• 1080p
• 60 Frames Per Second
• Original control schemes plus more
• All multiplayer modes online (Combat Simulator, Co-Op, Counter-Op)
• 8 players online
• 4 player split screen (Online and over Xbox Live)
• Multiplayer now includes all weapons from Goldeneye
• Game release is either March 10th or 17th
• Game is priced at $10 or 800 MS Points
• Character models that were originally 300 polygons now boast 3500, while guns have gone from 150 polygons to nearer 2000
• Features avatar awards
• 20 achievements – a first for an XBLA game. (200 Points) Thanks Rob

Microsofts’s X10 (GameFest 2010) is tomorrow and Perfect Dark is going to be there! Stay tuned for any information and a possible release date. In fact, part of me thinks the game will be released this week. (Being optimistic of course!) Major Nelson has been dropping hints.

Games Confirmed:
SC – Splinter Cell
DR2 – Dead Rising 2
F3 – Fable 3
HR – Halo Reach
LP2 – Lost Planet 2
GR – Ghost Recon
PD – Perfect Dark
AW – Alan Wake
TS – Toy Soldiers

Also, the screenshots section has been updated with ALL officially released screens.

Ten leaked screenshots of Perfect Dark Arcade have showed up, along with one official. The leaked sceenshots reveal Daniel Carrington, several soldiers (one a Peter Moore Look-A-Like), and Joanna herself. The official screenshot above shows off Cassandra DeVries. Unfortunately, I am unable to host the leak screenshots due to policy so get them from the Xbox.com forums before they’re gone! We still haven’t heard a release date but speculation is pointing to an early 2010 release. Check out a comparison of the new official screenshot with the original Perfect Dark 64 after the jump.

Leaked by rarewitchproject.com. Thank you M.E. for submitting all this information!
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Well this a is a couple weeks too late but here are the latest screens from Perfect Dark Acrade:


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Rare has Twitter now, which will surely be packed with all kinds of great insight and goofy pictures. If you’re into that kind of thing, you can find them at http://twitter.com/RareLtd

The first images of the Perfect Dark port for Xbox Live Arcade have been released. The game still looks pretty good for a 9 year old game. The Xbox.com game page states the game has all the original features plus Xbox Live features. There is also a marker for “Online Multiplayer.”

From Rare’s Official site:

As the availability of a new PD-themed, er, theme on Marketplace today may indicate, the original pre-Zero instalment of Perfect Dark will be the third Rare N64-era classic to arrive on Xbox Live Arcade.

It’ll be following in the footsteps of Banjo-Kazooie and PD’s own stablemate from the same year, Banjo-Tooie. Those troopers at 4J are already hard at work on the porting duties, sorting out the high-definition makeover and kick up the framerate you’ve come to expect. No word on any further tweaks or additions just yet, and no solid release date, but at the time of writing it seems likely to be near the end of 2009.

As stated, the game is not being ported by Rare themselves so don’t be too disappointed when you find out there are no extra features. Hopefully, 4J will have the ability to create online multiplayer. The good news is that this game appears to be a marketing strategy for the next installment of Perfect Dark. This arcade release will help build hype for the next game, much as the Banjo Kazooie games were used to build hype for Nuts & Bolts.

The free Perfect Dark theme Microsoft promised is now on the marketplace.

Marketplace Description: “Back in the year 2000, Rare continued a solid gold run of hits with the debut of a striking new sci-fi heroine. Agent Joanna Dark hit the ground running in Perfect Dark, an epic tale of galactic conspiracies in 2023 America. Now this classic shooter is coming to Xbox Live Arcade, rendered in greater definition and detail and sporting a silkier framerate than ever before. Fire up your Farsight and prepare for assignment as the Dark returns this winter.”

Xbox.com download link.

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Here it is everyone! Finally, Perfect Dark is coming to Xbox Live Arcade this winter! Major Nelson has confirmed this via Twitter. The game is currently playable on E3 show floor and is running at 60 FPS in 1080p. Hopefully we will get some footage soon. Stay tuned everyone!

Also, there will be a FREE Perfect Dark theme on the marketplace tomorrow!

According to the IGN E3 schedule, another Microsoft title is going to be annouced tomorrow at 2:00 PM PST. Rare has been a no show so far and I think this is a good indication that we will hear from them tomorrow. As I predicted, this is Microsoft’s way of fighting Sony’s conference hype. Keep your fingers crossed everyone!