Perfect Dark Reportedly Could be Showcased During the Xbox E3 2022 Showcase - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 March 2022 / 1,435 Views

Publisher Microsoft and developer The Initiative at The Game Awards 2020 announced Perfect Dark for the Xbox Series X|S and PC. Since its announcement we have not heard much about the game, but do know the Tomb Raider studio, Crystal Dynamics, is co-developing it.

VentureBeat reporter Jeff Grubb during the latest XboxEra Podcast claims Microsoft plans to show the game during the Xbox E3 2022 showcase.

"Perfect Dark could come out in 2023, could easily come out in 2024, but I think we’ll probably get Avowed, we’ll probably get Perfect Dark, at that point they will have had close to five full years of development," said Grubb when talking about upcoming first-party Xbox titles that don't have a release date. This was transcribed by VideoGamesChronicle.

Grubb also discussed Microsoft' E3 2022 showcase saying they will likely spend a lot of time on Starfield, Redfall, and Forza Motorsport 8. But they will also spend time on games that will be coming out in 2023.

"They will definitely spend a lot of time on Starfield, they will probably spend a lot of time on Redfall, and Forza Motorsport 8, but then they’re gonna have a lot of room to talk about 'okay, here’s where we’re gonna be in 2023.'

"And the games that they talk about there are likely going to be the games that you will be getting in 2023, I expect to get gameplay of Perfect Dark and stuff like that at that point."

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

9 Comments

G2ThaUNiT (on 07 March 2022)

A lot of "could" and "likely" and "probably" in this article lol. Classic Grubb. But I can see it all happening though because it has to. There's so many games Xbox has already announced where the only thing they've shown is a CGI trailer. This E3 has to be at least 2 hours long lol. Starfield will get a massive showcase since it's going to be THE holiday title for Xbox, then there has to be release dates or updates for upcoming games like Redfall, Forza Motorsport, Avowed, Fable, Perfect Dark, Hellblade II, and State of Decay 3. Along with content updates for games like Halo Infinite, FH5, AoE4, and Sea of Thieves.

Idk if there's going to be time for new game announcements lol but Xbox really should have their own Direct or State of Play style presentation throughout the year instead of holding it all till E3 since E3 is about to be a relic of the past.

Imaginedvl (on 07 March 2022)

Seriously we should stop supporting or giving this guy visibility, he is a fraud and not an insider at all.

It has been shown/proved multiple times that he is just saying stuff that may happen and taking the credit when it does... But everyone forgets all the stuff he said that never happened.

Now, he is "predicting" that Microsoft may show off some Perfect Dark at E3... wow... He is on a roll with his "insider" stuff. Who would have predicted something like that...