Riddick remake and (maybe) Ghostbusters go to Atari

by Justin McElroy { Oct 30th 2008 at 8:15AM }

Continuing its long climb back to Phil Harrison-lead relevance, Atari has picked up an Acti/Blizzard merger cast off and might have made a home for another, according to Variety. The company will publish Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, adding not only multiplayer but a new campaign to the original Xbox release. "Originally it was just a remake, but we started thinking more and felt that wasn't super compelling," said Bill Kispert, head of interactive for Universal. Yeah, Bill. No kidding.

Variety also reports that Atari has picked up long-term licensing rights to Riddick to allow the possibility of more sequels. The trade pub says it understands that a similar deal could be in place for Ghostbusters, as was previously hinted by Dan Akroyd, though that hasn't been confirmed yet.

Well, finally, it seems all the Acti/Blizzard orphans have found good homes. ... Wait a minute, who's that sad, long-haired boy in the corner?

Tags: activision-blizzard, atari, chronicles-of-riddick, Chronicles-of-Riddick-Assault-on-Dark-Athena, ghostbusters, riddick, starbreeze

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Ghen @ Oct 30th 2008 8:18AM

I want Brutal Legend to be made so badly! That's my pick for best game dropped by actiblizzard.

Foetoid @ Oct 30th 2008 8:20AM

Someone please confirm a Riddick 2 movie.

And don't link me to Babylon AD plzkthx

Replica23 @ Oct 30th 2008 9:38AM

You mean a 3rd Riddick movie.

jackbauer @ Oct 30th 2008 9:59AM

you mean a 4th.

Levi @ Oct 30th 2008 10:35AM

you can buy the trilogy at walmart for like 13 bucks

j.howlett @ Oct 30th 2008 8:21AM

look at phil work

Nigeria @ Oct 30th 2008 9:08AM

I was wondering what happened to Riddick. Glad to see it's still coming out. The game was a favourite of mine on the Xbox and, even though I've fallen out of love with the FPS/3rdPS, I'll probably get this.

Hot$auce_Magik @ Oct 30th 2008 9:14AM

Escape from Butcher Bay was (surprisingly) one of the best games I've played in years. I hope they don't fuck up a sequal.

Also, I WANT BRUTAL LEGEND SOOOO BAD.

That is all.

Levi @ Oct 30th 2008 10:38AM

I can't wait to finally play Riddick

(sry if it dbl posted - the iPhone doesn't like to POST DAMN COMMENTS ON JOYSTIQ half the time..)

Levi @ Oct 30th 2008 10:40AM

hey it worked! I think that was the third time I tried posting on this article. Any other iPhone users have this problem on joystiq?

Lonecow @ Oct 30th 2008 11:02AM

It's funny, when I read Atari picked up Ghostbusters my nose instinctively crinkled at the thought of the game being doomed with the noose of Atari around it's neck.

But I need to stop thinking like that because Phil is there now so there is a good chance the company can do a complete 180 in gamers minds.

(To clarify I am not a Sony fanboy and never really cared for Phil when he was at Sony. I thought he was a huge prick actually, but he is a big player in the game with big ideas, and can do a lot of good for any company he is attached to.)