play a bigger role than in traditional first-person shooters. [6] In February 2021, Murray left The Initiative to rejoin Insomniac Games. [7] Shortly afterwards, God of War producer Rhonda Cox joined the company as senior producer for the game. [8]

In September 2021, The Initiative announced they would be partnering with Crystal Dynamics on the game's development. [9] Daniel Neuburger, who had previously directed several Tomb Raider games at Crystal Dynamics, was the game director, [10] until he left The Initiative in February 2022. [11] In the previous 12 months, a substantial number of developers had also left the company, citing a lack of creative autonomy and slow development progress as the reason for their departures. [12] In May 2022, after Embracer Group announced that they had entered an agreement with Square Enix to acquire Crystal Dynamics, The Initiative confirmed that they would still continue to co-develop the game with the studio. [13] In November 2022, Xbox Studios boss Matt Booty revealed that, after the departure of several senior staff members at The Initiative, the Perfect Dark team has been slowly rebuilding while dealing with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and starting up a new studio. [14]

By June 2023, Perfect Dark was still in pre-production and roughly two to three years away from release. It was also revealed that Certain Affinity was involved in its development before The Initiative announced that they would co-develop the game with Crystal Dynamics. Due to multiple factors, including poor management and creative differences between both studios, progress on the game stalled. In 2022, after The Initiative partnered with Crystal Dynamics, development restarted under Unreal Engine 5 and was a bit more productive. There are plans for the game to follow an episodic format, but it could still change before release. [15]

Marketing and release

Although work on a Perfect Dark revival was rumored in early 2018, [16] Perfect Dark was officially announced at The Game Awards 2020 with a teaser trailer, [1] after development on the game had been hinted by some sources earlier that year. [5] The game will also be available for Xbox Game Pass subscribers. [17]

References

  1. ^ a b Goslin, Austen (December 11, 2020). "A new Perfect Dark game is on the way from The Initiative". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  2. ^ Grant, Christopher (June 10, 2018). "Microsoft has five (!) new internal studios". Polygon. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Dane, Patrick (June 30, 2021). "Perfect Dark allows Xbox to focus on 'modern opportunities' says Phil Spencer". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on June 30, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Stanton, Rich (July 5, 2021). "Phil Spencer admits Xbox needed the Perfect Dark reboot to make its firstparty lineup less male". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on July 5, 2021. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Maher, Cian (April 27, 2020). "It sure sounds like The Initiative is working on a new Perfect Dark". VG247. Archived from the original on April 29, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  6. ^ Calvin, Alex (December 11, 2020). "The Initiative confident Perfect Dark won't be like other FPS". VG247. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  7. ^ Oloman, Jordan (February 23, 2021). "Perfect Dark Design Director Leaves The Initiative, Rejoins Insomniac Games". IGN. Archived from the original on May 4, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  8. ^ Apsey, Joe (March 11, 2021). "God Of War Producer Jumps Over To The Initiative To Work On Perfect Dark". Psu.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  9. ^ Grubb, Jeff (September 29, 2021). "Why The Initiative hired Crystal Dynamics to help with Perfect Dark". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on September 29, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  10. ^ Ivan, Tom (October 20, 2021). "Xbox says it 'jumped at the chance' to work with Crystal Dynamics on Perfect Dark". Video Games Chronicle. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  11. ^ Robinson, Andy (March 12, 2022). "It looks like Perfect Dark has lost its game director". Video Games Chronicle. Archived from the original on March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  12. ^ Robinson, Andy (March 15, 2022). "Insiders describe 'fast and furious' exits from Xbox's Perfect Dark studio". Video Games Chronicle. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  13. ^ Bankhurst, Adam (May 2, 2022). "Crystal Dynamics Will Continue to Co-Develop Perfect Dark With The Initiative Following Embracer Deal". IGN. Archived from the original on February 1, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  14. ^ Bonthuys, Darryn (November 7, 2022). "Perfect Dark Reboot: Xbox Boss Gives A New Update". GameSpot. Archived from the original on November 16, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  15. ^ Valentine, Rebekah (June 27, 2023). "Xbox's Perfect Dark Reboot Is Still Years Away". IGN. Archived from the original on June 27, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  16. ^ McFerran, Damien (January 16, 2018). "Rumour: A New Perfect Dark Game Is In Development, But Rare Isn't Involved". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  17. ^ Tolbert, Samuel (December 16, 2020). "Perfect Dark: Everything you need to know". Windowscentral.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2021.

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