{"id":865872,"date":"2025-12-17T08:25:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/perfect-dark-gets-first-impressive-gameplay-trailer\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T08:25:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:25:27","slug":"perfect-dark-gets-first-impressive-gameplay-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/perfect-dark-gets-first-impressive-gameplay-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Dark Gets First Impressive Gameplay Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/perfect-dark-gets-first-impressive-gameplay-trailer.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Perfect Dark trailer Xbox Games Showcase 2024\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The long-lost reboot of Perfect Dark made its grand return during today&#8217;s Xbox Games Showcase. First announced in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/the-game-awards-2020\/2020\/12\/10\/the-initiatives-perfect-dark-announced\">2020 at The Game Awards<\/a>, the trailer consists almost entirely of gameplay, showing off the reimagined vision of the Nintendo 64 classic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The over 3-minute trailer shows off first-person gameplay as Joanna Dark airdrops into a lush sci-fi city. Pursuing a target, she utilizes gadgets that allow her to hack systems to open doors and eavesdrop on nearby conversations. Getting around the city involves first-person parkour as she leaps and swings across balconies. Johanna is eventually greeted by goons that she drops by blasting them with bullets, stunning them with electrical rounds, or humbling them with CQC melee takedowns. She also has a scanner that reveals enemies behind barriers.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ofUi9DR9sc4\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Perfect Dark is being developed by The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics. It is coming to Xbox Series X\/S, but it still has no release window.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/xbox-showcase\/2024\/06\/09\/perfect-dark-gets-first-impressive-gameplay-trailer\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long-lost reboot of Perfect Dark made its grand return during today&#8217;s Xbox Games Showcase. 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She also has a scanner that reveals enemies&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/perfect-dark-gets-first-impressive-gameplay-trailer\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":865873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-865872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Perfect Dark Gets First Impressive Gameplay Trailer | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The long-lost reboot of Perfect Dark made its grand return during today&#039;s Xbox Games Showcase. 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