Brian Horton – who was also the creative director on Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales – is now leading The Initative and Crystal Dynamics' Perfect Dark reboot.
The Initiative reveals the reboot is developed with Rare's blessing and takes inspiration from "elements of the first two games."
Joanna Dark travel to Cairo on a new mission, employing new gadgets and weapons to hunt down Daniel Carrington in Cairo.
"I expect that we will see Perfect Dark next month and that some of the more recent rumors may have been outdated," says insider Nate the Hate.
Nearly four years on from its announcement, Perfect Dark looks no closer to launch. Just what the heck is going on?
Announced in 2020, Giant Bomb's Jeff Grubb reports that the shooter "doesn't sound like it's really come together in any way since then."
A new report shedding light on the development of The Initiative's Perfect Dark reboot claims the game is still in "the earliest" stages of production.
The game will also reportedly make use of "some experimental movement tech" and place an emphasis on narrative.
After four years of production, the Perfect Dark reboot reportedly restarted development last year, having switched to Unreal Engine 5.
Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty says the first party teams are aware that the expectation going forward will be to showcase gameplay for their titles.
Crystal Dynamics provides assurances that its parent company's restructuring program won't affect its ongoing projects.
The Initiative's Tyler Thornock also worked with Humain to develop a "streamlined and properly interpolating RBF for Unreal."
"Witcher-like" has reportedly been thrown around a lot to describe the next Fable, says Video Games Chronicle's Jordan Miller.
A known insider has claimed that Perfect Dark has faced more development hurdles behind the scenes.
"It's great to see the team at The Initiative and our team across Crystal studios working so well together,” said Crystal/Eidos Montreal CEO Phil Rogers.
Many "current and former employees" have reportedly had issues with The Initiative's leadership, as per VGC's Andy Robinson.
Microsoft's Matt Booty also discusses protagonist Joanna Dark being brought forward into the modern age "in the right way."
Journalist Jeff Grubb says Playground Games' Fable and The Initiative's Perfect Dark will be MIA at the upcoming showcase.
"We will be continuing this work with them in their next chapter," The Initiative says following Embracer's announcement of the acquisition.
The Initiative previously worked with Certain Affinity till last year. Both teams were separate, as per VGC's Andy Robinson.
