Featuring a remastered edition of 'The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay'(2004) as well as a new full-length campaign, 'Assault on Dark Athena' picks up moments after Riddick's escape. In flight away from the prison, Riddick and Johns' vessel is drawn into the clutches of a mercenary ship called the Dark Athena. Johns is taken captive while Riddick manages to awake from cryo-sleep and evade capture. With mercenaries in pursuit of the bounty on Riddick's head, Riddick must do what he does best - kill those who get in his way and escape.

The project initially began as a remake of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004) (VG) with an added chapter. But after former publisher Vivendi merged with Activision, the game was 'dropped', giving developer Starbreeze time to increase the scope of the game, turning the added chapter into a full sequel. The game re-emerged in this state shortly after Atari was announced as the new publisher.

[from trailer]


Riddick:
They say... hope begins in the dark.


Riddick:
But most just flail around in the blackness searching for their destiny. The darkness, for me, is where I shine.

Continuity: When Hoxie catches Johns attempting to leave with Riddick, the outfit he is wearing is the one from the original The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004) (VG) rather than the new design seen in the rest of the game.