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[DMczaf]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117994909.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&query=riddick

Riddick and the Ghostbusters have both found a new home at one of America's oldest videogame companies.

Atari has bought rights to publish the videogame sequel to "The Chronicles of Riddick" and a new game based on "Ghostbusters" from Activision Blizzard, which declined to pick up the two projects after merging with Vivendi Games this summer.

The publisher confirmed it will release "The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena" this spring. It's a follow-up to Vivendi's 2005 movie tie-in "Chronicles of Riddick: Escape at Butcher Bay," which sold decently worldwide and was critically acclaimed as one of the best-ever film-based games.

In addition to buying publishing rights to the game from Activision Blizzard, Atari also has signed a new licensing deal with Universal that will let it continue "Riddick" as a videogame franchise.

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[fistfulofmetal]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

Atari bow

 

[Poimandres]

Very nice!

Smart buys for Atari.

Starbreeze <3

 

[Psychotext]

I'm glad they've gone somewhere... but Atari?

=/

Hopefully they'll just throw money at the projects and stay the hell away. They're like a touch of death to games.

 

[saunderez]

Good job Phill!

 

[No_Style]

Atari? Good work, Phil.

 

[Azar]

Sweet.

 

[Wollan]

Oh yes. More Riddick games please.

 

[sevenchaos]

Phil! Keep this up and I will shave my head for you.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Ghostbusters news is

but Riddick news on the other hand is

 

[AkuMifune]

Go Phil! Now go pick up Brutal Legend!

 

[polyh3dron]

Phil is on the path to redemption.

 

[Death_Born]

 

[Sean]

Phil Harrison how I love you.

Ghostbusters + Riddick, awesome stuff.

 

[justchris]

Hiring Phil is paying off I see.

 

[soldat7]

We need a Vin Diesel/Phil Harrison photoshop...now!

Can't wait to play Dark Athena...I never did finish Butcher Bay...

 

[neight]

Someone was bound to picke these games up.

[IMG*]http://i35.tinypic.com/34eyq8n.jpg[/IMG]

ROFL! Please tell me that isn't real. I know some fansubbers get silly sometimes but that's insane. :lol

 

[ram]

good move, but what about WORLD IN CONFLICT: SOVJET ASSAULT???

 

[The-Switcher]

Ghostbusters news is

but Riddick news on the other hand is

Can't think of anything more wrong than this post.

 

[Shard]

Someone was bound to picke these games up.ROFL! Please tell me that isn't real. I know some fansubbers get silly sometimes but that's insane. :lol

I think he just got lazy.

 

[Waluvil]

But what about World in Conflict damnit!

 

[Costanza]

nice

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

PHIL'S THE MAN!
THE. FUCKING. MAN. WHO. GETS. IT!!

 

[MercuryLS]

YES! Can't wait for the Riddick remake

 

[~Kinggi~]

RIDDICK IN CAPS

 

[Kydd BlaZe]

Bout fucking time. Was wondering when Riddick would get picked up. Gonna be a long wait til next spring though...

 

[PseudoKirby]

ok nevermind, and I thought the game was a remake..

 

[soldat7]

what about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Riddick:_Assault_on_Dark_Athena being made by the original dev?

I can see Atari screwing this up unless they get the original dev..

Starbreeze is developing with Atari publishing.

 

[RBH]

Can't think of anything more wrong than this post.

I actually thought it was 100% accurate.

 

[JDSN]

Can't think of anything more wrong than this post.

here:

I actually thought it was 100% accurate.

 

[I AM JOHN!]

Phil, you are a wonderful man.

 

[bdouble]

woot. Really good news for Riddick. Really want to see that in HD.

 

[evilchicken]

Yay, gogo Atari!

Riddick is one of my most anticipated games. I'm glad it finally got picked up again.

 

[Flunkie]

Good job Phil.

 

[Hellion]

Can't think of anything more wrong than this post.

Co sign

 

[TurtleSnatcher]

Smart move by Atari.. Awesome to see Terminal Reality get the Ghostbusters game out. I love those guys

 

[androvsky]

Someone was bound to picke these games up.ROFL! Please tell me that isn't real. I know some fansubbers get silly sometimes but that's insane. :lol

I remember fansubbers using "kaninrin" in place of "manager" in the first fansubs of Love Hina... with a translator's note along the lines of "kaninrin = manager" almost every time someone said the word. Which was quite frequent.

Which is a good way to learn Japanese if you've got a few hundred years to waste. I mean, we all know what "keikaku" means now, right?

Back on topic... don't know if Phil deserves the full credit for this. He was all about the casual, can't see him jumping at Riddik. Besides, it's not like it took a lot of effort to discover these titles, we all knew they were out there; someone just needed to write a check.

 

[Darkpen]

Phil am savior D:

 

[Struct09]

I'll never understand why Activision dropped Ghostbusters. That game seems like a sure fire success.

 

[I AM JOHN!]

I'll never understand why Activision dropped Ghostbusters. That game seems like a sure fire success.

Activision doesn't like good games.

 

[HK-47]

Activision doesn't like good games.

Unless they can whore the shit out of them, or they are Blizzard games, which they cant touch anyways.

 

[dirtmonkey37]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117994909.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&query=riddick



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I thought Atari had this new "online games" direction. Are they getting back to competing with the big boys because of Harrison's leadership?

EDIT: Or maybe I'm mixing Atari up with Acclaim...

 

[Agent X]

I'll never understand why Activision dropped Ghostbusters. That game seems like a sure fire success.

That was perplexing to me, too. I'm just happy to hear that the game has found a new home. Hopefully Atari will be very successful with this game, as it looks great!

 

[justchris]

Back on topic... don't know if Phil deserves the full credit for this. He was all about the casual, can't see him jumping at Riddik. Besides, it's not like it took a lot of effort to discover these titles, we all knew they were out there; someone just needed to write a check.

Because, were it not for Phil Harrison, it's likely Atari would not have even bothered with these titles. Sure, Phil is all about the casual, but he's also business savvy, and he's not going to turn down something that will likely make a lot of money, which is not something that could always be said about Atari before he got there.

Of course, this is all assumption, it's entirely possible he had nothing to do with it, but it seems like something he would do, grabbing a potentially financially lucrative game before one of his competitors gets it.

 

[tahrikmili]

But where's Brütal Legend?

 

[imperium]

Huzzah to Atari for picking up those two games, especially Riddick, but honestly, does anyone think Riddick will sell well as a full price title? Riddick will probably be released before the end of the year, correct?

Is this a shrewd deal by Phil or a hail mary by a company on its last legs?

 

[Ganhyun]

Ghostbusters!!!


Riddick!!!


AWESOME!!!

 

[Kifimbo]

But where's Brütal Legend?

EA apparently, with a possible tie-in with Rock Band.

 

[dgrdsv]

Huzzah to Atari for picking up those two games, especially Riddick, but honestly, does anyone think Riddick will sell well as a full price title?

Full old game plus new campaign for X360 + PS3 + PC? Of course it'll sell well.

Riddick will probably be released before the end of the year, correct?

Spring'09.

 

[Always-honest]

atari... oh dear... well, let's hope for the best