4 years after its cinematic reveal at The Recreation Awards, Xbox has lastly given us a correct take a look at its reboot of Perfect Dark at at this time’s Xbox Games Showcase.
It featured a take a look at gameplay for the primary-particular person shooter, in addition to the welcome return of protagonist Joanna Dark.
“Earth has been struck by a collection of disasters, bringing ecosystems world wide to the breaking point,” Perfect Dark’s YouTube description reads. “On this first take a look at gameplay, comply with agent Joanna Dark as she hunts down the world’s most wished felony, Daniel Carrington, to uncover the mysteries that threaten the lives of tens of millions.”
An Xbox Wire weblog submit provides extra context, answering quite a few questions on Perfect Dark. Amongst different issues, the submit says that will probably be a single-participant expertise with selections provided in easy methods to full the missions. The fight system will function melee and gunplay, stealth mechanics, and “liberal use of devices.” In brief, it is a “true undercover agent fantasy.”
Perfect Dark growth is being led by The Initiative, a fledgling studio spun up by Xbox in 2018 to shepherd its path into the spy/espionage style. However The Initiative is not going it alone. Beforehand, IGN has reported that it was being co-developed with Sure Affinity, however ongoing struggles between the 2 studios led to a parting of the way and a reboot of growth in 2022 with Crystal Dynamics becoming a member of the undertaking.
Progress has clearly been made since then, as demonstrated by the trailer at this time, although IGN understands the sport continues to be a little bit methods out. No launch window was revealed.
Perfect Dark first debuted on the N64 again in 2000, developed by Uncommon. It bought rave evaluations, with IGN even handing the primary-particular person shooter a 9.8/10 on the time, calling it “probably the most nicely-rounded multiplayer mode ever to grace Nintendo 64.” It might be adopted by Perfect Dark Zero in 2005, a launch title for the Xbox 360, and a Perfect Dark remaster in 2010.
For extra, take a look at our roundup of all the things introduced at at this time’s Xbox Showcase.