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   If there's one game that deserves to be called the most unexpectedly cool shooter of 2004, it's gotta be The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. Starbreeze did a fantastic job turning the movie into a PC and Xbox action game, leaving many to hope for a next-gen Riddick sequel. Well... it may not be a suquel, but it sure as hell is next-gen. According to a MCV UK report cited by Pro-G, the original is being remade (and partially continued, we hope) for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles, more than likely by Starbreeze once more.

   The remake is said to be titled The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, with the report indicating that the game will feature an extended single-player campaign, brand-new online multiplayer and a developer's commentary mode. Pro-G couldn't get any more details from their "official source" at Vivendi, but was promised that "an announcement is coming soon". Goodie, that's the best non-denial ever!

   The original game was set before the events of "The Chronicles of Riddick" movie starring Vin Diesel (and the 2000 cult classic "Pitch Black", which first introduced Diesel as enigmatic anti-hero Riddick), and it told the story of Riddick's dramatic escape from the previously inescapable triple max security slam Butcher Bay, home to the most violent prisoners in the galaxy.

   You're free to guess where Assault on Dark Athena will come in, although the more practical thing to do right now would be to wait for Starbreeze's other next-gen action game that rapidly nears completion: The Darkness, spreading over the PS3 and Xbox 360 in late June 2007.