
Top Ten: Love Stories Better Than Twilight by Joseph Nelson.Nightly News Roundup: by Mel Turnquist.E3 2012: Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two Preview by Kevin Knezevic.Nintendo Direct Recap: by Kevin Knezevic.Nintendo Direct: Animal Crossing 3DS Trailer by Adam Sorice.Nintendo Direct: 3DS XL First Photos by Adam Sorice.Nintendo Direct: Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask Trailer by Adam Sorice.Nightly News Roundup: by Kevin Knezevic.E3 2012: Skylanders: Giants (Wii) Preview by Kevin Knezevic.Follow him on Twitter.This story is featured in. Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. It's part of Microsoft's growing roster of studios following its recent acquisition of Zenimax Media. God of War Lead Producer Brian Westergaard and Red Dead Redemption Lead Writer Christian Cantamessa are also working at The Initiative, most likely contributing to Perfect Dark. Santa Monica-based studio The Initiative was revealed by Microsoft in 2018 and famously described as looking for 'AAAA' standards in job listings. The development team is currently being led by Darrell Gallagher, a veteran of Rockstar Games, Crystal Dynamics and Activision where he worked on games such as GTA IV and Tomb Raider. You can learn more about the game in our coverage of its reveal. The Perfect Dark reboot project was announced in December of 2020 during The Game Awards and is promising to deliver an "eco sci-fi" first-person shooter. Murray says that the silver lining of this is that he will get to experience Perfect Dark as a fan on launch day. Interestingly, Murray points out that, when he joined The Initiative, he wasn't aware that the team would be working on a Perfect Dark game.

"The team has the vision and talent to knock the game and franchise out of the park," Murray tweeted in regards to the future of the project, noting that the reveal trailer still gives him goosebumps.

After two wild years helping start and rebooting #PerfectDark, it's time for me to say a tearful and bittersweet goodbye to my team at The Initiative.
