The series' shared history is reminiscent of Banjo and Kazooie, which suggests adding Joanna Dark would carry the same appeal. The two titles follow Joanna Dark as she develops her skills, joins the Carrington Institute, and attempts to stop a conspiracy set in motion by a rival corporation called dataDyne. It would receive a prequel in 2005 called Perfect Dark Zero, also developed by Rare but released as a Xbox 360 launch title under Microsoft. Rare's Perfect Dark is a spy thriller released in 2000 that carried forth the FPS legacy laid out by its 1997 classic GoldenEye 007. While Microsoft hasn’t definitely said whether this Perfect Dark is a reboot or a sequel, the fact that it’s simply named Perfect Dark as opposed to Perfect Dark 2, and the fact that this new game needs to appeal to new and old audiences both make a reboot more likely.įor more, check out all of the new games of 2022 and beyond to get excited about.RELATED: Super Smash Bros Ultimate's Sephiroth May Have Killed Several Character's Chances For the reboot, you can expect something slightly more realistic, although it’s not unlikely the aliens will make a comeback – in the trailer, you can already see the headquarters of dataDyne, the main antagonist in the original Perfect Dark. This is a bit much for a spy game in 2020, seeing as the stealth genre as a whole has moved away from sci-fi and towards a gritty sort of realism. Joanna Dark, nicknamed Perfect Dark for her high scores in spy training, gets embroiled in that conflict, which will feature no less than aliens trying to kidnap the president and a plot to destroy the world. Each is represented by a powerful corporation, which uses its resources to do the aliens bidding. In the original, two alien races, called the Maians and the Skedar, have chosen Earth as setting for their conflict. The game’s influences reached from Blade Runner to X-Files and Ghost in the Shell, and it somehow combined the elements of a spy thriller with aliens, sentient AI and secret government weapon projects. It may also be a callback to the original Perfect Dark, which depicted no less than the conflict of two alien races, one of them even looking like those classic grey little men you also see in XCOM. The sci-fi part of Perfect Dark’s eco sci-fi may refer to the ways in which humanity has advanced to meet the new ecological challenge. If done right, this could be an opportunity for Perfect Dark to say something about the very real issue of climate change, which would certainly set it apart from all other FPS games. In this world, giant corporations stepped in to help people adjust to life on a planet that could no longer regulate itself, but the trailer already suggests that these corporations may not selflessly have the good of the people in mind. The first trailer drives that idea home – the voice-over describes increasing natural disasters and shows a giant storm ravaging a city while Joanna watches. Microsoft described the upcoming Perfect Dark as an “eco sci-fi” tale set in the near future. (Image credit: The Initiative ) What is the perfect Dark story? Crystal Dynamics was acquired by Embracer Group from Square Enix in 2022, but has since confirmed that it will continue working on the new Perfect Dark in a co-developer capacity.
In a statement, The Initiative drew attention to the "world class team behind character-driven games such as Tomb Raider" which will help it "to bring this first-person spy thriller to a new generation". In 2021, Microsoft announced that The Initiative was partnering with Crystal Dynamics to complete development of the Perfect Dark reboot. Rumors have circulated for a number of years that The Initiative has struggled to retain staff, as development of Perfect Dark became more complex, although Gallagher later told VGC: "It's no small task to build a studio and reinvent a beloved franchise… In this journey, it's not uncommon for there to be staffing changes, especially during a time of global upheaval over the last two years, and there's plenty more work in front of us to deliver a fantastic Perfect Dark experience to our players." The Initiative was founded in 2018 and headed up by Darrell Gallagher – who played a key role in the 2013 revival of Tomb Raider with Crystal Dynamics. Microsoft is in no rush to get this Perfect Dark reboot out into the world – it'll be released when it's ready.
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