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Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Dated

Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Dated
Written Monday, February 23, 2009 by Dan Webb

Atari today announced that their upcoming Riddick title, Assault on Dark Athena will  be available in North America from April 7th, with it coming to Europe a few weeks later on April 24th.

Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena will include a new Dark Athena campaign, the HD remake of Escape from Butcher Bay and a multiplayer aspect, including the unique Pitch Black mode.

In addition to the release date news, Atari and Starbreeze also announced that Dark Athena will get the demo treatment in March, so you get the chance to try before you buy.



User Comments
Comment #1 by Beechbone
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 09:25:40 AM

Awesome, played it couple years ago on PC, now it's time to check out new and improved version... not that there was anything wrong with the original ;)

Comment #2 by daman12369
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 09:26:22 AM

sweet a demo!

Comment #3 by its delicious
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 09:26:25 AM

Sweetness.

Comment #4 by Oultranator0731
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 09:26:40 AM

why do we have to wait 2 1/2 weeks to get this after North America?!?!?!?!? GRRRR

Oh well, haven't decided whether im going to get this or not.

Comment #5 by DemonI81
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 09:28:32 AM

I'm excited about this game. Going to wait to preorder though until I see the achievement list. I have a feeling there's going to be a lot of online achievements and if that's the case, I wont be buying.

Comment #6 by LewisRedd
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 09:29:44 AM

crashed the barbecue like Riddick

Comment #7 by ATR NAD
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 09:32:26 AM

Star Ocean will have my €

Comment #8 by ATR NAD
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 09:32:57 AM

Edit: Star Ocean will have my euros, but I enjoyed the first, maybe I'll get that one on second-hand

Comment #9 by XProdgerX
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 09:33:55 AM

sweet anything staring vin diesel has my vote! He rocks in my opinion.

Comment #10 by billygolden78
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 09:43:10 AM

Chronicles of Riddick was a sweet game, but remember - THIS GAME IS BEING MADE BY ATARI. Theyre on my blacklist since they produce nothing but garbage.

Comment #11 by FinTacular
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 09:43:31 AM

Must buy. Vin Diesel roks mai soks.

Comment #12 by Echo
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 09:54:26 AM

#10, y'know Atari is a publisher, right?

Comment #13 by EATatJOES 07
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 09:55:43 AM

#10 is a re re for sure, and this game is going to be great only because butcher bay was so freakin sweet

Comment #14 by Darc Apocalypse
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 10:08:26 AM

This is gonna be awesome if it's anything like the first. I must have finished that game 5/6 times and it still isn't boring. Can't wait :)

Comment #15 by J Pice
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 10:09:14 AM

I though it was coming out at the end of March ... Oh well, I'm happy to wait for this game ... I Loved Butcher Bay and hope Dark Athena is just as good.

Comment #16 by MG6490
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 10:31:54 AM

this has the potential to be a very good game in terms of both value for money and gameplay. You're getting 2 games in one and multiplayer should be good.

Comment #17 by MakoBallistic
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 11:01:17 AM

its been dated for ages, just check play.com if you want to know release dates.

and yes this will shit on the competition just like it did before

Comment #18 by eddie cheeseman
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 11:21:19 AM

ooooh, looks like it good be a nice game!

Comment #19 by Crazy Best
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 11:33:26 AM

Hm, I might borrow it from a friend. Definitely not a buy. I just added a new game to buy with the announcement of Lost Planet 2.

Comment #20 by cod WaW ftw
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 11:39:33 AM

#4 i agree it is a bit weird

Comment #21 by CrossFireZX5
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 11:44:57 AM

@ #10-
Atari (who should really be dead now) picked up the game after Activision Blizzard (quickly becoming the new EA) dropped it. (I hate Bobby Kotick). Starbreeze and Tigon are still the devs

Comment #22 by BAD BLOOD BIGGY
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 12:52:25 PM

Hopefully this will play like the first one, if so then i will be getting this

Comment #23 by True Marvellous
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 01:18:07 PM

Wooooooooooooooooo , potential GotY

Comment #24 by ibeatnu69
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 01:59:16 PM

Game seems sick, can't wait. Will try the demo first though just in case. LOL in case what this game is gonna rock. Balls

Comment #25 by seraphimneeded
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 02:16:03 PM

I love how that's been the release date since at least Jan 25, back when I reserved it, and yet this news post is acting like it hasn't been.

