Whoever you talked to is incorrect about there being a second series. I'll leave it at that.

The reception to the game has been phenomenal from a consumer, press, and retailer standpoint. Retailers, obviously, got to see earlier versions of the game and they were excited about the ambitiousness of what we were all trying to achieve. Gamers have really embraced the final product and nothing beats reading rave reviews from actual players. Although our expectations were very high from the outset, with all concerned aiming to disprove the adage that movie based games could not be triple A, the final result has even surpassed the bar that was set.

I would like to say thank you for your comments and open mindedness about The Chronicles of Riddick. I did work on the film as one of the editors. I was on this picture 1 year and will probably be going back for dvd work. I will offer you a little inside info... though probably nothing most movie fans don't already know. A movie this big is very political and the scheduale is always to short! I can assure you we busted our ass, but in truth when I went to the premier and saw the film I wished I had two more monthes to polish. I think everyone who worked on the filnm would say the same thing. But opening dates are opening dates polish be damned and the show must go on blah blah blah. I personly like the movie but may be a bit biased. (har dee har har) To me it's a popcorn movie with a cool edge although it did get a bit waterd down for the kids. To those of you who don't make up your own minds about movies, hey...... go see Garfield. Many thanks

• Convert
• Cut Down
• Riddick's Return
• Riddick

• "Battle Over Helion Prime" -- War is raged between the Necromongers and the Elemental race.
• "Lord Marshal Talks To Riddick" -- Lord Marshal (Colm Feore) attempts to entice Riddick (Vin Diesel) to join his Necromonger army.
• "A Plot Against Lord Marshal" -- Dame Vaako (Thandie Newton) tries to convince Vaako (Karl Urban) to overthrow Lord Marshal.
• "Necromongers" -- The origin of the Necromongers and their leader Lord Marshal is explained
• "Aereon Talks To Riddick" -- Aereon (Judi Dench) warns Riddick (Vin Diesel) about the strength of the Necromongers.
• "Dame Vaako Talks With Aereon" -- Necromonger Dame Vaako (Thandie Newton) threatens Elemental Leader Aereon (Judi Dench).
• "Riddick And Kyra Talk" -- Riddick (Vin Diesel) is upset with Kyra (Alexa Davalos) for joining the Mercs.
• "Riddick Saves Kyra" -- Riddick (Vin Diesel) risks his life by careening off a mountain to save Kyra (Alexa Davalos).

Well, Riddick is more of a blade man – a shiv man – probably because that’s all he’s had access to most of his life

This is guy writing from within the vug booth at the E3 show... vin is here and the crowd is HUGE!!!!

he will be playing the CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK for an hour with press and the development team here on the floor of the south hall. Then, he'll be signing autographs till four.

Tonight is the night of the big RIDDICK party at Yahoo's booth, where ABBOTT, who also stars in the game, will be there.

We'll be posting pictures as soon as we're able to upload them.

Everyone is pretty excited

ESCAPE FROM E3 STEPS
There's no doubt that this is a good E3 for ESCAPE FROM BUTCHER BAY... one of the VU Games crew got a really sweet shot of the BUTCHER BAY cover art that was applied to a set of steps inside the LA Convention Center where the expo is held. I know Uni has bus posters and stuff, so I bet LA was crawling with Riddick this week.
When Fansites Attack!
UVDFC is continuing on their scanning rampage, leaving no page unturned in their quest to help fans avoid supporting print media, heh. The latest mags to get plundered are CFQ, Cinescape, Fangoria, and Starlog.

TROY to carry TCOR trailer
I had the extreme pleasure of catching the new TCOR trailer in front of VAN HELSING last night, and was smiling like a big nerd the whole time. As TROY is a must-see for me, I'm happy to report that per DH, I'm going to get to enjoy the trailer one more time.

Wwrath's BUTCHER BAY bonus DVD caps
Check out almost 200 screen caps of the bonus DVD that comes with preorders for the Riddick game here.

NYT BUTCHER BAY graphics article
Thumbs up to waimeawahine for passing along this link to a New York Times article about how great BUTCHER BAY looks.

UVDFC Contest with Giveaways
Take the COR Challenge over at the Ultimate Vin Diesel Fan Club, where you can ply your skills to try to win copies of the DARK FURY DVD, the two novelizations, or stuff from the UVDFC-branded webstore.

Yeah, the demo is short, but it's VERY sweet. I had zero expectations for this game, but it really impressed me. The graphics are incredible, and the game seems to be just dripping with atmosphere. (Also, I have to give it credit for saying "fuck" EIGHT times in a ten minute demo, including two instances of the almighty "motherfucker." I love video games.)

And let me just reiterate that the graphics are even prettier than your momma. This is a fucking sweet looking game. I can't believe it's an unhyped, third-party licensed game. Acclaim, EA, Konami...pay attention. This is how it's done.

There is stuff like Riddick running through a huge battlefield (or what looks like one), some space ships fighting, Riddick with a big bloody shiv, one of the necrodudes punching and sending him flying, then Riddick fighting some sort of dog monster, then him going under a lava waterfall with that lady in his arms. Very much improved over the original trailer.

Hey, it's me again! I just got back to the UK and had the pleasure of seeing Kill Bill Vol.2 yesterday....its was so cool, but anyway I think I got a glimpse of a newish teaser trailer for TCOR! I say "newish" as I think it was just a international teaser trailer (i.e non-US trailer)and pretty much was the same as the previous teaser . Here is a description (it was quite quick can't remeber it all):

- Universal Logo appears, but the planet in the background is kinda purple.
- A shot of Judi Dench walking down some steps to a space cruiser (we have already seen this in a previous trailer)
- A close-up shot of the two gigantic statues.
-Then a voice over says "They are coming" (sounds like a child, I think it is Imam's child)
-There is then a shot of several men and women running from a sunrise.
-Then a shot of Lord Marshall commanding the space cruisers of a huge statue (this shot was in the other trailer).
-Judi Dench (as a voice over) says something on the lines of "They will devour and destroy us all...we need him." As she says this there is a scene with Lord Marshall telling his 'followers' to "convert or die" (seen this scene) and then a slow close-up shot of the prison (where Riddick is)
-A shot of Riddick in his cell follows and a voice over says something on the lines of "It's not my fight." (its obviously Riddick).
- Then there is some uptempo music and several shots of different scenes which include;
- a shot of the weird hyenna-porcupine guard dogs barking
- a shot of Riddick in the snow.
- a shot of a swarm of the Necromangers shooting at something.
- a shot of the space cruisers flying over a destroyed city.
- a shot of Kyra jumping and doing a spin over several people.
- a shot of Riddick spying (was in the other trailer).
-Then the TCOR logo appears and you hear Judi Dench say "consider this another test" while you see Riddick holding his knife and looking menacing.
-"Kill Riddick" says Lord Marshall (if I can remember the film right)
- COMING SOON.

And that is what I saw... it was really short about 1 min and 30 secs. I am sure it is not the trailer which is going to be connected with Van Helsing as it was not much different from the previous trailer which came out with LOTR and it does not really explain the plot. I think it was just a international teaser trailer. Anyway just wanted to share.

P.S I may have missed something out..it was real quick.

Deadlines can be difficult. There's a saying: There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always enough time to do it over.