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First project of Microsoft’s The Initiative.
The legendary Perfect Dark franchise is back.
Our first brief look at its new incarnation came tonight during The Game Awards through a cinematic trailer that showcased a futuristic take on “green sci-fi” and featured the Microsoft studio behind the project, The Initiative.
Perfect Dark is the first game from The Initiative, the Santa Monica-based Microsoft studio founded by Crystal Dynamics veteran Darrell Gallagher.
Today’s announcement comes almost exactly 15 years after the release of the Xbox 360 launch title Perfect Dark Zero, the latest all-new entry in the franchise.
The original Perfect Dark was released on N64 in 2000, when Rare was still owned by Nintendo, and was created as a spiritual successor to the legendary GoldenEye 007.
A remaster of that was released in 2010, put together by Minecraft console developer 4J Studios. We’ve been waiting for news on a new Perfect Dark ever since.
A mix of first-person shooter and gadget-filled stealth, the series stars bounty hunter / spy Joanna Dark, who we saw return again in tonight’s first look.
Tonight, Rare acknowledged the announcement of the new Perfect Dark and said he was “very impressed by everything we’ve seen so far”:
Good morning, Miss Dark. Yes, the talented team of @The initiative Will take us back to the future of espionage in his reinvention of the Perfect Dark universe! We are so impressed by everything we’ve seen so far, and we hope everyone is equally excited for Jo’s return. https://t.co/eAnIUT2aq5
– Rare Ltd. (@RareLtd) December 11, 2020
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