Perfect Dark dev shoots down claim the ace-looking reveal was fake: 'It's probably more real than you think'

This week, as part of an enormous round of cuts at Microsoft, the company closed down The Initiative and cancelled the ace-looking reboot of Perfect Dark it had been working on. The game had first been announced in 2020 but a "gameplay reveal" was shown in 2024's Xbox Games Showcase: and it blew us away.

The "eco sci-fi" shooter that's "not just about shooting" looked like the imsim we've all been pining for since Deus Ex got put on ice, with the footage showing Joanna Dark (after an intro...