Well, there we go. After we got a fresh look at the Perfect Dark reboot for the first time in years during Not-E3's Xbox showcase, the original drops on Switch today, though it is via a subscription service.
]]>It may not surprise you to learn that the Perfect Dark reboot - which was unveiled in December 2020 - has seemingly had a tumultuous development journey. The game was never shown, mentioned or teased in any way on any stage since then.
]]>^Check out our discussion of the Goldeneye remaster, with oodles of 4K footage!
]]>Coming off the back of a Gamescom where Xbox mostly focused on well-known titles that’ll be out pretty soon, it looked like we’d be waiting quite a while for a further update on some of Xbox’s bigger and more mystery-shrouded upcoming games. Every now and then we get a little surprise, however – and such was the case with Perfect Dark, where Xbox’s Matt Booty briefly deigned to talk about the hotly-anticipated reboot during a PAX West panel.
]]>Rare’s legendary N64 first-person shooter, Goldeneye, marked its 25th anniversary last month. However, at the risk of raising blood pressure worldwide, I’ll dare to say that it’s not the jewel in the British developer’s FPS crown. That accolade goes to its spiritual successor: Perfect Dark.
]]>Hello again readers. I won’t lie. As I attempt to write some general blurb about this podcast for the fifth time and not make it the dullest thing imaginable, I’m struggling. But hey, ho, the VG247 The Best Games Ever Podcast returns, with episode 5. This week I worried we’d end up talking about how Steve from over the road lent a copy of Advance Wars on the GBA, but instead we soon became a blip on the radar of the local constabulary. That’s right, it’s time for the Best game you got for an odd reason. Not the best title, I admit, but stick with it.
]]>The Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase is airing later this week, and now a second presentation has been confirmed for June 14.
]]>Xbox ended 2021 on a real high. In fact, the entire second half of the year was strong – with Flight Simulator, Psychonauts 2, Forza Horizon 5, and Halo Infinite, all of course coming to Game Pass on day one alongside a number of excellent "gets" for the service (Back 4 Blood being a highlight). Forza and Halo were lauded as two of the best games of the year, putting Xbox in a superb position as we rolled into 2022. Then, nothing.
]]>Last Friday, Perfect Dark developer The Initiative announced that it has hired Tomb Raider and Marvel's Avengers maker Crystal Dynamics to work on the upcoming reboot. The news was a little surprising, particularly as Perfect Dark is first-party project from a new team established specifically to reboot it.
]]>In an unusual announcement, Microsoft revealed that its Perfect Dark reboot has gained another developer. The game, which was officially revealed in December 2020, is mainly being developed by The Initiative, the new studio Microsoft established as a Naughty Dog-calibre team.
]]>Murray says he wants to focus on his personal life.
]]>Sounds like the shooter will be a light in the dark.
]]>Microsoft's superstar team, The Initiative, has unveiled its first project, Perfect Dark.
]]>It was already rumored that Fable and Perfect Dark could be coming to Xbox Series X, but Twitter accounts for both games have added more fuel to the fire - meaning that Fable 4 could be closer than we thought.
]]>A recent revelation about The Initiative's next project has led fans to believe that it's even more likely to be a new Perfect Dark entry.
]]>Many have been disappointed about Rare's restriction to making Kinect games. It hasn't bothered them, as they as they have a few ideas how to get their classic game brands onto Xbox One - and Kinect will be involved.
]]>Microsoft has engaged something of a small Xbox Live sale, which sees games like Limbo, Sine Mora, Perfect Dark and Spelunky going half price.
]]>Microsoft has updated it offerings coming to XBL Marketplace, and it kicks off today with deals on PopCap games, a Sega Publisher Sale, and a Black Ops Sale and more. Full update below.
]]>Rare composer Grant Kirkhope has released all of his soundtracks - for games spanning Banjo Kazooie and Perfect Dark - on a 'pay what you like' basis.
]]>It's time for another regret-fuelled journey into what might have been, today starring Rare's shelved Perfect Dark Core for the N64.
]]>You have a Crackdown 2 agent in my Perfect Dark.
]]>Microsoft's put live the original Perfect Dark on Marketplace.
]]>Microsoft Game Studios' Ken Lobb has confirmed that the soon-to-be-released XBLA Perfect Dark revamp will contain Goldeneye multiplayer maps.
]]>Microsoft has revealed dates for its XBLA titles hitting in March, and among them is Perfect Dark landing on March 17.
That's not all though, MS is handing out an extra 400 MS Points and a month's worth of Gold membership in celebration.
]]>Kenn Lobb, executive producer for Perfect Dark, has revealed that the shooter could get some extra goodies should it not be in the top five percent of XBLA games sold upon release.
]]>Rare's released five new shots of Perfect Dark for Xbox Live Arcade.
Get them below.
]]>Microsoft just confirmed that Rare's Perfect Dark Llive revamp will launch alongside Game Room this March.
]]>Rare has announced that it's to show Perfect Dark for Xbox Live at Microsoft's X10 event next week.
]]>Rare boss Mark Betteridge has told CVG that the release of Perfect Dark is just the beginning of what the studio could bring to Xbox Live Arcade: something that has "no shortages of possibilities."
]]>According to a report over on Electronic Theatre, the Xbox Live version of Perfect Dark is "pretty much finished" and could see a release during "the last week of January" or in early February.
]]>Rare's just stuck up some new Perfect Dark XBLA shots, showing a bit more of Joanna doing the do.
There's one of a split-screen play there as well. No date on it as yet.
]]>Speaking to VideoGamer.com at Develop, Rare's Nick Burton laughed off reports of Xbox 360 launch titles Kameo and Perfect Dark Zero bombing at retail.
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