Windows Central har rapporterat om ett intern memos fr\u00e5n Matt Booty, chefen f\u00f6r Xbox Game Studios, som bekr\u00e4ftar avskrottet av Perfect Dark och Everwild. Perfect Dark, conceived som en blandning av f\u00f6rstapersonsskottspel, immersiv simulering och stj\u00e4rnkladderingsgenrer, var t\u00e4nkt att fokusera p\u00e5 en n\u00e4ra framtida krig f\u00f6r avancerad teknologi som hotade miljontals liv. Utvecklat av The Initiative och Crystal Dynamics f\u00f6r Xbox Series X och Windows PC, hade det aldrig officiellt sl\u00e4ppdatum utannonserats. Den ursprungliga versionen sl\u00e4pptes p\u00e5 Nintendo 64 \u00e5r 2000. En remasterad version sl\u00e4pptes p\u00e5 Xbox 360 \u00e5r 2010, och \u00e4ven en Game Boy Color spin-off sl\u00e4pptes samma \u00e5r. Dess prequel, Perfect Dark Zero, sl\u00e4pptes \u00e5r 2005. Med The Initiative studios nu st\u00e4ngande sina d\u00f6rrar verkar Perfect Darks resa p\u00e5 spelmarknaden vara ute efter ett ov\u00e4ntat v\u00e4ndpunkt. Microsoft meddelade i dag att spelets avskrott och studion kommer att st\u00e4ngas ner. F\u00f6retaget bekr\u00e4ftade \u00e4ven avskrottet av Rares Everwild, som hade blivit f\u00f6rutsp\u00e5tt tidigt p\u00e5 morgonen, samt avskedandet av 9 000 anst\u00e4llda \u00f6ver hela f\u00f6retaget, fr\u00e5n Azure’s infrastructure services till Xbox. Dessa avskedningar representerar cirka 4% av f\u00f6retagets arbetskraft och \u00e4r f\u00f6rutom de redan meddelade minskningarna, vilket inneb\u00e4r att totalt antal avskedade platser har blivit 15 300.<\/p>\n
Vi har beslutat oss att avbryta utvecklingen av Perfect Dark och Everwild, samt att avskeda flera obekendda projekt inom v\u00e5r portf\u00f6lj. Som en del av detta st\u00e4nger vi en av v\u00e5ra studior, The Initiative. Dessa beslut tillsammans med andra f\u00f6r\u00e4ndringar i v\u00e5ra lag, reflekterar en mer omfattande anstr\u00e4ngning att justera prioriter och f\u00f6rdela resurser f\u00f6r st\u00f6rre framg\u00e5ng i ett alltmer f\u00f6r\u00e4ndrande branschlandskap. Vi tar dessa beslut inte l\u00e4tt, eftersom varje projekt och lag representerar \u00e5tskilliga \u00e5r av anstr\u00e4ngning, fantasi och engagemang,” skrev Matt Booty, chefen f\u00f6r Xbox Game Studios. ”V\u00e5r \u00f6vergripande strategi f\u00f6r portf\u00f6lj ska fortfarande h\u00e5llas kvar: att utveckla spel som v\u00e4cker v\u00e5ras spelare, forts\u00e4tta utveckla v\u00e5ra stora franchises och skapa nya ber\u00e4ttelser, v\u00e4rldar och figurer. Vi har fler \u00e4n 40 projekt i aktiv utveckling, stark momentum f\u00f6r de h\u00e4ngivna titlarna denna h\u00f6st, samt t\u00e4mligen rika planer som str\u00e4cker sig till \u00e5r 2026.” The Initiative grundades av Darrell Gallagher, f\u00f6re detta chef f\u00f6r Crystal Dynamics, \u00e5ret 2018 tillsammans med ett antal erfarne utvecklare k\u00e4nda f\u00f6r att skapa spel som Tomb Raider. Perfect Dark hade varit studion ens titel.<\/p>\n
F\u00f6r de som \u00e4r f\u00f6rtjusta i den ursprungliga avsl\u00f6jningen av Perfect Dark’s omarbetade synesin, se till att kontrollera ”Perfect Dark Unveiled: Det \u00e4r l\u00e4ngre samma spel!” av Ahmed Hassan (9 juni 2024). Bloggen ger en inblick i debutspeltrailern som signalerar ett dramatiskt skift fr\u00e5n det ursprungliga konceptet. Med en ekothriller-vridning och moderniserade spelfunktioner som parkour och avancerade stridssystem, kanske denna nya riktning ska f\u00f6rv\u00e5na gamla fans och locka en ny publik. G\u00e5 djupare in p\u00e5 hur Joanna Darks resa utvecklas i detta n\u00e4ra framtida l\u00e4ge p\u00e5 ().<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Microsoft har genomg\u00e5tt en viktig f\u00f6r\u00e4ndring, avslutande projekt som Perfect Dark-uppf\u00f6ljaren och Everwild, medan de bekr\u00e4ftar sin trohet till engagerande spelupplevelser via fortsatta stora franchises och nya skapandeinitiativ vid senaste personaljusteringarna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":6477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","movie_schema":"","tvshow_schema":"","videogame_schema":"","meta_description":"Microsoft st\u00e4nger spelstudion The Initiative och l\u00e4gger ned projektet Perfect Dark samt flera andra oklara projekt, vilket resulterar i betydande arbetskraftsavskedanden p\u00e5 cirka 4%.","meta_keywords":"microsoft, perfect dark, the initiative, studio nedl\u00e4ggning, arbetskraft avskedanden","meta_author":"Tove H\u00e5kansson","meta_robots":"index, follow","meta_language":"en","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Microsoft Avskaffar Perfect Dark: En St\u00f6rre Nedsk\u00e4rning hos Xbox Game Studios","twitter_description":"Microsoft st\u00e4nger spelstudio och l\u00e4gger ned Perfect Dark-projektet efter fyra \u00e5rs arbete. CEO tillskriver beslutet justeringar p\u00e5 branschf\u00f6r\u00e4ndringar.","twitter_site":"","twitter_site_id":"","twitter_creator":"","twitter_creator_id":"","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.outerspace.