As many point out it’s been quite a while since Vin Diesel’s anti-hero Riddick was in the forefront of public consciousness. Still, Starbreeze has carried on with the remake of the Xbox stealth action title. Recently they released some footage that shows just how well they’ve updated the game for the current generation of consoles. The graphics look fantastic and the new storyline seems just as dark and riveting as the original adventure. Although Vin Diesel has fallen out of most people’s graces (if he was ever really there in the first place) this game looks like it could be just as much of an unexpected hit as its previous incarnation.

To bring the new characters, the mercenaries of Dark Athena to life an impressive team of voice actors has been assembled. British-born actor Morgan Sheppard returns to the game (he voiced several characters in the original) as a schizophrenic prisoner aboard Dark Athena. Michelle Forbes, an actress whose experience includes roles on Star Trek TNG and Battlestar Galactica voices Revas, the captain of Dark Athena and Wade Williams of Prison Break comes on as Spinner, the captain’s right hand man.

Most notably however is sci-fi favorite Lance Henriksen, probably most well known for his roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Aliens and Terminator. He lends his experienced voice to Dacher, another prisoner on Dark Athena who interacts with and eventually aids Riddick.