The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

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This weekend, SpikeTV's GameHead program confirmed rumors that a Chronicles of Riddick game is coming to next-gen consoles. Speaking with host Geoff Keighley, Sierra Entertainment executive producer Pete Wanat confirmed that The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is being developed for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Assault on Dark Athena will contain all the content from The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, which was a critical and commercial hit on the PC and original Xbox. It will also add new material that takes place after the previous game's titular jailbreak and feature reworked graphics.

"This isn't a case when we took the old-gen game and up-rezed it," said Wanat. "All the textures are being redone so it truly looks like a next-gen game." The producer also confirmed that developer Starbreeze, Universal Pictures, and Tigon Studios--Vin Diesel's game company--are all collaborating on the new game. Diesel himself is also doing new voice work for the expanded storyline.

Wanat also confirmed that the PS3 version of the game will take advantage of the console's motion-sensing Sixaxis controller. He called the controller "totally perfect" for the game's shiv-based prison combat, but did not elaborate. Wanat also dodged questions about whether or not Assault on Dark Athena would have a multiplayer component, saying only "it would be beneficial if it did in the era of Xbox Live."

Assault on Dark Athena currently has no official release date, although British site Computer & Video Games claims to have learned it will arrive before the end of the year. Reps for Vivendi Games, Sierra's parent company, had not responded on requests for comment as of press time.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6171213.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;3

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Nice.. worthy of keeping ones eye on, considering the quality of the last title

Gamespot updated their story, now confirming online multiplayer. 😄 😄 😄

[UPDATE 2] Early Wednesday, Sierra formally announced Assault on Dark Athena--and answered some of the questions Wanat left hanging. The game will indeed "for the first time in the Riddick universe, take action in intense multi-player combat." Sierra later clarified said MP mode would be online-enabled. Both the 360 and PS3 editions of Dark Athena will be released later this year.

I loved the first one for Xbox. The graphics were outstanding, gameplay was innovative, smooth and FUN as hell. Overall best movie licensed game EVER....after Goldeneye anyways.

I don't know, I wasn't a huge fan of the first one...

I never played much of the first, but from what I did, I was really impressed.

I'll definitely be checking this one out.

Sweet.This I have to see.

butchar bay was one of the smoothest and entertaining fps game i ever played, i am highly looking forward to this one

I hope they retain the stealthy shadow gameplay .. I mean I did like the other elements but shadows are what made the game

Yall do realise this is a remake of the original right? So everything that was in it will be back. lol

If it is, thats retarded.

Create an new game with new storyline.

Originally posted by AstroFan
Yall do realise this is a remake of the original right? So everything that was in it will be back. lol

I still dont the idea of redoing a game that still looks pretty good on the PC.

I think its being lazy. I'm not going to buy it, or rent it, or play it.

the article says its 'the original adventure and some added events that take place after the big jail break' completely redone... /shrug

I'll probably rent it if anything

Yeah...shrug is right.

Why the hell are they doing this? If The Darkness turns out to be a great game...then if they continue with an new game, they can become one of the better known studios out there.

Releasing an updated Riddick game is retarded. Who the hell is going to buy it? I'm not. I dont care about updated graphics because the graphics werent bad to begin with. I can understand if Valve redo's Half Life because its almost 10 years old. But Riddick...the PC version is still good looking today.

i never played the first one so ill probably check it out

Yeah, I would definitly check it out.

It's a pretty sweet game.

Loads of atmosphere, excellent voice acting, great fistacuffs, GTA like missions (go around and do things for people), pretty sweet graphics, and overall good story.

Definitly check it out...but if you dont like stealthy FPS then you might not like it.