The Initiative har været i gang med Perfect Dark i en række år nu, og selvom at studiet ikke bredt betragtet lader til at have problemer med at holde fast på deres personale, men det er dog den anden instruktør der smutter med noget der ligner et års mellemrum.
Som Klobrille har spottet har Game Director Dan Neuburger forladt studiet, og lige nu leder han efter nyt arbejde. Dette kommer efter at Design Director Drew Murray forlod sin position for et job hos Insomniac sidste februar.
"Dan Neuburger, Game Director on Perfect Dark, has moved on from The Initiative. He was there for a good 3 years and 8 months. I think I slowly start to get the idea behind The Initiative. It looks like it's basically a studio that kicks off a project and carries it through concept, prototype and full pre-production phases, then carrying it over to full-production with assistance of another studio that has the needed manpower, in this case Crystal Dynamics. That also explains the "staying small & agile" comment and also ... The studio's name. While I realise some people will doom & gloom over it again, It could potentially also mean the game is further ahead than people think. 2023 could be on the table I think."
Naturligvis ved vi endnu ikke om der er konkrete grunde til deres exit. Det forventes at Perfect Dark lanceres næste år.