On July 2, Windows Central obtained an internal email to staff from Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty. In the email, Booty ...

The troubled Perfect Dark reboot is canceled and Xbox studio The Initiative has shut down amid devastating layoffs sweeping ...

Microsoft is scrapping two upcoming video games, a reboot of "Perfect Dark" and the fantasy title "Everwild," in addition to ...

Xbox's Perfect Dark reboot, first announced in 2022, has been canceled. Its developer, The Initiative, is also shutting down, ...

Update 3, July 2, 2025: Microsoft is reportedly closing The Initiative, and cancelling the Perfect Dark reboot that was fully ...

Microsoft is canceling its Perfect Dark and Everwild games as part of sweeping cuts to its Xbox division. Matt Booty, Xbox ...

Microsoft also cancelled Everwild, the action-adventure title in development at Rare, and said it would wind down several ...

Microsoft has halted development on two high-profile Xbox games, Perfect Dark and Everwild, and is closing the studio behind one of them.

Microsoft is implementing widespread layoffs impacting up to 9,000 employees, significantly affecting its Xbox division.

Xbox’s Perfect Dark reboot, announced back in 2020, has reportedly been canceled as part of the ongoing layoffs at Microsoft. The studio developing the game has reportedly been shut down, too.

Xbox Game Studios’ new Perfect Dark game — the project that was first revealed in 2020 as the debut title from internal ...