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Overview
Title - The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Developers - Starbreeze Studios, Tigon Studios, Universal Studios
Publisher - Atari
Genres - first-person shooter, action, stealth
Release Dates - US: 7 Apr. '09, CA: ?, UK: ?, DE: ?, AU: ?, JP: ?
Ratings - ESRB: Mature, PEGI: 18+
Synopsis - TCoR:AoDA contains a remake of TCoR: Escape from Butcher Bay as well as a new campaign (Assault on Dark Athena) that’s just as long as the critically acclaimed EfBB (84 to 90 rating on Metacritic). You’re Riddick (Vin Diesel, voice and likeness). AoDA starts where EfBB left off, without spoiling anything, just know that EfBB was set before the events of the movies and that the Dark Athena is a pirate ship.
Singleplayer
Players - 1
Play-Through Length Testimonials - ? hours
Gameplay - They don’t want to change much from the original formula that people loved, so the Eye Shine will make a return, letting him see in the dark, using stealth (screen will tint blue), allowing players to use a variety of close quarter combat in first-person. Of course firearms still remain a healthy choice.
Multiplayer
Players - 1 to 12
Splitscreen - ?
Maps - ?
Gamemodes - Pitch Black (1 is Riddick v. 6 Mercenaries in darkness), "Other gamemodes people expect in an FPS."
Gameplay - ?
News Bulletin - Articles, Videos, Images
19 May ’07 - Video: Announcement, Interview, Sp. Gameplay
Game Head visits Sierra Entertainment where they announce TCoR:AoDA and their ambitions for Riddick’s 7th gen. appearance on PC, X360, and PS3.
25 May ’07 - Video: Trailer, Sp. Flythrough, Sp. Gameplay
28 Jul. ’08 - Article: Update
Activision cuts TCoR:AoDA loose (along with other in-development titles) during the Vivendi Games merger. TCoR:AoDA needs to find a new publisher, but it’s not canceled.
24 Sep ’08 - Article: Update
On Starbreeze Studio’s official forums, admin said, “Dark Athena is just about done.” And that, “the big boys are deciding who is going to publish it.”
Source.
30 Oct. ’08 - Article: Update
Atari has picked up TCoR:AoDA.
30 Oct. ’08 - Image: In-Game Asset
2 Dec. ’08 - Image: In-Game Asset, Sp. Gameplay
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2 Dec. ’08 - Article: Preview
Get familiar with the Riddick lore as GameSpot was invited to Atari’s press event. They confirm AI upgrade (team tactics), control hall-monitoring cyborgs, remastered audio, and user-interface improvements (radial weapon-selection menu).
Source.
2 Dec. ’08 - Article: Preview
Recap Giant Bomb’s most anticipated game from the Atari’s press event.
Source.
2 Dec. ’08 - Article: Preview
Vin Diesel rocks IGN’s world during Atari’s press event.
Source.
3 Dec. ’08 - Video: Trailer, Cutscenes, Sp. Gameplay
4 Dec. ’08 - Video: Interview, Sp. Gameplay
GameSpot talks to Ian S. (Head of Productions, Tigon Studios) during Atari’s press event about what players can expect.
5 Dec. ’08 - Video: Interview, Sp. Gameplay
GameTrailers talks to Ian S. (Head of Productions, Tigon Studios) during Atari’s press event about what players can expect.
22 Dec. '08 - Image: Sp. Gameplay
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10 Jan. '09 - Article: News
US gets a release date for 7 Apr. '09 and the cap count for multiplayer is 12 players.
Source.
14 Jan. '09 - Video: Trailer, Cutscene, Sp. Gameplay
Desperation
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/44635.html
21 Jan. '09 - Video: Sp. Gameplay, Interview, Cutscene
http://g4tv.com/xplay/previews/36236/Hands-On-Preview-The-Chronicles-of-Riddick-AODA.html
21 Jan. '09 - Video: Cutscene
The opening cutscene to TCoR:AoDA.
http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/page2.html#692580
9 Feb. '09 - Article: Announcement
The game will get a demo in early March, no indication of what parts of the game will be in it.
http://xbox360.thegamereviews.com/story-2934-Assault-on-Dark-Athena-Release-and-Demo-Dates.html
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