Microsoft is scrapping two upcoming video games, a reboot of “Perfect Dark” and the fantasy title “Everwild,” in addition to ending development on several unannounced projects.
These decisions are the resulting impacts of a sweeping round of layoffs totaling more than 9,000 employees at Microsoft worldwide. As part of the cuts, Microsoft Gaming has shuttered studio The Initiative, which was the developer on the “Perfect Dark” reboot (a game that has been in the works for nearly seven years), marking the the only studio closed at Microsoft Gaming and Xbox in this round, Microsoft has confirmed. Rare, the studio behind the now-scrapped game “Everwild,” which
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