Definitely, nothing is going right at The Initiative. At the helm of the next adventures of Johanna Dark, it seems that the studio had to part with its Game Director, Dan Neuburger. The second following Drew Murray, last year…
What’s going on at The Initiative?
Announcement in 2020 and since very discreet, the next Perfect Dark seems to be experiencing an eventful development. As they seek to differentiate other FPS”, the developers of The Initiative have, it seems, said goodbye to their Game Director, Dan Neuburger. This is what his profile Linkedin.
Spotted by content creator, Klobrille, the developer’s profile mentions an end date on his experience at the Microsoft-owned studio and would be looking to work in other areas such as design. After 3 years and 8 months within the teams of The Initiative, Dan Neuburger would therefore be the second major departure following that of Drew Murray. Left for Insomniac Games, Drew Murray then mentioned a incompatibility with his personal life to justify his departure.
At this time, neither The Initiative nor Xbox have commented on this departure. Perfect Dark is intended to be the reboot of the adventures of Johanna Dark, heroine born from the Rare studio in the year 2000 and initially appeared on Nintendo 64. The Initiative surrounded Crystal Dynamics studio teams to relaunch the franchise, like the work done on the reboot of the Tomb Raider saga in 2006. No release window has yet been given.