A recent report has announced that the creative director on Marvel’s Wolverine, Brian Horton, has moved to Xbox to work on the upcoming Perfect Dark. According to Game File, he left the project earlier this Summer due to creative differences. Marcus Smith and Mike Daly, previously known for their work on Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, will takeover Horton’s duties on Wolverine.
The Perfect Dark reboot is in developmment for by The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics. Xbox hired Crystal Dynamics in September 2021 to help develop the new reboot. Perfect Dark will release on the Xbox Series X|S and PC, with day-one access for Game Pass owners.
Xbox Wire describes the upcoming game and its most recent trailer as follows:
In the near future, Earth is struck by a series of global disasters, bringing ecosystems around the world to the verge of collapse. In the all-new Perfect Dark game, you experience the journey of Joanna Dark, dataDyne’s elite agent, as she hunts down the world’s most wanted criminal, Daniel Carrington, to uncover the mysteries behind the technological breakthroughs that could threaten the lives of millions of people.
The new trailer showed us Joanna’s descent into the game’s Cairo setting, offered us a glimpse at the mysteries behind this near-future ecological sci-fi story, and introduced us to a game that blends fluid traversal, gadgets, close-quarters combat, gunplay, stealth, and more to create the ultimate secret agent experience.
Perfect Dark and Marvel’s Wolverine will likely release in 2025. Crystal Dynamics will likely reveal more details about the former, while Insomniac will reveal more details about the latter, in the coming weeks and months.
