Starbreeze Studios' Johan Kristiansson

Although Starbreeze Studios saw modest success with The Outforce, Enclave and Knights of the Temple, it was 2004's Xbox exclusive The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay that put the developer on the global map. Highly-praised for story-telling, inspiring use of a movie license and its technical accomplishments, the game laid foundations for the developer's follow-up, the equally seedy The Darkness.

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