Riddick Returns on the Playstation 3

For those of you who have played the original Chronicles of Riddick, you'll share in my exuberance to know that a remake of the near perfect first-person shooter is set to come out on the Xbox 360 and will debute on the Playstation 3. Taking full advantage of next generation gaming hardware, it's should be a top contender for game of the year.

Sierra Entertainment and Vivendi Games announced today that The Chronicles of Riddick will blast onto Microsoft's Xbox 360, and debut on the Playstation 3 system, for the first time. Taking advantage of new hardware technologies, the game will present a reinvention of Escape from Butcher Bay, delivering 2004's award winning experience in high definition with stunning enhancements. Also included is the Dark Athena chapter, an expansion of the original game with an exciting new story and new gameplay features. Scheduled to ship later in 2007, it is being produced under license from Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group, in association with Vin Diesel's Tigon Studios, and is being developed by Starbreeze Studios, acclaimed developer of the original edition.

With The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, players will not only be challenged to survive Butcher Bay, but will also engage in a new single-player experience and, for the first time in the Riddick universe, take action in intense multi-player combat. The game introduces the ominous Merc-ship Dark Athena, which sits silent like a marauding spider, awaiting helpless prey in the dark reaches of the galaxy. Players must face a large, bloodthirsty operation led by the dreaded Captain Revas and her slaves-turned-controllable combat drones, storm though death-defying events and fight fierce enemies in a battle of malice and gore.