Dark Athena delayed to 2008

By Robert Purchese Published 14 August, 2007

You lot to blame.

Sierra Entertainment has pushed back the release of The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena to 2008.

It was previously expected before the end of the year, but was taken back to the drawing board because of feedback from the community.

"When we announced the product, we received and read an overwhelming amount of positive feedback from the gaming community," a spokesperson from Sierra told Eurogamer. "We are looking at everything and are eager to reveal exciting new details in the coming months."

Dark Athena was announced in late May as a remake of Escape from Butcher Bay for PS3 and Xbox 360, but soon fell under fire for not offering enough new content to go with the flashy revamped graphics.

The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay first appeared on Xbox in 2004. It was a movie tie-in from The Darkness developer Starbreeze, and took nearly everyone pleasantly by surprise - not least because the big-screen version starring Vin Diesel was rubbish.

Head over to our three year-old Riddick review to see what we said about it at the time.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • Azazel #1 5 years ago

    As long as they get it right they can delay it all they want. My wallet is beginning to feel the strain atm...

  • absolutezero #2 5 years ago

    Thank God for that, im running out of funds as it is.

  • jack_klugman #3 5 years ago

    It was going up against that little known title Halo 3 to boot.

  • Wayne #4 5 years ago

    I liked the Riddick animé. Everything else sucked massive monkey balls.

  • Razorus #5 5 years ago

    I'm upset that I can't play the original on backwards compatible 360, but am looking forward to this. Was disappointed that there wasn't enough new material, but hopefully they'll add loads more. Well worth it as it is though.

  • evild_edd #6 5 years ago

    Still having my original copy (and original box), they'll have to add a fair amount of content. But if they do add enough, then I'll be tempted to pick up this title in 2008 when the 360 pre-Christmas (sorry, holiday) rush dies down...

    Oh, and more SP content please, rather than tacking on a MP experience ala The Darkness....

  • the_dudefather #7 5 years ago

    playing the original game for the first time just now, still looks awesome on the pc

    almost seems like a 'too soon' for a graphical update, but if there is plenty of new content, that will be great