Microsoft has seen that building a new studio with experienced developers isn’t easy. We’re talking about an ambitious team Initiativewhich he founded in Santa Monica in 2018 with the backing of the tech giant Darrell Gallagher. His goal is to return to the famous brand Perfect darkness. However, the development of a near-future secret agent thriller is quite difficult, and despite the announcement of 2020, it will not be released in the next two years, if not longer.
Apparently the project is at an early stage of development. Great demands are placed on him. Microsoft’s vision is for the spy shooter originally created by Rare for the Nintendo 64 to return in the best possible shape and he wowed everyone with his top-notch visuals, gameplay and story. She is often referred to as Fr. AAAA title (current big games are abbreviated as AAA) it has been compared to such hits as “Game of Thrones”, “James Bond” or “Mission Impossible”..
These big ambitions have caused a number of problems over the years. Over the years, management had to throw out a few concepts and rework a lot. The impact of the pandemic, which eventually led to the termination of cooperation with external research Certain Affinity. Halo collaborators helped with Perfect Dark until early 2021, but former employees told IGN of the lack of accountability, poor communication, and low morale that led to the split shortly after a fairly polished proof of concept was finally put together.
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At the same time, Drew Murray left The Initiative and joined Insomniac Games as lead designer. It should have started an avalanche of layoffs. It was expected that 35 senior developers would leave in 2021 alone, and at least 12 more last year. Former employees say that about half the team left, and in the worst case, the number of employees should have been reduced to 30.
Fortunately, neither The Initiative nor Microsoft gave up. And, probably, Gallagher used his good connections and thanks to him he managed to establish cooperation with Crystal Dynamics studio. The creators of Tomb Raider had to bring to life the original vision of The Initiative. Everything should be going well now and both teams should be on the right track after a minor disagreement. However, it seems that most of the responsibility lies on the shoulders of Crystal Dynamics.. Development is carried out on Unreal Engine 5 and the possibility of a cameo release of Perfect Dark is said to be under discussion.
Perfect Dark is described by former employees as a game with experimental movement, emphasis on story, spy gangs, stealth, and gunplay.
Darrell Gallagher was the head of Crystal Dynamics for seven years (during the reboot of the Tomb Raider series), then oversaw the development of Square Enix’s western games, and was also a senior vice president at Activision, where he oversaw Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. , Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Remastered, Destiny 2 or Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy.
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