{"id":67206,"date":"2022-09-06T01:30:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T01:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/perfect-dark-not-in-trouble-microsoft-says-despite-crystal-dynamics-involvement\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T01:30:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T01:30:57","slug":"perfect-dark-not-in-trouble-microsoft-says-despite-crystal-dynamics-involvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/perfect-dark-not-in-trouble-microsoft-says-despite-crystal-dynamics-involvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Dark not in trouble, Microsoft says, despite Crystal Dynamics’ involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matt Booty, Head of Microsoft Studios, has assured fans that The Initiative’s Perfect Dark game is in good shape despite working with Crystal Dynamics.\n<\/p>\n

Speaking at PAX West last week, Booty discussed the increased prevalence of multiple developers working together on new games.\n<\/p>\n

“How we make games is evolving,” said Booty. “The idea of \u200b\u200ba single team under one roof really doesn’t happen that often anymore.”\n<\/p>\n

Perfect Dark – Official Announce Trailer – The Game Awards 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Discussing Perfect Dark specifically, he continued: “We just did this big partnership with Crystal Dynamics and I read online that this must mean there’s a problem. It’s quite the opposite.\n<\/p>\n

“You’ve got this veteran team at Crystal Dynamics, a big AAA team with over a hundred people that becomes available – of course we want to work with them, particularly if they’ve made a game like that before.”\n<\/p>\n

He reeled off other examples of studios collaborating, before noting that can add complexity as issues in one studio can impact the schedule of a game’s release.\n<\/p>\n

Booty was also asked how to reboot Joanna Dark for the modern age.\n<\/p>\n

“Very carefully,” was his response, before admitting that some things “don’t age well”.\n<\/p>\n

“What’s super cool about Perfect Dark, about Joanna Dark, is the super agent fantasy, the Bourne Identity James Bond kinda thing. That’s a cool meme, it’s something people want to lean into. But we’ve got to make sure that comes forward in the right way.”\n<\/p>\n

The Initiative is rebooting Rare’s iconic N64 shooter Perfect Dark, with Crystal Dynamics brought on last year.\n<\/p>\n

So far, though, our only look at the game was a brief teaser at The Game Awards in 2020.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n