Since its foundation, The Initiative has been one of the studios that has generated the most interest among Xbox users, especially after learning that the studio would develop games that would be above a normal AAA. In addition, after the announcement of Perfect Dark, expectations are higher if possible, although not everything is going as the members of the study would like.
If last year the design director of the title announced that he was leaving the studio, now we have been able to know that Perfect Dark director leaves The Initiativethanks to a post on his profile LinkedIn. Dan Nuburger has updated his profile on the well-known social network, noting that his adventure in the Santa Monica studio ended last February.
Perfect Dark director leaves The Initiative
The well-known Klobrille has spoken about the sudden abandonment of Neuburger through the forums of Resetera, where he has given his point of view on this decision. The user has assured that he thinks that The role of The Initiative is to handle the concept, prototype and full pre-production phasesto later take the complete development of the hand of another study.
I think that little by little I begin to understand the idea of The Initiative. It seems like it’s basically a studio kicking off a project and taking it through the concept, prototype, and full pre-production phases, then taking it to full production with the help of another studio that has the necessary manpower. , in this case Crystal Dynamics. That also explains the “stay small and nimble” comment and also… The name of the studio.
Of course, this conclusion could make a lot of sense, although of course, it is far from information offered by Microsoft or by the study. Meanwhile, we will have to see how he feels about the news that the director of Perfect Dark leaves The Initiative during the development of the game.