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When Activision merged with Vivendi, a lot of gamers were surprised that so many titles were left in limbo. Whether it was Brutal Legend or Ghostbusters, it seemed odd for Activision to relinquish publishing rights for hyped-up titles. Tigon Studios' head of game production Ian Stevens wasn't surprised that the company's The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena was dropped. In an interview with Gamesindustry.biz he said:
"I worked with Activision for many years, I started my career there in the mid-nineties, and produced Call of Duty 2 for the Xbox 360. So I've known so many of those guys, their executives, since I was in high school. They love brands and annualisation, and there wasn't going to be a Riddick game every year. It was somewhat predictable, what happened.
We weren't surprised -- and I certainly don't take that negatively, personally, or anything like that. They were very gracious to us, and they're wonderful people. I actually like them an awful lot -- it just wasn't their thing. They were very helpful in finding Atari as a new party."
In other words, Dark Athena was dropped because Activision couldn't sequel-ize it to high heaven. To quote The Black Eyed Peas, "What's wrong with world, mama?"
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K_BIT
Oh yeah. Activision helps Riddick and Ghostbusters hook up with Atari, but when Brutal Legend hooks up with EA, then they decide to file a lawsuit against them? That makes SO much sense...
MegaMark26
the riddick franchise isn't dead. they can make a whole lot of games and movies with the franchise. the problem is being daring and consistent with the game as a whole. i enjoyed both games very much so but there were elements that made it very irritating. i'd hate to spoil it for people who haven't play it but i'll be sure people who have know of the parts of the game that makes you want to pick up the disc and break it.
activision keeps proving that it needs to go down with all the news and fuss its been making. from spawning needless sequels. shoddy games. when a game looks promising and they've let it go, they sue to try to get some dough from it.
Slymerz
Riddick & Ghostbusters are the best Story wise game's Released so far of 2009.
EA's only Non-sequal spammed game to do well was Dead Space. MIrrors Edge just never lived up to the hype. COD5 was much better then COD4(all its minor bugs). If COD6 is not more then a graphics update then you could call it a Half Hearted series by Inf Ward. Treyarch improved and made better the COD game engine.
If you want a Half Hearted EA series look no further then MADDEN!!!
Spartan_458
I want to go out and buy Dark Athena now, just to spite Activision.
EKG
Activision is the new EA. I hear it everywhere I go. EZ used to make sequel after sequel and they were all crappy and lazy rush jobs. Finally, EA came to it's senses and have released some really amazing games like Dead Space and Mirrors Edge. But Activision took their spot in the Money Hungry Sequel Crazy Department. Thats why, systematically, all the Guitar Hero games are getting worse and worse reviews. It is only a matter of time before people get tired of a New Half Hearted Call of Duty every damn year as well.
XoneGod
WTF~?!?!? This is where art and biz meet to make us the party who looses. *Making A Sad Face*
..X..
SharpWatermelon
@turner joy
or the game has been out for months?
TurnerJoy
Will they wait for it to be nearly finished and released to sue whoever picks it up?
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