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/perfect-dark.webp","twitter_image_alt":"","twitter_app_name_iphone":"","twitter_app_id_iphone":"","twitter_app_url_iphone":"","twitter_app_name_ipad":"","twitter_app_id_ipad":"","twitter_app_url_ipad":"","twitter_app_name_googleplay":"","twitter_app_id_googleplay":"","twitter_app_url_googleplay":"","twitter_player":"","twitter_player_width":0,"twitter_player_height":0,"twitter_player_stream":"","og_title":"Microsoft Avskaffar Perfect Dark: En St\u00f6rre Nedsk\u00e4rning hos Xbox Game Studios","og_type":"article","og_url":"https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/sv\/2025\/07\/02\/microsoft-avskaffar-perfect-dark-och-stanger-studio-the-initiative\/","og_image":"https:\/\/www.outerspace.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/perfect-dark.webp","og_image_secure_url":"https:\/\/www.outerspace.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/perfect-dark.webp","og_image_type":"image\/webp","og_image_width":0,"og_image_height":0,"og_image_alt":"","og_description":"Microsoft st\u00e4nger spelstudio och l\u00e4gger ned Perfect Dark-projektet efter fyra \u00e5rs arbete. CEO tillskriver beslutet justeringar p\u00e5 branschf\u00f6r\u00e4ndringar.","og_site_name":"PlayersForLife.com","og_locale":"en_US","og_article_published_time":"2025-07-02T03:32:39","og_article_modified_time":"2025-07-02T03:32:39","og_article_author":"Tove H\u00e5kansson","og_article_section":"News","og_article_tag":["Shooter"],"og_video":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gSGsRY7VkJI","og_video_secure_url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gSGsRY7VkJI","og_video_type":"","og_video_width":0,"og_video_height":0,"og_audio":"","og_audio_secure_url":"","og_audio_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[45,50],"class_list":["post-27235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-mixed","tag-shooter"],"lang":"sv","original_post_id":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark.webp",1200,675,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark-300x169.webp",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark-768x432.webp",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark-1024x576.webp",1024,576,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark.webp",1200,675,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark.webp",1200,675,false],"penci-single-full":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark.webp",1200,675,false],"penci-slider-full-thumb":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark.webp",1200,675,false],"penci-full-thumb":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark.webp",1170,658,false],"penci-slider-thumb":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark.webp",1170,658,false],"penci-magazine-slider":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark.webp",780,439,false],"penci-thumb":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark.webp",585,329,false],"penci-masonry-thumb":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark.webp",585,329,false],"penci-thumb-square":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark.webp",585,329,false],"penci-thumb-vertical":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark.webp",480,270,false],"penci-thumb-small":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark.webp",263,148,false],"penci-recipe-1200x1200":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark.webp",1200,675,false],"penci-recipe-1200x900":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark.webp",1200,675,false],"penci-recipe-1200x675":["https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/perfect-dark.webp",1200,675,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Tove H\u00e5kansson Tove H\u00e5kansson"]},"category_info":"News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27236,"href":"https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27235\/revisions\/27236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playersforlife.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}