RIDDICK AT THE MTV MOVIE AWARDS
June 6, 2005
In a pre-show ceremony The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay took home a coveted Moon Man at the MTV Movie Awards last week. The game, a prequel to last summer's Escape from Butcher Bay won the Best Video Game Based on a Movie award.
RIDDICK DEMO RELEASED
March 21, 2005
Download the brand new Chronicles of Riddick demo available now. The demo features one level found in the game.
DEVELOPER'S CUT HITS RETAIL STORES IN THE US
December 8, 2004
Vivendi Universal Games, in association with Vin Diesel's Tigon Studios, announced today that their PC action game The Chronicles of Riddick™: Escape From Butcher Bay – Developer's Cut has shipped to retail stores in the United States. View full press release.
RIDDICK EARNS GAMESPY'S EDITOR'S CHOICE
June 2, 2004
"I'm proud to have beaten the snot out of Butcher Bay, and I've not enjoyed a video game as much as EfBB for quite a long while," declares GameSpy, bestowing the game with a coveted Editor's Choice seal in their full review.
RIDDICK EARNS 9.3 RATING AT GAMESPOT
June 1, 2004
"I'm proud to have beaten the snot out of Butcher Bay, and I've not enjoyed a video game as much as EfBB for quite a long while," declares GameSpy, bestowing the game with a coveted Editor's Choice seal in their full review.
RIDDICK ARRIVES! GET FREE OVERNIGHT SHIPPING
June 1, 2004
The Chronicles of Riddick™: Escape from Butcher Bay will arrive in stores across North America today. Call ahead to your local retailer to ensure availability or order from Gamestop.com and receive free overnight shipping when you use coupon code RIDDICKNITE.
IGN POSTS ARTICLES, MOVIES
May 27, 2004
IGN updated their Riddick coverage this week with "Ten Things About Riddick," a four-page preview complete with six HUGE exclusive movies. They've also previewed the pre-sell bonus, a monster DVD complete with an interactive level walk-through and the Butcher Bay fly-through.
GAMESPOT POSTS NEW PREVIEW
May 25, 2004
We checked out GameSpot today, and saw their new Riddick preview featured on the front page! "On the graphical front, we were taken aback when we first fired the game up. We try to limit the hyperbole around here, but The Chronicles of Riddick is quite frankly one of the best-looking games we've seen on the Xbox, and, indeed, on any platform."
RIDDICK ON E3 INSIDER
May 14, 2004
Weren't able to catch Vin Diesel at the Vivendi Universal Games booth yesterday? Catch video of the star's appearance, clips from the game and an interview with Butcher Bay producer Peter Wanat on E3 Insider.
RIDDICK PREVIEW DISC KEEPS IGN UP ALL NIGHT
April 29, 2004
IGN couldn't put Riddick down for a moment, according to their new preview. The game is "a genuine example of intelligent development and execution, from nearly every aspect -- presentation, gameplay, graphics, and sound ... From the bottom up, this title is one of the elite examples of how to beat the crappy movie-license rap."
THE BEST KEPT SECRET ON XBOX
March 22, 2004
It's the "Best-looking Xbox game WE'VE EVER SEEN," declares Official Xbox Magazine. Pick up the April issue to read the complete seven-page feature.
GAMESPY PREVIEW POSTED
February 14, 2004
"One of the first things that really impressed me was the level of detail - or perceptive detail - of the character models," says GameSpy's preview of Chronicles of Riddick™: Escape from Butcher Bay. "Riddick himself looks so much like the real-life Diesel that it's scary."
DEVELOPER INTERVIEW ON WORTHPLAYING.COM
January 30, 2004
Starbreeze Studios' Lars Johansson talks about The Chronicles of Riddick™: Escape from Butcher Bay on Worthplaying.com.
IGN SCORES A HANDS-ON PREVIEW
January 26, 2004
"The level of detail in the environments and the quality of the lighting and shadows in The Chronicles of Riddick™ rival what we've seen in the limited snippets of Doom 3 and the game could be just as fast paced," raves IGN. "We won't be the last ones fooled into thinking this game from Starbreeze is the long-anticipated sequel from id Software."
RIDDICK ANNOUNCED!
January 26, 2004
The Chronicles of Riddick™: The Escape from Butcher Bay "looks certain to be one of the biggest titles of 2004," declares the cover story of Game Informer Magazine, which hit newsstands today. "Although it's only in pre-alpha stage, Riddick is already one of the prettiest games ever, easily eclipsing anything heretofore seen on the Xbox, a system know for its graphical splendor," they rave.
The full article includes an interview with the actor Vin Diesel, the facts behind the normal mapping technique used by the game, and news from the upcoming movie. For more on Riddick, including audio interviews with the developers, visit GameInformer.com (Subscription Required).
