The Perfect Dark reboot that was introduced for PC and Xbox Sequence X|S is reportedly experiencing some shaky improvement woes proper now.
Jeff Grubb took time on yesterday’s Giant Bombcast to discuss upcoming Xbox tasks. These included Perfect Dark, and issues are apparently not wanting good.
“The fallout from [layoffs], been listening to increasingly more…been listening to for years that Perfect Dark is in a tough state; it sounds prefer it’s in a really tough state,” he mentioned. “And it does not sound prefer it’s actually come collectively in any method since [its announcement] and Crystal Dynamics approaching board to return assistance on that.”
Xbox allegedly does not know if it desires to take the first-person shooter route for Perfect Dark reboot both. The collection has traditionally been a first-person shooter excluding the top-down isometric Recreation Boy Shade prequel.
The Perfect Dark reboot was introduced again in 2020, and continues to be seemingly early in improvement. In 2021, Crystal Dynamics joined The Initiative to assist out with improvement. When Crystal Dynamics went via layoffs final 12 months, it ensured that Perfect Dark’s improvement would not be affected.
Followers are frightened about Xbox’s standing on condition that Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Canine Video games, and Roundhouse Studios had been shut down yesterday. A number of builders voiced their issues too, akin to Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler. Moon Studios, the developer behind the Ori collection, averted acquisition talks by bigger publishers on account of potential layoffs and closures.