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Doomed Xbox blockbuster Perfect Dark had "entire chapters" of show seizure enactment successful the tin earlier its daze cancelation this summer, according to Joanna Dark histrion Alix Wilton Regan.
In an interrogation with TheGamer, the dependable down Dragon Age's Inquisitor and Cyberpunk 2077's Alt Cunningham says she recorded scenes for The Initiative's Perfect Dark reboot implicit the people of respective years, opening successful 2023. "Lots" was done successful 2024, with enactment continuing successful aboriginal 2025.
"To my knowledge, we were beauteous acold along, I'd done full chapters of this universe," Regan said, adding that she was shocked to larn that Microsoft was pulling the plug, with The Initiative itself besides acceptable to beryllium closed down arsenic portion of a question of backing cuts and layoffs.
"I was arsenic shocked, surprised, and devastated arsenic everyone other was erstwhile the backing was pulled, and the workplace was closed," Wilton-Regan continued, saying she learned the studio's destiny astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic it was announced publicly. "I did not spot it coming. I was perfectly blindsided erstwhile the task was defunded," she added. "It was devastating. So galore radical mislaid their jobs. An full workforce was disbanded."
A further stroke would travel arsenic last-ditch talks to salvage the task besides fell done — a process Wilton-Regan admits she had insider cognition of. Interestingly, the histrion mentioned that Perfect Dark whitethorn person changed successful scope had it been saved, with a "slimmed-down" mentation yet seeing the airy of time instead.
"I couldn't accidental excessively overmuch astir it due to the fact that I knew The Initiative was successful talks to support Perfect Dark up and moving successful immoderate signifier oregon form," Wilton-Regan revealed. "Possibly a slimmed-down version, perchance thing somewhat different. But certainly, everyone was moving truly hard down the scenes to bring Perfect Dark back. And past 1 day, I heard from the originative manager that the woody hadn't gone through, and that truly everything had fallen apart, and accumulation was afloat stopping."
A study from Bloomberg, which IGN corroborated from its ain sources, antecedently revealed that determination had been a program to support Perfect Dark live via the squad moving connected the task astatine Tomb Raider workplace Crystal Dynamics, which had been serving arsenic a co-developer. Leadership from some Crystal and The Initiative reportedly spent 2 months looking for a caller steadfast and backing source.
While aggregate parties expressed interest, the astir apt campaigner turned retired to beryllium Take-Two Interactive. However, the 2 groups couldn't travel to an agreement, astatine slightest successful portion owed to disagreements implicit semipermanent ownership of the property. As a result, the woody fell through, resulting successful layoffs astatine Crystal Dynamics arsenic each anticipation of the task being reinstated vanished.
Earlier this month, it was reported that Perfect Dark workplace caput Darrell Gallagher and manager Brian Horton had present been hired by 2K to commencement a marque caller outfit. No details person yet emerged arsenic to what the caller workplace volition enactment on, oregon if immoderate different erstwhile Perfect Dark employees joined them.
As for Wilton-Regan, portion she whitethorn person mislaid the Joanna Dark gig, this month's large Tomb Raider uncover astatine The Game Awards revealed that the histrion was present the authoritative caller video crippled Lara Croft. She'll prima successful adjacent year's reimagining of the archetypal Lara Croft adventure, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, arsenic good arsenic all-new blockbuster Tomb Raider: Catalyst, owed successful 2027.
Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social
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