During The Game Awards 2020 show, Microsoft unveiled the existence of a new Perfect Dark reboot through a brief teaser trailer. Much like its older cousin GoldenEye 007, many fans of the Nintendo 64 see the original Perfect Dark as one of the best shooters to come out on that system. With this in mind, a revival of the IP seemed like a perfect way to create even more hype around the Microsoft brand. Unfortunately, it appears that development on this new reboot may not have gone as well as the developers had hoped. According to the VGC, an analysis of the Perfect Dark developers’ LinkedIn profiles reveals that around half of the core development team’s staff at The Initiative left the company last year.
This mass exodus of employees include some fairly high-profile individuals, such as game director Dan Neuburger and lead level designer Chris O’Neill. Additionally, principal world builder Jolyon Myers as well as a trio of designers who formerly worked on the new God…
