A new Perfect Dark game has been announced

We've been wondering for a while now what The Initiative, Microsoft's Santa Monica game studio that was founded back in 2018, was actually developing. 

Now we know! At The Game Awards today, The Initiative announced Perfect Dark with the cinematic trailer you see above. It's described as "eco sci-fi" and a first-person shooter that's "not just about shooting." It's set in a futuristic world where corporations have developed new technology to combat ecological disasters, but as you might guess, it sounds like the corporations aren't really to be trusted. Welcome back, Agent Dark.

The original Perfect Dark was a first-person shooter developed by Rare in 2000 for the Nintendo 64. We don't know much about this new version, which is "still early in development," or if it'll be on PC, but we assume so (Microsoft games all are, these days). There's a brief, official post here on the Xbox website, and we'll let you know when we find out more.