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The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (Xbox 360) Review

Summary [7.5 out of 10] Assault on Dark Athena is a great followup to the award-winning Escape from Butcher Bay title landing just-shy of perfect due to what I can only describe as a lack of “balls”. The well paced levels, interesting NPCs and fun melee combat are all back, but instead of bumping the Riddick [...]

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Atari Hates Gamers – Riddick Locked to 3 Install Limit

Looks like some buzz going around the net that the DRM used on Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena for the PC (by Atari) is hard-locked to 3 install counts and then the game will not install again. (Thread 1, Thread 2) Early indications suggest that there isn’t even an support number to call to [...]

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The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Trailer

Right after we got done posting all about it, the launch trailer drops and damn does it look good. Enjoy: Full Announcement The newest title in the Riddick franchise, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena brings the hit first person shooter to a new audience and a new generation of consoles when it is released [...]

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The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Screenshots

I was a big fan of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay; I’d even suggest that it was a sleeper hit with no one I know having played without my urging years later. Given the relatively unknown name of the studio that did the title (Starbreeze) at the time, I was more or [...]

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