Perfect Dark Xbox Showcase 2024 Gameplay was fake, according to Kotaku sources (UP: dev who worked on the game has debunked the claim)
Astray
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Skifi28
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That's not something to be proud of.A month ago.
What was even the point my goodness.
SidViscous
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Technically it was presented as a vertical slice, which is supposed to be a small polished portion of an otherwise very early on development title, running in-engine.
But the problem is games now have such good in-engine cutscene systems, which pretty much render FMV obsolete, so the line between what is considered real and fake is blurry.
In this case it looks like it's an in-game cutscene made to resemble gameplay, so it has hud elements, shown from the first person etc, and yet the animations, effects and gameplay look incredibly scripted - likely made specifically for that "gameplay" cut-scene, the cut scene might be all that even exists
But the problem is games now have such good in-engine cutscene systems, which pretty much render FMV obsolete, so the line between what is considered real and fake is blurry.
In this case it looks like it's an in-game cutscene made to resemble gameplay, so it has hud elements, shown from the first person etc, and yet the animations, effects and gameplay look incredibly scripted - likely made specifically for that "gameplay" cut-scene, the cut scene might be all that even exists
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Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
More than Fable, how State of Decay 3 survived all this.
I think there's still time.
Ninja Theory might go in the next rounds once they're done porting Hellblade 2 to PS5. Similar to how Tango was treated.
And if State of Decay 3 does not show up within the next 7 months (until the Xbox Jan. 2026 Direct) and make a splash, then it's probably dead as well, along with Undead Labs studio.
thatJohann
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Yikes. What's going on over there
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
I was mildly excited for it. The first perfect dark is a really great game that I loved back then. I still listen to the soundtrack here and there. It's a damn shame the ip went to Ms.
Fake
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Smelling their fart.
posting to era.
i know i want that to die as well.
Connificent
Al Pachinko, Konami President
kevboard
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modern AAA development in a nutshell.
literally unable to make a fucking single player shooter that isn't call of duty.
kevboard
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nah, Fable is save. it's made by basically the only internal Xbox studio (as in Non-Activision/Non-Bethesda) that still makes quality games.
playground games is basically Microsoft's only trusted dev team at this point.
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Physiognomonics
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fake news, fake trailers, fake persona. what could possibly be the cause of all this?
KyoZz
Tag, you're it.
Nydius
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I wish I had your level of optimism. Five years of development and a release date supposedly in 2026 and all we've seen is about 2 minutes of heavily curated pre-Alpha footage. Most of which they only showed us 4 months ago.
For one franchise: Forza Horizon. The longer they spend time on Fable, the further out the next Forza Horizon gets pushed. Forza Horizon is an undoubtedly bigger property and money maker than a reboot of a property that hasn't had an entry in 12 years.
I wouldn't be shocked, at all, if Microsoft cancels Fable later on and pushes Playground to get Forza Horizon 6 done and polished ASAP.
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KenaiPhoenix
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No... xbox wouldnt lie to us! they even play almost finished games that are breath taking but because they have so incredible games they cancel them.
kevboard
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the recent PS5 port of Horizon 5 probably was done to extend its lifecycle.
so I don't think Microsoft is super stressed to release a new one.
I also bet that there's already a separate team at Playground that are already deep into Forza Horizon 6 development.
Fable could be further along than it seems imo. but it's hard to judge
Nydius
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Possibly, but that makes me ponder something else: I wonder if releasing on PlayStation reset the licensing timing agreements with the automotive manufacturers.
If not, and it follows past licensing trends, FH5 will be delisted somewhere in 2027 over licensing.
EverydayBeast
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When I played perfect dark zero 360 it was standard fps, looked at nice graphics, this is standard spy fps, best case scenario IOI Hitman team could give us a perfect dark.
ChuckeRearmed
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I think if the girl was hot, the game would have a zeitgeist around it at least.
Angry_Megalodon
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Many people believe and passionately claim that Fable has shown actual gameplay. Some even say that the first reveal was gameplay, too.
Hilarious.
Hilarious.
Looks like a Dr. Pepper slushy. lol
I don't know, but that main character looks like fucked up version of Caitlyn Clark. lol
Donald mac Ronald
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Some who smell their farts create masterpieces.
When you sniff Phil's farts day in day out you produce negative nothing.
No BBC=Anger
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Perfect Dark Developers Diary
Phase 1
Goof off and fake the trailer.
Phase 2
???????
Phase 3
Profit.
Phase 1
Goof off and fake the trailer.
Phase 2
???????
Phase 3
Profit.
AmuroChan
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They were all quiet quitting.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Phase 0: do nothing for 7 years
kpopSuperstar
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"Somone told me".
DirtInUrEye
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Connificent
Al Pachinko, Konami President
But those games released and didn't waste 7 years of fucking nothing.
Doom_Infinite
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We deserve a new Perfect Dark but this wasn't the one.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
FYI, an Initiative dev has debunked this.
The footage was in-engine but heavily scripted, no different than most game play demos at these trade shows and/or streams.
It's another Kotaku L.
The footage was in-engine but heavily scripted, no different than most game play demos at these trade shows and/or streams.
It's another Kotaku L.
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SILKYSMOOTH30FPS
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The gameplay didn't even look good, and even that was faked? Holy shit MS.
Bet you iLL's "gameplay" shown is also fake.
Bet you iLL's "gameplay" shown is also fake.
xrnzaaas
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I hate when projects are announced way too early when the dev team doesn't have anything to show and you either do a CGI trailer or fabricate fake gameplay. I'm guessing it's done to satisfy shareholders and/or subscribers, but it also leads to a huge disappointment when the actual game looks very different or isn't released at all.
it was not fake.
FYI, an Initiative dev has debunked this.
The footage was in-engine but heavily scripted, no different than most game play demos at these trade shows and/or streams.
It's another Kotaku L.
Punished Miku
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Well guess it wasn't fake.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
The dev didn't debunk anything. He actually confirmed that it was fake. He is only arguing that it was not 100% fake.
Otherwise, what does "the hacking/deception is mostly real" even mean? What's "mostly real."
Also, the footage said "in-game footage". The dev confirmed it wasn't in-game, but it was "in-engine." The Witcher 4 PS5 demo was "in-engine." It is not real.
Otherwise, what does "the hacking/deception is mostly real" even mean? What's "mostly real."
Also, the footage said "in-game footage". The dev confirmed it wasn't in-game, but it was "in-engine." The Witcher 4 PS5 demo was "in-engine." It is not real.