Microsoft is closing down The Initiative, after 7 years. The partnership with Crystal Dynamics will end, and "Perfect Dark" will be cancelled.
  • JackDark@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    17 days ago

    Fuckers buying up studios and then shutting them down. I knew this was going to happen.

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      17 days ago

      While I agree with you in principle, they didn’t buy the Initiative. It was a studio they founded that hasn’t shipped a single game.

      Perfect Dark looked cool though, this is a major bummer.

        • JackDark@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          17 days ago

          To be fair to MS, they bought that with Rare a long time ago, and they have put out a perfect dark game since then.

          • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            17 days ago

            That game was not good, but I sure did have fun as a teen fucking around with the multiplayer. Those early 360 games were weird

            • JackDark@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              17 days ago

              Agreed. I really wish more multiplayer games would put in bot options. I am firmly an anti-PVP player, but I would play the hell out of some of the big PVP games if they gave me a pure PVE option.

      • JackDark@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        17 days ago

        Thanks for the correction. I was also looking forward to Perfect Dark. Been a big fan since the original on N64, hence the username.

    • ijedi1234@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      17 days ago

      Good lord I hope Nightdive stays intact long enough to make a Dark Forces 2 Remaster. Jerec needs to show the new kids how an Inquisitor does things.