Perfect Dark may be getting help from Halo, Call of Duty, and Doom devs

According to a new rumour, Microsoft’s upcoming Perfect Dark reboot will be getting help from developer Certain Affinity – a studio with ex-Bungie staff which has worked on multiple Call of Duty and Halo games, including Halo Infinite, and even the recent Doom reboot.

Since it was officially revealed at The Game Awards in December 2020, not much has been heard about the third game in the Perfect Dark series. It’s primarily being developed by new studio The Initiative, which includes ex-Tomb Raider developers from Crystal Dynamics – and just a few months ago it was announced that Crystal Dynamics itself would be assisting with Perfect Dark.

Now, according to journalist Jez Corden on the Xbox Two podcast, it seems that another studio could be supporting The Initiative on Perfect Dark: Certain Affinity, a support studio that has worked on multiple FPSs over the years. It’s helped develop multiple Call of Duty and Halo games all the way back to Halo 2 and Call of Duty: World of War, and even helped out with Doom 2016’s multiplayer.