Perfect Dark Cancelled, The Initiative Shut Down
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RetroGamingUK
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This is like watching E3 in reverse 
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digoutyoursoul
Member
You can't honestly say Don Mattrick was worse then these people surely
PurePlatinum
Member
They literally founded this studio (in Santa Monica) as a way to compete with Sony on AAA blockbuster games, and turn around their floundering first party. After seven years they've got nothing to show for it. Hilarious.
These guys have no idea what they're doing.
These guys have no idea what they're doing.
Hayabusabruh
Member
At least there is an opportunity to say 'Microsoft is killin it'.
Steve Holt
Member
Phil was involved in all of that. We should have all expected that it would have been a huge fuck up just based upon that.
PurePlatinum
Member
I've always said that the original vision for Xbox One was at least different and interesting...yeah it was a little too far ahead of where consumers were at the moment, but the vision was really interesting.
"Phil & Friends" as I call them...yeah maybe the most incompetent group of gaming executives in the industry today.
Buggy Loop
Member
Same. I would have ranked my hype of upcoming games as Fable > Clockwork revolution > Perfect Dark
I had Deus Ex vibes from Perfect Dark and it fucking sucks we won't see it.
Fake
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Madserb2023
Member
Get ready for Fable to be cancelled.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Damn. That last trailer was so good. If they canned state of decay 3 they have literally nothing I'm interested in.
Microsoft is closing down Xbox studio The Initiative, with Perfect Dark killed as well — joining Everwild and ZeniMax's new IP, and other unannounced projects
Microsoft is closing down The Initiative, after 7 years. The partnership with Crystal Dynamics will end, and "Perfect Dark" will be cancelled.www.windowscentral.com
Shifty1897
Member
Damn it man, I really wanted a new Perfect Dark. The IP's dead now.
Kacho
Member
Man, Californians sure do love them some female man-jaw
Joanna will be coming for you.
Sad that a seminal franchise stuck in development purgatory gets culled. Game must have been in pretty bad shape.
StreetsofBeige
Member
Too much money floating around in tech (and that includes gaming).
As people has said the past year, it's a reckoning of layoffs in techie jobs. Too many hires, too lousy quality, too much money thrown at the wall hoping something sticks. Half these MS and Sony studios shut down the past year couldn't even release one game despite years of time and budget.
As people has said the past year, it's a reckoning of layoffs in techie jobs. Too many hires, too lousy quality, too much money thrown at the wall hoping something sticks. Half these MS and Sony studios shut down the past year couldn't even release one game despite years of time and budget.
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seething left
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The comments of that fat green rat from X now sound even sillier.
TonberrysKnife
Member
WOW. That is a massive bummer. The trailer looked promising too. 7 years worth of work down the drain.Microsoft is closing down Xbox studio The Initiative, with Perfect Dark killed as well — joining Everwild and ZeniMax's new IP, and other unannounced projects
Microsoft is closing down The Initiative, after 7 years. The partnership with Crystal Dynamics will end, and "Perfect Dark" will be cancelled.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
The Naughty Dog killer studio is dead.
The world was not ready for the first-ever AAAA game.
The world was not ready for the first-ever AAAA game.
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roosnam1980
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Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
I doubt you can get a tax write-off on an unfinished project. At this point it's just cutting their losses.
SamuraiEdge
Member
Fucking hell.
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
Makes them women look tough.
March Climber
Member
…At least Bond still lives. I will settle with that.
GriffinCorp
Member
I'm surprised by this
ComputerBlue
Member
Meh…It was Perfect Dark in name alone, just like the second game was shit, this one would've been as well because the team behind the original is gone. Just like the Goldey remake even though they reused so many of the level designs from the original, because it wasn't the original team.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
Studio Closure?...
Internet Army!!!... you know what to do: Go ballistic on Xbox and those High IQ shills.
Internet Army!!!... you know what to do: Go ballistic on Xbox and those High IQ shills.
Buggy Loop
Member
InXile's Clockwork revolution, Blade, Grounded 2, Gears of war E-Day
If again, there's not more cancellations or announcements coming..
I'm shocked Team Ninja is not in the rumors of layoffs
Saber
Newd Member
I think might be the lack of masculinity, so they have to resort to man-up females.
Matsuchezz
Member
And people still want MS around to compete with Sony and Nintendo, these 2 were always in the entertainment business, but MS was an uninvited guest that wanted a big slice of what they are not great at. They really suck at what supposedly they are good at which is creating software, but they just lack the talent and passion to create great entertainment.
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Baemono
Member
They basically just make CoD from now on
phant0m
Member
RIPERINO
Did someone make a thread on this, not even a month ago?
Did someone make a thread on this, not even a month ago?
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Connificent
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Blade is vaporware. Just like the new movie
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
I liked the trailer too I was excited about it. Too few shooters that interest me these days.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
The firings should have started at the top, honestly
