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There is a speculation that the Perfect Dark reboot could show up at the Xbox Games Showcase on June 9.
According to the DirectXbox Podcast, commentator NateTheHate said: “At this point, I fully expect that we will see Perfect Dark next month, and that some of the more recent rumors may have been outdated information, perhaps […] I’ve have been hearing things this week that Perfect Dark is not in that bad of a state.”

RUMOUR
According to NateTheHate, Perfect Dark will be shown at Xbox Showcase in June and is NOT in development difficulties
“At this point, I fully expect that we will see Perfect Dark next month, and that some of the more recent rumors may have been outdated information,… pic.twitter.com/a2pKIMn0VN
— GPT: Game Pass Tracker (@GPTGamingNews) May 11, 2024

Jeff Grubb of Giant Bomb responded stating, “Yeah, since talking about it, I’ve heard it could show up at the Xbox Showcase as well.”

Yeah, since talking about it, I’ve heard it could show up at the Xbox Showcase as well. https://t.co/RiQjyTxFIi
— Grubb (@JeffGrubb) May 11, 2024

What is the new Perfect Dark game about?
Perfect Dark was officially revealed in late 2020 and described as a “secret agent thriller set in a near-future world.” It is supposed to be a re-imagining of one of the best-loved IPs in gaming history.

In a detailed introductory video from 2020, game director Dan Neuburger characterized the project as a franchise reinvention, stating, “There really isn’t a game out there that’s hitting that sort of blockbuster secret agent vision.” The trailer revealed that Joanna Dark will resume her role as the main character. However, no specific release date or window was provided.
Neuburger continued saying that Perfect Dark was “revolutionary” for its time, and that “it did a lot of things that other games weren’t doing.”
“It’s been so long since the first installment and sort of rethink what that could be and how we bring that into the modern era is a really interesting problem to solve,” said the director.
Studio head Darrell Gallagher said at the time that “what we really like was the idea of secret agents,” while design director Drew Murray added that the game would have elements of espionage, reconnaissance, and tricking people.
Rumors of a new Perfect Dark game have been circulating for a while, and although Xbox initially minimized the significance of a Perfect Dark Twitter account linked to a Microsoft email address, its existence sparked discussions.

I’m not sure who discovered the @fable and @PerfectDarkGame placeholders, but a Microsoft Xbox employee is following one, and the other is registered to a Microsoft email address pic.twitter.com/MagqUbPiZf
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) June 27, 2020

The Initiative, revealed at E3 2018, has recruited personnel from prominent developers like Crystal Dynamics, Bungie, and Naughty Dog, among others. According to a blog post about Perfect Dark, the studio has assembled “some of the most talented game makers from around the industry who all share a passion for storytelling, world-building and creating memorable game experiences.”
Featured image: Xbox / Microsoft
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GameStop (GME) shares soared to around 110% on Monday and were halted several times due to market volatility after the return of “Roaring Kitty” to social media.
Stock in GME spiked to its highest level in more than a year when the New York Stock Exchange opened on Monday but the catalyst for the surge happened online.
‘Roaring Kitty’, previously identified as Keith Gill, posted on X/Twitter for the first time since 2021, creating a flurry of activity on Monday.
On Sunday, he posted a meme of a gamer leaning forward as if to be taking the game seriously, following on from the chain of events three years ago when he created a similar tailspin.

pic.twitter.com/YgjVqtgcNS
— Roaring Kitty (@TheRoaringKitty) May 13, 2024

Yesterday, he followed up his meme with a series of clips from superhero titles, featuring Thanos and Wolverine, accompanied by the caption “Fine, I’ll do it myself”.
Why is GME rising?
It was this activity that propelled GameStop shares with the huge early rise being followed by a drop, balancing out up 78% toward the end of the morning session.
Gill rose to prominence for his commentary on why GameStop stock would rise and he went on to testify at Congress on the ‘short squeeze’ of January 2021 influenced by many retail traders.
The engineering of the squeeze happened when a mass squad of meme traders attempted to strike back at Wall Street and the heavyweight financial institutions which were left scrambling to recover their figures after their bets against GameStop backfired.
It was the actions of the ‘Roaring Kitty’-influenced legions which sent GME soaring in the first instance.
This whole episode was transformed onto the silver screen last year when a Hollywood production saw Gill played by Paul Dano, the main protagonist in Dumb Money.
The real-life character has kept a low profile in recent times but his return to social media over the weekend is a change of tack, attributed as the key factor in the sudden GameStop stock surge.
Image credit: Ideogram
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