For nylig lagde Microsoft både Perfect Dark ned, og de lukkede sågar også for studiet bag The Initiative. Men selvom det i sandhed er ærgerligt at projektet lukkes ned, så er der nu fingerpeg i retning af at dette ikke kommer som nogen reel overraskelse.
Spillet fik sin første teaser i 2020, men siden da har egentlig fremskridt været rigtig sløvt, og det er blevet rapporteret flere gange. Men så fik spillet en gameplay teaser sidste år, en teaser som Phil Spencer efterfølgende slog fast var "all playable in-game".
Men Kotakus Ethan Gach siger noget helt andet, og det samme gør VentureBeats Imran Khan. Gach har sagt dette:
"The Perfect Dark sizzle reel at last year's Xbox showcase looked awesome. Someone at the time also told me it was basically fake. This was a joint project with Crystal Dynamics, a studio that's also struggling with Tomb Raider."
Khan har desuden sagt dette:
"Oh, now that PD has been canceled, I can freely say that the public showing last year was largely bunk. None of that was gameplay and all CD has been doing on the game is making exciting vertical slices with little to no foundation. I am not shocked at all it got the axe."
Så måske er det ikke så mærkeligt?