The Initiative
The Initiative is a new first-party Xbox game studio based in Santa Monica, California. The company was announced in June 2018, with the claim that it’s been given “freedom to explore, try new things and operate like an independent studio.”
The Initiative News
Marvel’s Avengers studio says resetting campaign progress fixes a PS5 crash issue ‘for some players’
Crystal Dynamics offers a workaround while it seeks a permanent fix for the problem
Insiders describe ‘fast and furious’ exits from Xbox’s Perfect Dark studio
As much as half of the core development team have quit in the past year; Initiative management says it's "confident" in its team
It looks like Perfect Dark has lost its game director
Dan Neuburger is The Initiative's second major design departure in a year, according to LinkedIn
Perfect Dark could finally be shown at Microsoft’s ‘E3 2022’ show, it’s claimed
Forza Motorsport 8, Starfield and Redfall are also speculated to appear
Square Enix claims Crystal Dynamics was the wrong fit for ‘disappointing’ Marvel’s Avengers
Company's president says it needs to learn lessons from the much-criticised game's performance
Xbox says it ‘jumped at the chance’ to work with Crystal Dynamics on Perfect Dark
Studios boss Matt Booty thinks it would have been remiss to turn down the opportunity
Phil Spencer says Xbox is ‘definitely not done’ buying game studios
The Xbox boss says there's "no quota" on the number of teams it wants to acquire
Marvel’s Avengers is coming to Xbox Game Pass for console and PC this week
Subscription service offering includes the full game and all post-launch heroes and missions
Xbox’s Perfect Dark reboot will be co-developed by Avengers’ Crystal Dynamics
The Initiative will partner with the Tomb Raider reboot developer
Xbox’s Phil Spencer explains why he believes studio buyouts are good for gaming
Spencer also discusses where he’d like to grow Xbox’s first-party capabilities