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Midway announced today that Hollywood action star Vin Diesel will be peeling out to retail shelves early next year with the February 16th release of Wheelman on the Xbox 360, PC, and PS3. The upcoming open-world driving game is currently in development at Midway Studios - Newcastle Ltd., and is being co-produced by Vin Diesel and his Tigon Studios video game production studio. Midway and Diesel also plan for Wheelman to eventually hit the big screen, based off a script already in development.

“We’re designing Wheelman to play like a Hollywood blockbuster,” said Diesel. “Playing this game will be just like taking control of the greatest car chases from feature films, except this time you’re in the driver’s seat.”
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Ever since the big Activision Blizzard merger, the fate of a number of games has been hanging in the air. Last week, THQ confirmed that it had picked up the publishing rights to 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand. Now comes confirmation from Atari that yet another casualty of the merger has been given a new lease on life.

Early this morning, Atari announced that it has acquired the publishing rights to The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, which will now join the company’s 2009 publishing and distribution line up. Previously announced as a remake of the original Xbox and PC hit, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Atari revealed that The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena will contain a brand new full-length campaign, and an intense online multiplayer combat.
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