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Gameplay footage from cancelled Xbox Perfect Dark game leaks online, and it looks pretty good
Last year, we learned that Xbox cancelled a reboot of Perfect Dark. The game, in development at The Initiative, was cancelled as part of 2025's wave of wide-ranging cuts at Microsoft and Xbox. In 2026, of course, things have only gotten worse for the company.
Footage From Xbox's Cancelled Perfect Dark Reboot Is Doing The Rounds Online
Shedding light on a not-so-perfect story. A two-minute video featuring gameplay from The Initiative's cancelled Perfect Dark reboot is popping up all over social media today. Originally reported by Mp1st, the footage features several short snippets of gameplay from various stages of Perfect Dark's development. If you watch the video below, you can catch a glimpse of several fleshed-out levels, some early grey-box gunplay testing, abilities, and even a few pieces of destructible fruit. Read the f
Alleged footage of Xbox's cancelled Perfect Dark reboot shows a parkour-heavy chase scene and the summary execution of fruit
In-development footage of the Perfect Dark reboot from The Initiative, which Microsoft cancelled as part of their mass layoffs in July last year, has reportedly been uncovered. It shows off a couple of minutes worth of what looks to be texting of shooting and explosion mechanics, plus a chase on foot through a facility that's falling apart.
New Footage From Xbox's Cancelled Perfect Dark Reboot Surfaces Online
Taking The Initiative. Gameplay footage from the cancelled reboot of Rare's N64 icon Perfect Dark has surfaced online, offering the world a teasing glimpse at the further adventures of the Carrington Institute and its finest agent, Joanna Dark. Perfect Dark was in development at Xbox subsidiary studio The Initiative, a "super studio" of sorts that featured a team of veteran developers with lineage from Crystal Dynamics, Rockstar Games, BioWare, and Naughty Dog. Perfect Dark, first revealed at Th
Footage From Canceled Perfect Dark Reboot Surfaces, Showing Off Fruit Physics and Parkour
New footage of Xbox’s canceled Perfect Dark reboot has appeared online, via a report from gaming website MP1ST.
Footage of Microsoft’s now-dead Perfect Dark revival appears online
The reboot of Perfect Dark was announced in 2020, and cancelled in 2025
Report: id Software Pitched New Perfect Dark Before Xbox Layoffs
Amongst other ideas. id Software has been put through the ringer of late as layoffs continue to sweep through Xbox Game Studios, resulting in 3,200 job cuts. Half of the id Software team were let go just moments before shipping DOOM: The Dark Ages Revelations DLC. Not the pat on back they sorely deserved. According to a report from GamesBeat, the DLC wasn't the only thing id Software had up its sleeve. The studio is said to have had multiple project proposals on the table, include one codenamed
Xbox layoffs have likely killed another Perfect Dark reboot from the hollowed-out id Software, as well as a John Wick-style gun fu game
It's not even clear what kind of games the newly-carved up id Software can make.
"The Best Shooter Experience I've Had With Virtual Reality" - You Can Now Play Perfect Dark's Unofficial VR Port
The "beta" version has just been released. A standalone VR port is currently being developed for the N64 first-person shooter Perfect Dark. The unofficial project is being developed by Alex Le Tux, who posted a video of their project on YouTube a couple of days ago and, according to the Twitter/X user Flat2VR, is based on the 2022 decompilation project. Read the full article on timeextension.com
"The Best Shooter Experience I've Had With Virtual Reality" - A Public Version Of Perfect Dark's VR Port Is Coming Soon
A public version of the VR port is planned to release "before July 1st.". A standalone VR port is currently being developed for the N64 first-person shooter Perfect Dark. The unofficial project is being developed by Alex Le Tux, who posted a video of their project on YouTube a couple of days ago and, according to the Twitter/X user Flat2VR, is based on the 2022 decompilation project. Read the full article on timeextension.com