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For whatever reason, Take-Two loves the version of Perfect Dark that The Initiative had cooking. In fact, it’s just hired the shuttered studio’s boss Darrell Gallagher and the game’s director Brian Horton.
So, some background to this story first.
You may recall that Microsoft cancelled its long-in-development Perfect Dark reboot earlier this year, and shuttered the studio before it shipped a single game.
Earlier this year I broke the news that Take-Two was close to rescuing Xbox’s Perfect Dark but the deal fell apart.
Now, a new development: Take-Two has hired Perfect Dark studio head Darrell Gallagher and director Brian Horton to start a brand new studio within 2K.
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier.bsky.social) 2025-12-08T21:51:37.009Z
But a report from Bloomberg scribe Jason Schreier revealed that Take-Two had come close to saving the project, although talks ultimately broke down over who would eventually own the IP.
Now, Schreier has revealed that Take-Two has recruited two of the project’s top talents and formed a new studio under its 2K Games umbrella. The only conclusion we can draw here is that it wants to continue work on that Perfect Dark game, although presumably under a new name.
We suspect it’s going to have to start from scratch, so it’ll be years before we see any progress. But heck, that original vertical slice looked promising, so hopefully it can ship an actual product this time.
[source bsky.app]
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As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.