Joanna Dark will not be jamming out to music from certainly one of Perfect Dark’s unique composers. That is as a result of Grant Kirkhope has revealed on social media that he is not concerned with the upcoming reboot from builders The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics.
GamesRadar seen that Kirkhope voiced his need to work on the brand new Perfect Dark on X (previously referred to as Twitter). The composer–who’s identified for creating the DK Rap in addition to GoldenEye 007’s pause music–wrote a submit that mentioned: “I might’ve cherished to have scored the brand new Perfect Dark, alas it wasn’t to be.”
Moreover, in a follow-up post on X, Kirkhope revealed that he “demoed for [the Perfect Dark reboot], however they selected another person.” Most lately, the composer has labored on Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope and the Yooka-Laylee franchise. Final 12 months, Kirkhope admitted he is not satisfied folks need one other Banjo-Kazooie sport, a franchise he beforehand labored on as properly.
In the meantime, Perfect Dark obtained its first gameplay trailer on the Xbox Video games Showcase over the weekend. Initially revealed in 2020, the video was arguably a shock on the occasion after a report surfaced final month that the reboot was in dangerous form. The single-player sport is aiming to offer a “true undercover agent fantasy,” per Microsoft.
There isn’t a launch date but for the brand new Perfect Dark.