Riddick: Dark Athena Becomes New Game, Original Is Bonus Content

By Joe Haygood | December 3, 2008

After the Activision Blizzard fire sale of 2008, people started to wonder what would happen to some of those titles.  One of those titles was The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena, which had been scheduled as a remake of the classic Riddick game, Escape from Butcher’s Bay.  Now comes word that the development team had been working on a lot of additional content for the game.  So much content that the added content has become the main focus of the game.

So what happens to the original game that was suppose to be updated?  Well, the original Escape from Butcher’s Bay will be included with the game, but will be on a separate disc as bonus material, and will have a complete visual upgrade courtesy of the new game engine.

Its funny that we were making fun of Atari, who was a laughing stock of the gaming industry a few months ago, has made some shrewed moves to upgrade their game catalog and image and are really looking to become a new force in the gaming industry.

via Gamecyte