Xbox's cancelled Perfect Dark reboot could reportedly have been "revived", but talks over Take-Two publishing it fell through

Last month's Crystal Dynamics layoffs followed the deal's collapse, according to report

The Perfect Dark reboot Microsoft cancelled arsenic portion of their wide layoffs successful July could reportedly person been "revived" nether caller steadfast Take-Two, had talks implicit a woody betwixt the 2 sides and Embracer Group not fallen through.

That's according to a study from Bloomberg, who assertion that Microsoft and Take-Two's nonaccomplishment to scope an statement is what preceded the unspecified fig of layoffs astatine Crystal Dynamics past week. It'd beryllium bully if we lived successful a satellite wherever bigwigs shaking hands wasn't sometimes a happening workers person to pin their hopes of retaining their livelihoods on.

Things get adjacent much galling erstwhile you work what Bloomberg mention arsenic astatine slightest portion of the crushed the talks fell through. What'd hap with semipermanent ownership of the Perfect Dark bid was reportedly a sticking point. Yes, that would beryllium the semipermanent ownership of a bid Microsoft intelligibly saw truthful overmuch imaginable successful that they've conscionable canned a reboot of it, and moved to shutter developers The Initiative successful 1 fell swoop.

Needless to say, execs not coming to presumption implicit who gets to adhd Perfect Dark to the database of names tucked distant successful their dusty vaults would beryllium a beauteous depressing happening to person contributed to the reboot's destiny and consequent layoffs. Reps for Xbox, Take-Two and Embracer each declined to remark erstwhile asked by Bloomberg.

I accidental we should beryllium minutely grateful Microsoft adjacent gave the reboot a accidental to onshore elsewhere with caller backing that'd let its developers to support their jobs. Bloomberg's study notes that leaders astatine co-developers The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics spent 2 months discussing that anticipation with aggregate parties.

The Perfect Dark reboot was 1 of respective games either cancelled oregon near looking for caller backing arsenic a effect of Microsoft's caller wide cuts, which saw astir 9,100 employees fto go. Rare's Everwild and an unnamed MMO astatine Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax were successful the erstwhile camp, portion an FPS astatine Romero Games was successful the latter.