Perfect Dark surprises in its gameplay reveal as the creative mechanics and incredible design choices bring back the Deus Ex feel perfectly.
Two major upcoming first-party video games have gotten big changes at the top, as part of an unusual leadership shuffle.
Why is it a developer who worked for a Sony game then moves to an MS game always a story?
I never see an article when it’s the opposite tho.
Because it doesn't work that way?
Seems like most of the bigger names in Xbox don't go to Sony. Joe Staten to Netflix (now closed though). Mike Ybarra and another one or two to Blizzard/Activision (now back at MS). "Co creator of Halo" to studios they found or cofound. The guy who led Gears of War is now the guy leading Diablo.
And of course how Xbox doesnt have the talent in the first place to lose...
"I never see an article when it’s the opposite tho."
https://n4g.com/news/257573...
Some idiot called it "wokeness"
Now:
No sure why you´re acting like an insecure teenager, dude. Those people move from a company to another back and forth every time.
It´s not like they´re jumping ship or anything like that.
Chill
That’s strange. I thought Perfect Dark was close to release but it seems they are resetting.
I think Wolverine might be more fitting of that description than Perfect Dark.
I mean, PD just got a creative director, Wolverine just lost its.
It's usual if he finish his work in there but it's unusual to get a creative director in a finish line product.
Wolverine got an in house replacement, someone who has been on the project from the outset. PD just got someone who now has to be onboarded. How much can a new outside creative director do this far in development assuming it's releasing in 2026?
@mkis007
"How much can a new outside creative director do this far in development assuming it's releasing in 2026?"
A lot. The new creative director at this point will probably work on side missions, new cosmetics, weapons, gadgets and future DLCs.
I feel like it's always in development, is this the same game they've been working on since the 360? Or is this a sequel/reboot/whatever?
"That’s strange. I thought Perfect Dark was close to release but it seems they are resetting"
We heard the same crap when Darrell Gallagher brought Crystal Dynamics on board.
We already have an official gameplay trailer for Perfect Dark and it looks fantastic and got people hyped!
Wolverine on the other hand... well, let´s just wait for Insomniac to reveal anything (non leaked).
Those leaks really killed my hype for it so honestly, PD getting its CD did nothing to get me more or less excited for either.
Could entirely be that we haven't seen anything official yet because internally they didn't like the creative direction was headed for Wolverine.
Or it could be just that Brian Horton wanted to work with The Initiative because he's another former Crystal Dynamics guy, as he was the director of Rise of the Tomb Raider.
Such shuffles are not unheard of. There may have been unforeseen circumstances that have taken place. Having somebody to help steer the ship once the position is opened up is better than no direction.
At this point most design/art bibles are already set, and the game director is helping the game become feature complete. The new creative director should help hone in the cinematics, designs, whatever remains of the story much easier than having to start from scratch for both these projects.
Can't wait for both of these projects to come to full fruition. Wolverine seems to be almost ready for primetime reveal. Curious what this will mean for the end products!
If Perfect Dark reboot's superb reveal pleased you and you're about to try the Switch release, stop right there; play the PC port instead.
Insider reveals Xbox's Perfect Dark reboot struggles in development, far from ready despite ongoing efforts.
The hits just keep on coming. Will not be surprised if this gets canned. It already got rebooted and they had to bring on an outside studio to try and help developement. Some of the original creatives have left the project.
But I will say, just wait until the MS showcase. If you don't see it there, then alarm bells should start ringing.
"But I will say, just wait until the MS showcase. If you don't see it there, then alarm bells should start ringing."
Are you stupid or something? Just asking. Because I clearly said, regardless of the infomation, I told people to "WAIT until the Xbox Showcase".
God, please don't screw this one up Microsoft! I am keeping my expectations super low, but Perfect Dark (the original) holds such a special place in my childhood. I want this to turn out well SO bad.
Just cancel it because we know you won’t be happy with its sales performance while giving it away on GP day one. GP is the biggest issue for developers and that affects the sales. No one can deny that now. GP equals to good deal for gamers and bad deals for AAA development. Take two CEO said it and he was 100% right. There are certain games that make sense on GP but not every game. 20 million gamers playing a game on GP doesn’t mean much to MS it seems because they still want sales. Just please start releasing all games on other platforms otherwise Phil is next now. You can’t spend 80 billion and be this bad
The studio was founded in 2018. It's still not adding up in my head how it can take 6 years to develop a game, with a whole dev studio working on it.
This is the only upcoming MS game I'm looking forward to. I hope it doesn't get canceled.
Uuuuuuh....what?
Maybe you got your games confused but that was nothing like deus ex besides being a fps
I don't get how a scripted and edited gameplay video can have you believe this game is anything like Deus Ex. Especially without it having much context as to what the general gameplay loop will be like.
I wasn't impressed.
Perfect Jaw
Oh geez. People have really gotten drunk on the MS show Koolaid.
They didn't show what the game will be or play like at all.
If anything it seems to try to take the cyberpunk approach. So I'm actually really concerned for it since they didn't show anything specific or any long period of gameplay segments. It didn't show what the world would be like and how you fit in that world either