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Assault on Dark Athena commences April 7

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Feb 23, 2009 1:24 pm PT

Expanded and updated PS3, 360 rework of Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay hits North America in six weeks; EU arrival set for April 24.

It has been a long time coming, but The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena has finally received a release day. In North America, the M-for-Mature-rated action game will ship for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 on April 7. Two and a half weeks later, it will launch on the same platforms in Europe. The game will be distributed by Atari, which acquired the game after it was orphaned following last July's merger of its then-publisher Vivendi Games and Activision to form Activision Blizzard.

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The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is an expanded version of the critically acclaimed The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay, released on the original Xbox in 2004 and on the PC in 2005. First revealed in May 2007, the game includes the entire original game, which was a prequel to the 2004 film The Chronicles of Riddick starring Vin Diesel. The brawny Fast and Furious star will reprise his role in Assault on Dark Athena, which will also boast a new campaign set after the events of the original game.

Assault on Dark Athena will also feature reworked graphics upgraded and optimized for the current generation of consoles and PC graphics cards. "This isn't a case when we took the old-gen game and up-rezed it," then-producer Pete Wanat told SpikeTV in 2007. "All the textures are being redone so it truly looks like a next-gen game." (Wanat is currently the producer for Wanted: Weapons of Fate, which he discussed on GameSpot's HotSpot podcast earlier this month.)

51 Comments

  • GM-Lucra

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 7:01 am PT

    This game is going to be EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • jerryschust

    Posted Mar 1, 2009 7:18 pm PT

    I'm excited.

  • jerryschust

    Posted Mar 1, 2009 7:18 pm PT

    cool

  • pilot_riaz

    Posted Feb 25, 2009 6:15 am PT

    I rented the Xbox 1 game and it did not work on my 360, wasn't supported.
    Including the orginal one now with Dark Athena is great news. It will work

  • 008Zulu

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 9:03 pm PT

    The collectors edition of the original (on PC) was awesome, the designers commentary was worthwhile. There was, I think, almost 2 hours worth in the first 45mins of the game.

  • Pete5506

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 8:20 pm PT

    Good to hear that there is a date

  • Genexi2

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 11:07 am PT

    Even if it was just the same game with bumped up visuals, I'd have still picked it up. The addition of Dark Athena is just icing to the cake on what stood as game of the year in my books for its time.

  • jadefury27

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 10:43 am PT

    it's crazy how many top tier titles are being released before the holiday's this year, it's great! now i don't have to choose between some of them!

  • BigDaddy973

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 8:48 am PT

    Cannot wait for this game! I have been waiting for this for years!

  • brianpoetzel

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 6:22 am PT

    Cool. If it's as good as EfBB I'll be picking this one up.

  • AJRiley

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 6:00 am PT

    The first one already looked like a next-gen game. The game is one of the best experiences in a long time. Looking forward to this one.

  • stalepretzels

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 5:43 am PT

    WOOHOO!!

  • hannify

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 5:41 am PT

    bob - we have to wait longer??? back to our old ways i guess.....

  • freerunner01

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 5:01 am PT

    I never got too far in the first one but always wanted to play it so I'll probably be picking this one up

  • method115

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 4:07 am PT

    @dukeedwards my thoughts exactly going to get this for sure.

  • -Intellectual-

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 2:42 am PT

    BRING IT!!!

  • lucebuce

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 2:33 am PT

    when the first riddick game came out , i was'nt too sure about it.. but then i bought the game and it was amazing !!! . So ........ i am definitely gonna get this one .... soon as my examinations are complete

  • punkpunker

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 11:08 pm PT

    finally!!

  • Henninger

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 10:35 pm PT

    I will b buyin this game cuz the 1st 1 wuz pretty good.

  • rohit9891

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 8:02 pm PT

    the first game was really cool & i liked it very much...
    hope this one crosses the bar set by the previous one

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