Comment #26 by WhAtThEaPpLeSaUcE17
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 02:56:31 PM

TO NUMBER 4 BECAUSE YOUR GETTING HALO WARS BEFORE US!

SO THATS WHY YOUR NOT GETTING THIS BEFORE NORTH AMERICA!

PS: GAME LOOKS SWEET

Comment #27 by Redskinsfan26
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 03:24:26 PM

I have never played the first one but I heard it's pretty good. I'll probably check this one out.

Comment #28 by xl SH4MR0CK lx
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 03:39:54 PM

i love the movie but i think that there making games are going to kill it

Comment #29 by broken serenity
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 03:50:31 PM

definitly gonna buy this but probably not on release day since star ocean comes out then aswell and im more into jrpg's atm.

looks bloody awesome though :)

Comment #30 by Fatallordofwar
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 07:31:13 PM

Great more multiplayer i can only imagine creative they got with these ones, won't be too bad if its co-op. But verus kinda seems like its gonna be a mix of splinter cell and turok..? thats my assumption anyway.

Comment #31 by Evol Error
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 07:38:10 PM

Cool.

Comment #32 by dunderdolt
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 08:22:02 PM

Does EVERY game have to have multiplayer? I enjoy some multiplayer games, but only a few have a robust community.

Some achievements in many games are impossible to earn because no one is online.

Comment #33 by The Bum-Mobile
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 08:33:47 PM

Huh, I've heard many good things about the original, can't say I played it though. Maybe if the demo strikes my fancy I'll look into it.

Comment #34 by BodamEscapePlan
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 09:39:16 PM

The original for Xbox and PC was one of the best movie games ever made. Anyone that has played through Escape from Butcher Bay knows what I'm talking about.

Truth be told, the game is not very long. But it's going to be really sweet to see the whole game redone, you honestly cannot expect much because the game itself [Escape from Butcher Bay] can pretty much hold a candle to A LOT of Xbox 360 and PS3 games today, even in terms of graphics!

I'm pretty stoked to say the least.

Comment #35 by FlyingSMonster
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 10:13:14 PM

Finally, I've been waiting for a release date for over a year.

This is going to be great, same great original xbox game with updated graphics, as well as a new, awesome full length campaign and multiplayer.

I seriously can't wait for this.

Comment #36 by MissMorphine
Monday, February 23, 2009 @ 11:21:23 PM

finally. i really loved the original game.

Comment #37 by FalseHope4829
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 @ 12:12:15 AM

Sorry Star Ocean but because Square-Enix seems to suck (as compared to the Squaresoft of Lore) and Starbreeze does amazing work. Atari is just publishing it, not making it there's a big difference. #34 has a good point, in terms of graphics, Escape From Butcher Bay had graphics on par one the original xbox with most average 360 games.

Comment #38 by ROA5T BeeF
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 @ 12:22:11 AM

Damn i cant wait for this. I always wanted to play the original but only had a PS2. I loved The Darkness so I am very excited!

@#5 I hope u mean ull rent it if thats not the case. I really hope ur not gonna pass up this probably awesome game because of the achvment list. Please dont put achvment first. People is losin it, yo.

Comment #39 by ArmyOfPie
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 @ 01:25:59 AM

Awesome! I think I'll have to pick it up then. :)

Comment #40 by Thicketford
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 @ 05:42:47 AM

I think we can kiss any chance of backwards compatibility with the original xbox version goodbye.


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Developed By:
Starbreeze AB

Published By:
Atari

Genre:
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Release Date:

US: April 07, 2009
Europe: April 24, 2009
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