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Riddick: Dark Athena is Remake No More

That's right -- Dark Athena is not a remake of 2004's brilliant Escape from Butcher Bay. And when Universal Interactive's Bill Kispert called Athena's new campaign "robust," he wasn't kidding. This puppy clocks in at 10 hours.

For all intents and purposes, Dark Athena is a sequel; and as it so happens, Atari marketing materials reflect this fact as well.

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Published: 343 days 13 hours ago | News | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | PC

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GameCyteSean - 343 days 13 hours ago

1 - My question is

Do they keep the additions from the Escape from Butcher Bay director's cut? I loved that segment with the robot suit...

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MK_Red - 343 days 4 hours ago

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That robot section was SWEET! I think that's definitly in the Dark Athena.

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kwicksandz - 343 days 4 hours ago

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Is this a multiplat? or xbox exclusive like butcher bay?

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Milo Garret - 342 days 17 hours ago

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Yeah baby, best fps 2009 coming up!

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shovelbum - 342 days 13 hours ago

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Outstanding news. I love the first game so hopefully this one won't disappoint.

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Arsenic13 - 343 days 12 hours ago

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Its a remake and a sequel.

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ahnonamis - 343 days 10 hours ago

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There's a remake included with the game. The actual new game is a new story, though. Originally I'm pretty sure it was just supposed to be an upgraded remake of Butcher Bay and nothing more.

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Skerj - 343 days 5 hours ago

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Yeah it was just a remake of Butcher Bay initially with some expanded things added in the vein of the Director's Cut. But this, this is freaking AWESOME though. The original game was not just the best movie licensed game ever made, but a downright awesome game in its own right. Something about the atmosphere in that game was really solid, if this all works out right Starbreeze deserves some hella credit from everyone.

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BlackCountryBob - 343 days 5 hours ago

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I'm still just glad that this game will see release. I liked it on the Xbox but never got to finish it for various reasons but I really enjoyed what I played and I will chalk this game up to a should buy (providing it is about £30).

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T_O87 - 343 days 5 hours ago

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this is great news i really loved butcher bay and imo it was one of the best PC shooters i think i am gona play butcher bay again :)

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glennc - 343 days 2 hours ago

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best gaming news ive heard in a month

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Captain Tuttle - 343 days 2 hours ago

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Fantastic news...one of the best games of last gen

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N2NOther - 343 days 2 hours ago

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This, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory and KotOR were the best games on XBOX last gen and in the best of the best overall. SOOOO glad this is still coming out and now as a full campaign.

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Mutley416 - 343 days 2 hours ago

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One of my favs/Riddick. I need a new Shooter-

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hi6hli6ht - 342 days 22 hours ago

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so wait. its a sequel that has the original xbox version as an extra or is the original game remade with the updated graphics AND a sequel to it?

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40cal - 342 days 21 hours ago

10 - correct me if im wrong

I thought this was going to be an Only on PS3 title?

* Bonus material –Escape from Butcher Bay, considered as one of the best games of 2004, has been re-mastered and will be included along with The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

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GameCyteSean - 342 days 19 hours ago

10.1 - Multiplatform.

http://www.starbreeze.com/g...

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N2NOther - 342 days 13 hours ago

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Well considering that it was being remade so it could be played on the 360 since they couldn't get the emulation right for the original, no it's not "Only on PS3".

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0verdrive - 343 days 6 hours ago

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since when is a 10 hour game a "robust" experience? remember back in the day when 20-30 hour games were the norm, and a 60-hour final fantasy game was long? games these days are so shallow...

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DJ - 343 days 1 hour ago

1.1 - It's because the amount of resources needed to make a game

Is about 100 times greater than it was back in the PS1 days. Back then you could make a game for about $100~200K. Now the average game is in the $10~20 million range.

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tplarkin7 - 343 days 1 hour ago

1.2 - For an FPS, it is robust.

No FPS in history ever reached 20 hours. They are always about 10 hours.

RPGs are often 40 hours, even today. Oblivion is up to 200 hours.

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