Perfect Dark Gaming News
Veterans of the industry’s premier third-person action games are working on the new Perfect Dark at Xbox’s The Initiative studio.
The release will mark the Rare shooter series’ first instalment since 2005’s Perfect Dark Zero, which launched alongside the Xbox 360.
In a statement, The Initiative studio head Darrell Gallagher said the new game will be a secret agent thriller set in a near-future world.
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The project was announced with a CG trailer in 2020
Tomb Raider studio Crystal Dynamics has confirmed a round of layoffs
Marketing and IT employees impacted by “internal restructuring”
Perfect Dark is reportedly 2-3 years away and could be released episodically
Microsoft has been working on the franchise reboot since 2018
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Crystal Dynamics claims Perfect Dark development is going ‘extremely well’
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Martin Hollis, Brett Jones, Karl Hilton and Graeme Norgate are set to appear