<s>
Perfect	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2010	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
developed	O
by	O
4J	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
Game	O
Studios	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
through	O
its	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
download	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
remaster	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Perfect	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
gameplay	O
remains	O
largely	O
unchanged	O
,	O
the	O
remaster	O
features	O
significant	O
technical	O
improvements	O
over	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
including	O
new	O
higher-resolution	O
textures	O
and	O
character	O
models	O
,	O
a	O
higher	O
frame	O
rate	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
that	O
supports	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
online	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perfect	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
over	O
a	O
course	O
of	O
nearly	O
a	O
year	O
and	O
its	O
game	O
engine	O
was	O
completely	O
re-written	O
from	O
scratch	O
to	O
support	O
several	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
game	O
plays	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
the	O
code	B-General_Concept
and	O
renderer	O
is	O
different	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Rare	B-Application
Replay	I-Application
video	O
game	O
compilation	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perfect	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
is	O
a	O
remastered	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
2000	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
of	B-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Rare	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
1997	O
hit	O
GoldenEye	B-Application
007	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
remaster	O
,	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
modes	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
in	O
either	O
splitscreen	O
or	O
through	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
online	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
content	O
in	O
the	O
remaster	O
is	O
unlocked	O
from	O
the	O
beginning	O
,	O
and	O
weapons	O
from	O
GoldenEye	B-Application
007	I-Application
,	O
which	O
were	O
originally	O
only	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
single-player	O
mode	O
,	O
are	O
now	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remaster	O
also	O
includes	O
two	O
new	O
control	O
set-ups	O
,	O
entitled	O
"	O
Spartan	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Duty	O
Calls	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Halo	O
and	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
first-person	O
shooter	O
franchises	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perfect	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
4J	O
Studios	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
studio	O
that	O
previously	O
developed	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
versions	O
of	O
Rare	O
's	O
platform	O
games	O
Banjo-Kazooie	B-Application
and	O
Banjo-Tooie	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
Game	O
Studios	O
creative	O
director	O
Ken	O
Lobb	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
"	O
took	O
the	O
original	O
code	B-General_Concept
,	O
ported	O
it	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
and	O
included	O
deep	O
[	O
Xbox	O
Live ]	O
integration	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
over	O
a	O
course	O
of	O
approximately	O
11	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
a	O
working	O
prototype	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
functionality	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
written	O
from	O
scratch	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
opted	O
to	O
completely	O
rewrite	O
the	O
game	O
engine	O
rather	O
than	O
do	O
a	O
port	O
through	O
emulation	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
game	O
plays	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
,	O
the	O
code	B-General_Concept
and	O
renderer	O
are	O
different	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
observed	O
that	O
,	O
as	O
character	O
and	O
weapon	O
models	O
were	O
remodeled	O
from	O
their	O
original	O
low	O
hundreds	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
count	I-General_Concept
to	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
in	O
the	O
thousands	O
,	O
he	O
was	O
worried	O
about	O
them	O
looking	O
awkward	O
in	O
the	O
low-poly	O
geometry	O
level	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Rare	O
's	O
Producer	O
Nick	O
Ferguson	O
:	O
"	O
We	O
did	O
n't	O
change	O
the	O
fundamental	O
behavior	O
of	O
the	O
aiming	O
system	O
simply	O
because	O
that	O
is	O
not	O
how	O
Perfect	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
was	O
played	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
observed	O
that	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
updating	O
the	O
controls	O
was	O
actually	O
seen	O
as	O
a	O
flaw	O
in	O
Perfect	B-Device
Dark	I-Device
Zero	I-Device
,	O
which	O
tried	O
to	O
"	O
combine	O
the	O
original	O
Perfect	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
system	O
with	O
aspects	O
of	O
Halo	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perfect	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
was	O
first	O
teased	O
to	O
consumers	O
in	O
April	O
2009	O
via	O
a	O
screenshot	O
of	O
a	O
Rare	O
employee	O
's	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
dashboard	O
which	O
showed	O
an	O
icon	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
confirmed	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
development	O
on	O
June	O
2	O
,	O
2009	O
via	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
Director	O
of	O
Programming	O
Larry	O
Hryb	O
's	O
Twitter	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
17	O
,	O
2010	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
Block	O
Party	O
promotion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
cross-promotion	O
with	O
Crackdown	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
players	O
with	O
a	O
Crackdown	B-Application
2	I-Application
saved	O
game	O
on	O
their	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
hard	O
drive	O
could	O
unlock	O
that	O
game	O
's	O
protagonist	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
Agent	O
4	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
playable	O
skin	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perfect	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
was	O
downloaded	O
over	O
150,000	O
times	O
during	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
of	O
release	O
and	O
grossed	O
approximately	O
$1.61	O
million	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Perfect	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Rare	B-Application
Replay	I-Application
compilation	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
enhanced	B-Device
to	O
run	O
at	O
native	O
4K	B-Architecture
resolution	I-Architecture
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perfect	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
over	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
and	O
highlighted	O
the	O
selection	O
of	O
weapons	O
,	O
the	O
satisfying	O
gunplay	O
,	O
and	O
leaderboards	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
they	O
allow	O
players	O
to	O
compare	O
their	O
performance	O
with	O
their	O
friends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Christian	O
Donlan	O
of	O
Eurogamer	O
stated	O
that	O
Perfect	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
is	O
"	O
not	O
afraid	O
to	O
throw	O
dead	O
ends	O
at	O
you	O
seemingly	O
for	O
the	O
hell	O
of	O
it	O
,	O
or	O
repeat	O
textures	O
so	O
much	O
in	O
its	O
huge	O
maps	O
that	O
you	O
can	O
get	O
a	O
little	O
dizzy	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
March	O
2010	O
,	O
IGN	O
named	O
Perfect	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Month	O
.	O
</s>
