Microsoft cancels Perfect Dark Reboot, turns off the studio

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New Studios Xbox Game Studios Perfect darkness The game – a project that was first revealed in 2020 as a debut title from The Initiative internal studio – was canceled. Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, confirmed the cancellation of the game and closing the initiative in a note for employees, according to the report Windows Central.

“We decided to stop development Perfect darkness AND Everwild In addition to more than a few unannounced projects in our portfolio – said Booty. “As part of this, we close one of our studies, initiatives. These decisions, along with other changes in our teams, reflect a broader effort to adapt priorities and to focus resources to establish our teams for greater success in the changing industry landscape. We did not make these choices lightly, because every project and team represent years of effort and commitment.”

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Rare restart Perfect darkness The franchise was revealed during the Game Awards 2020, two years after the foundation of Microsoft The Initiative, Santa Monica in California, led by Darrell Gallagher, former head of the studio in Crystal Dynamics. Xbox Game Studios has re -introduced new ones Perfect darkness During the game show in 2024, which is said to focus on ecological science fiction topics.

Last year, boots said Perfect darkness He would focus on the “war on an almost developing advanced technology that threatens the lives of millions.” Playing as the heroine Joanna Dark, players employ Stealth, Parkour, advanced technology and good old -fashioned firearms to repel the global disaster. The game was aimed at making elements of first person shooters, addictive Sims and Stealth action.

Perfect darkness It was developed by the initiative and dynamics of crystals for Xbox Series X and Windows PC. The game never had the release date announced.

Original Perfect darkness It was released on Nintendo 64 in 2000. In 2010, a remaster was released on the Xbox 360. He rarely continued the original game with Spinoff for Game Boy Color in 2000 and Prequel, Perfect gloomy zeroin 2005

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