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The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay - The Developer's Cut

The most wanted man in the universe comes to your neighborhood in The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay. Set before the events of two movies, The Chronicles of Riddick and Pitch Black, the game…

3 December 2004

The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay - The Developer's Cut is a shooter developed by Starbreeze Studios, released 3 December 2004 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay - The Developer's Cut is

The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay - The Developer's Cut is a shooter game developed by Starbreeze Studios and released in 2004. It was published by VU Games. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The most wanted man in the universe comes to your neighborhood in The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay. Set before the events of two movies, The Chronicles of Riddick and Pitch Black, the game tells the story of Riddick's escape from the previously inescapable maximum security prison Butcher Bay, which is home to the most violent prisoners in the galaxy. Battle your enemies in first-person or third-person views using shooting, stealth, or hand-to-hand combat. With Riddick's eye-shine, you can easily see through the dark to take out your foes.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay - The Developer's Cut launched on 3 December 2004, within three weeks of Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords and World of Warcraft.

Released around the same time: Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, World of Warcraft.

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When did The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay - The Developer's Cut come out?
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay - The Developer's Cut was released on 3 December 2004 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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