IT’S TIME FOR A PERFECT DARK REBOOT

     It’s been fifteen years since the last Perfect Dark game (Perfect Dark: Zero) was released (2005). The gaming industry has changed astronomically in those fifteen years. Where once it may have been difficult to imagine a fit for the IP in the gaming market, now it is the perfect time for it to return. Perfect Dark and its protagonist, the lethal spy, Joanna Dark, would be an excellent fit alongside other reimagined franchises. As a revered gaming icon and fierce heroine, Joanna Dark would absolutely benefit from the same “glow up” that Lara Croft received in the Tomb Raider Reboot Trilogy. That trilogy brought Lara into the twenty-first century culturally, reimagining her look, attitudes, sensibilities, and mannerisms, while also changing the genre type into something way bigger than the previous. Lara was reimagined as a brilliant archeologist turned hardened survivor, forged under fire. The Reboot Trilogy also greatly enhanced the focus on narrative and characters, with a strong story and compelling characters. Perfect Dark could be made into something truly special, with this level of work and care.

     Speaking of Tomb Raider, guess who is the studio head of Xbox’s The Initiative studio; It’s Darrell Gallagher, a veteran on the team behind the Trilogy Reboot at Crystal Dynamics. If any man, and any team are particularly equipped to resurrect Perfect Dark for the modern era, then it’s Darrell and the Initiative. Back at E3 2018, Phil Spencer (Head of Xbox) dropped a really interesting quote hinting that Gallagher might have interest in revisiting one of Xbox’s classic IP (Perfect Dark) due to his experience working on The Tomb Raider Reboot Trilogy. {Source, @Klobrille}