Yesterday, we got to watch the first four minutes of Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. It was nothing short of brilliant. The animations, tone, and the encapsulation of Riddick’s personality seemed spot on. Today Atari released this trailer, dubbed “Desperation.”
It begins with Riddick’s voice. “I’m hell’s messenger,” he says. “Name’s Riddick.” Rock music then blasts and a series of quick cuts highlight action elements in the game. Night vision, hand-to-hand combat, and shooting are all shown in frenzied snippets.
The antihero has never looked better. Then again, there's not a logical way to make him look silly.
Assault on Dark Athena is slated to come out in early April on the Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3. Make sure to hit up our preview. It highlights a lot of the elements shown in the video.
Keep your Killzone Guerrilla, this is where it's at. Playstation 3 owners are blessed to have this game on their console, the original was an XBox exclusive and was easily the best FPS of last gen. I don't give a shit what some Halo nut jobs say, this game was far superior. All those people are worried about is multiplayer, but Riddick's entire game outside of lacking multiplayer made Halo look pathetic. People need to stop going on about their Halos, Resistances, Killzones, and embrace the true king.
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5:40 PM on 01.22.2009
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Riddick 3:16 says "I just whooped your ass!"