Chronicles Of Riddick Assault On Dark Athena Re-Emerges

[Dark Drakan]

Chronicles Of Riddick Assault On Dark Athena Re-Emerges

Could have had tears of joy when i read that this game is still on the way. Been waiting for more news on it for well over a year now and finally some more has came. Rumours were it had been cancelled and the project was dead but that is very much untrue. In fact the total opposite has happened, it will be scheduled for release early 2009 and will contain more than was first mentioned. It will no longer merely be a remake of the classic Xbox title Escape From Butcher Bay. It will now contain a whole new stand alone game, full multiplayer as well as the remade original title, which gets me very excited as i loved the original. New hands on previews have been revealed in the last few days and have been receiving high praise.

Chronicles of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena Preview - 1up.com

Though the game was initially conceived as a fairly straightforward remake of the classic original Xbox game, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay, the developers at Tigon Studios and Starbreeze have pushed the project beyond a mere port to include both a remake of the original game and an entirely new chapter in the Riddick storyline, Assault on Dark Athena. Picking up more or less directly after the events in Escape From Butcher Bay, Assault on Dark Athena finds Riddick and his captor, the bounty hunter Johns, onboard the Dark Athena, a pirate craft that's led by a mysterious captain that Riddick might have a history with. After being locked in cryostasis for a good long stretch, Riddick--being the badass that he is--manages to wake himself up and begins stalking the corridors of the Athena, looking to escape.

Given that the demo focused entirely on the new content in the game, we didn't get a chance to re-experience Butcher Bay for the first time on the Xbox 360. What we do know is that, even though the original game is being remade in Dark Athena, game upgrades will touch on all content in the game, both old and new. One example is that AI enemies will use improved team tactics to take you down. That's in addition to the stunning graphical upgrade that the original game is getting, completely remastered audio, and user-interface improvements such as a radial weapon-selection menu. Naturally, Vin Diesel will reprise his role as Riddick, with actress Michelle Forbes (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Battlestar Galactica: Razor, Al Roach: Private Insectigator) taking up the role as the captain of the Dark Athena.

When you add the fact that the content for Escape From Butcher Bay and the Assault on Dark Athena seems to be about the same length, as well as multiplayer features that the company has yet to reveal, it looks like the game will be jam-packed with features. We look forward to peeling back the new pages of Riddick's chronicles in the coming months and will keep you up to date on all of the latest developments until the game's release, due for spring 2009.

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New Trailer

Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena - Trailer (HD) - Youtube

 

[Tsuyu]

Re: Chronicles Of Riddick Assault On Dark Athena Re-Emerges

Hmm... Just me, or do those screenies carry a F.E.A.R-feeling about them?

 

[Dark Drakan]

Re: Chronicles Of Riddick Assault On Dark Athena Re-Emerges

Hmm... Just me, or do those screenies carry a F.E.A.R-feeling about them?

Yeah guess they kind of do in a way, the original had that sort of gritty look to it though.