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Perfect Dark’s game director, Dan Neuburger, has seemingly left his position at The Initiative.<\/p>\n

According to his LinkedIn profile<\/a> (thanks Resetera<\/a>), Neuburger left the studio last month after three years and eight months there. He had previously worked on the rebooted Tomb Raider games at Crystal Dynamics, which, coincidentally enough, is co-developing the Perfect Dark remake<\/a> alongside The Initiative.<\/p>\n

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Perfect Dark’s game director, Dan Neuburger, has seemingly left his position at The Initiative. According to his LinkedIn profile (thanks Resetera), Neuburger left the studio last month after three years and eight months there. He had previously worked on the rebooted Tomb Raider games at Crystal Dynamics, which, coincidentally enough, is co-developing the Perfect Dark remake alongside The Initiative. 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