The Initiative (company)
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The Initiative is an American
Santa Monica, California, formed in 2018. The studio is currently working on a new installment in the Perfect Dark
series.
History
At
Santa Monica.[3] At its formation, it aimed to create and produce big-budget titles. In addition to Gallagher, the studio recruited several industry veterans, including Christian Cantamessa (writer of Red Dead Redemption) and Brian Westergaard (senior producer of 2018's God of War), as well as talents from BioWare, Naughty Dog, Respawn Entertainment, Santa Monica Studio, Blizzard Entertainment, Insomniac Games and Rockstar Games.[4][5][6][7]
At The Game Awards 2020, it was revealed that the studio is working on a Perfect Dark reboot.[8]
References
- ^ Lopez, Ule (September 24, 2021). "Perfect Dark Reboot will be a Collaborative Effort Between The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics". Wccftech. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ Grant, Christopher (June 10, 2018). "Microsoft has five (!) new internal studios". Polygon. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ Takahashi, Dean (June 16, 2018). "How Darrell Gallagher plans to build Microsoft's The Initiative studio in Santa Monica". VentureBeat. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
- ^ Robinson, Andy (August 12, 2020). "Xbox's new studio signs yet more experience from Respawn, BioWare". Video Games Chronicles. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ Parijat, Shubhankar (May 12, 2020). "The Initiative Recruits Former Naughty Dog, Rockstar Programmer". GamingBolt. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ Robinson, Andy (July 23, 2019). "Xbox studio hires group of God of War designers". Video Games Chronicles. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ Robinson, Andy (December 12, 2020). "Analysis: Who's working on the new Perfect Dark?". Video Games Chronicles. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- ^ Conditt, Jessica (December 12, 2020). "Xbox studio The Initiative is working on 'Perfect Dark'". Engadget. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
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