Xbox has not only purchased a lot of studios in the past few years, but it has also founded one. The Initiative is a first-party Xbox studio based in Santa Monica, California and is made up of gaming veterans from across the industry.It has since been revealed that the first game being worked on by The Initiative is a reboot of Perfect Dark. Here are some reasons why The Initiative is the perfect studio to bring Perfect Dark to a new generation.
When you look at the list of first party games that Xbox has released in the past few years, there aren’t many outstanding titles coming straight out of Xbox Game Studios. Of course Xbox owns a lot of studios – for example, they had Moon Studios put out Ori and the Will of the Wisps – but what they lack is a single-player story that can rival those that Sony has been pushing out for the past 10 years.Now that Xbox is being led by Phil Spencer, and has a mission to bring great games to Xbox platforms, they are willing to do whatever it takes to succeed. Creating a first-party studio from the ground up and pairing it with a franchise that people love, but haven’t seen in a long time, is the perfect opportunity to get the ball rolling and make a statement with an exclusive single-player game.
One of the benefits of The Initiative being a brand new studio is having the sense of a new beginning. It is a fresh start for everybody on the team, in a new environment that can inspire them to create better and greater games. While some members of the team have worked together in the past, they are all now able to come together, bring in everyone’s expertise, and put it towards a franchise that they have never worked on before. This will enable them to bring fresh ideas to the franchise, take a look at what worked for Perfect Dark in the past, and make it even better for this new title.
When it came to creating a brand new studio, Xbox did not mess around in bringing in industry veterans that are at the top of their game. The Initiative is composed of people from incredible companies like BioWare, Naughty Dog, Insomniac Games, Rockstar Games, and so many more.First and foremost, the studio is being led by Darrell Gallagher. Gallagher was previously the studio head of Crystal Dynamics, overseeing work on the first two games in the latest Tomb Raider trilogy, which began in 2013. He then went on to become the Senior VP and Head of Development at Activision. While there, Gallagher managed development on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, Destiny 2, and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. Put simply, Gallagher knows how a game should be made and will make sure the finished product is something worthy of pride.
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