New Riddick Game in the Works

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[December 16, 2008]

riddick.jpgA follow up game to the smash last-gen hit, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, is currently in development.

The new Riddick game, Assault on Dark Athena, is supposedly going to offer a spruced-up version of the original game’s campaign, plus a new expansion.

This should definitely be an appealing title for fans of the first. I’m intrigued as well, despite having never played Escape from Butcher Bay. Nor have I seen the Riddick film. So why would I be anticipating this game then? No, not because I’m a fan of Vin Diesel… but because I’m a fan of The Darkness by Starbreeze. This was a fantastic game by a very skilled, yet underrated development company, and it also offered full support for alt-controls. I can’t speak for the first Riddick game, but since The Darkness sported the four standard stick layouts, hopefully Dark Athena will be a safe bet.

Be on the lookout for this one to drop in Spring 2009 on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

-via Kotaku

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5 Responses to “New Riddick Game in the Works”

  • Reaperhead says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 5:40 pm

    looking forward to the multiplay

  • mitch82cc says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 10:07 pm

    The first Riddick game on original Xbox was I think the first game I ever trudged through using default controls (for lack of any other option) but it was still a fantastic game. I will be looking forward to this one for sure.

  • mclovin says:
    December 17th, 2008 at 1:14 am

    Never played the first because it didnt have legacy controls (actually i lie, I played it a bit on pc) Lets hope this new one supports all 4 stick layouts!

  • 2Three says:
    December 17th, 2008 at 8:28 am

    Yeah, hopefully Starbreeze will stick to supporting all four schemes as they did with their more recent title, The Darkness

  • Kula says:
    December 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pm

    I’m looking forward to this mostly because the xbox version isn’t compatible with the 360.

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