Perfect Dark Zero is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was exclusively released as a launch title for the Xbox 360 on November 17, 2005 in North America and December 2, 2005 in Europe. It is a prequel to the Nintendo 64 game Perfect Dark and takes place in the year 2020, predating the original Perfect Dark's storyline by three years. The game follows bounty hunter Joanna Dark as she works alongside her father and other key characters to stop a conspiracy by rival corporation dataDyne.
The game was under development for five years and was originally intended to be released for the Nintendo GameCube and later the Xbox. The game features a campaign mode consisting of 14 missions that can be played co-operatively, and a multiplayer where a maximum of 32 players can compete against each other in numerous types of deathmatch and objective-based games. Both the co-operative mode and the multiplayer can be played via split-screen, system link, or through the Xbox Live service.
Perfect Dark Zero was a commercial success, selling more than one million copies worldwide. Reviews for the game were divided but generally positive, garnering a GameRankings and a Metacritic aggregated score of 82% and 81/100 respectively. The game's numerous multiplayer modes singled out as strong features; however, some publications criticized single-player aspects such as its story and voice acting. Two sequel novels, Perfect Dark: Initial Vector and Perfect Dark: Second Front, and a comic series, Perfect Dark: Janus' Tears, were released to continue the story of the game.
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