Kotaku: Perfect Dark

The Perfect Dark That (Thankfully?) Never Was

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:30:53 EDT

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There was another Perfect Dark game in development at one point, a follow-up to Xbox 360 launch game Perfect Dark Zero that would have been a "more realistic," seemingly grittier version of Rare's first-person shooter. More »

Monty Python Still Funny In Perfect Dark

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:30:00 EDT

This is the classic Monty Python "How Not To Be Seen" sketch re-made using classic Nintendo 64 shooter Perfect Dark, uploaded to YouTube this week. More »

This Lady Looks Familiar

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:00:00 EDT

On Friday, a new Swedish film opens in, wait for it, Sweden. The picture is a parody of cop shows and is called Kommisarie Späck (Detective Blubber). The lead female character doesn't look like she's from police dramas. More »

Perfect Dark Controls Get A Little More Advanced In April

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:00:00 EDT

Southpaws, rejoice, as the Xbox Live Arcade version of Perfect Dark gets new Advanced Control options in the next title update, as seen on Twitter. More »

Perfect Dark Micro-review: Elvis Has Re-entered The Building

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:00:00 EDT

Rare's Nintendo 64 shooter Perfect Dark gets a high-definition makeover for Xbox Live Arcade, the lovely and talented special agent Joanna Dark looking ten years better than she did in her first-person shooter debut. Is Dark still "perfect"? More »

Joanna Dark Returns, GTA: San Andreas Goes Cheap On XBLA This Week

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:20:28 EDT

Perfect Dark keeps Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade Block Party going, with the re-release of Rare's 10-year-old first-person shooter hitting the Xbox 360 this Wednesday. Also, available, damn good deals on Xbox Originals. More »

Microsoft Prices And Dates The Xbox Live Block Party

Mike Fahey — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:00:00 EST

Microsoft gets its Xbox Live Block Party started right, scheduling the weekly releases of Toy Soldiers, Scrap Metal, Perfect Dark, and Game Room, with a chance for players to score Microsoft points and a month of Xbox Live Gold. More »

XBLA Perfect Dark Multiplayer Features GoldenEye Weapons, Levels

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:00:00 EST

In March, an hi-def port of Perfect Dark will be released on Xbox LIVE Arcade. The port will feature much more than tarted up graphics. More »

Perfect Dark XBLA Could Get More New Maps, Weapons

Brian Crecente — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:00:00 EST

The Xbox Live Arcade remake of classic Nintendo 64 shooter Perfect Dark sings on the Xbox 360, mixing the game's original geometry with high-definition graphics and a silky frame rate without tinkering with the unique controls. More »

Perfect Dark XBLA - Before And After

Mike Fahey — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:20:00 EST

A trio of comparison shots show us just how far Perfect Dark's graphics have traveled during their journey to Xbox Live Arcade. More »

Perfect Dark XBLA: Re-Skinned Elvis Has Entered The Building

Mike Fahey — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:20:00 EDT

Three new screenshots for the Xbox Live Arcade remake of Rare's Perfect Dark have surfaced on the developer's website, showing off some re-skinned weapons and a new look for Joanna Dark's Maian pal, Elvis. More »

Perfect Dark XBLA Looks Sharp, No Expansion Pak Required

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:00:00 EDT

Rare's Nintendo 64 first-person shooter Perfect Dark is coming to Xbox Live Arcade later this year. Winter, says Microsoft. This is what it looks like. More »

Perfect Dark Coming To XBLA This Winter

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:00:00 EDT

Microsoft's Larry Hryb just posted a little note on his Twitter account, saying that the original Perfect Dark - originally released on the N64 - will be out on Xbox Live Arcade later this year. More »

Forza 3 Event Spits Out Another Perfect Dark Tease

Owen Good — Sun, 03 May 2009 15:00:00 EDT

Last week's Xbox 360 event in Sao Paolo, which teased Forza 3, also spun off another rumor tidbit: That pic, sent over to Destructoid, which is the second in-the-wild sighting of Perfect Dark on XBLA. More »

Perfect Dark Teased On Xbox LIVE

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:00:22 EDT

This screenshot from developer Rare shows what appears to be an icon for its Nintendo 64 first-person-shooter Perfect Dark in an Xbox LIVE folder. More »

What to Give the Perfect Dark-Obsessed Gamer

ogood — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:00:00 EDT

A laptop sentry gun, of course. Or, well, a lot of pipes and electrical tape, and scrap metal shaped into the notorious weapon. Reader Thomas Masheder and his pal regularly play Perfect Dark for N64 to this day. And when his pal turned 25, Thomas went off to the hardware store in search of parts to build his gun. More »

Perfect Dark 2 Rumors Zero In On Internet

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:40:00 EDT

The sequel to the Nintendo 64 Rare shooter Perfect Dark may be in development now at Rare, if rumors from Indian gaming outlet GameGuru are accurate. The report, while decidedly vague and oddly worded, hints that Perfect Dark 2 may wash the extreme flavor of Perfect Dark Zero out of our mouths sooner than expected, with an announcement due in the second half of 2008. More »

Rare Working on Two DS Titles

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:19:02 EST

According to the latest issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, developer Rare is hard at work on two upcoming DS titles. One of the titles is supposed to be a platormer based on Banjo-Kazooie. Rare back with Nintendo? Looks like that Perfect Dark game for the Revolution rumor is starting to sound more and more believable. More »