- Detroit: Become Human and Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 lead busy month for PlayStation Now - 2 February 2021
A new month means a fresh roster of additions to PlayStation Now, and February's a busy one for Sony's subscription service, ushering in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, Detroit: Become Human, Darksiders Genesis, Little Nightmares, and more. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 joined Activision's ceaseless procession of franchise instalments in 2015, sending the series' reliably solid FPS action to the far-flung future of 2065. The high-tech-tinged end result earned itself a Eurogamer Recommended award back in the day, with contributor Edwin Evans-Thirlwell writing, "Where Treyarch's single-player struggles, the deftly tuned multiplayer soars, delivering a Call of Duty that's rich with options." As for Detroit: Become Human, it's another heavily cinematic narrative adventure from the minds at Quantic Dream. This time, the studio serves up a sci-fi thriller focussed on the plight of a group of androids…
- BETTER WITH FRIENDS Award: Darksiders Genesis - 27 November 2020
BETTER WITH FRIENDS Award: Darksiders Genesis For the first time ever, two Horsemen rode together in one game. War and Strife prove that Darksiders Genesis deserves the “Better with Friends” award on the Steam Awards 2020. What could be more fun to fight the forces of hell in coop? Thank you for your support!
- August's Game Pass offerings include Final Fantasy 7 HD and Man of Medan - 5 August 2020
Another month means another selection of Game Pass additions for PC and Xbox One stampeding over the horizon, and August's newly revealed offerings include Final Fantasy 7 HD, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, and Darksiders: Genesis. Starting with August's console-only additions, Darksiders: Genesis and Man of Medan both arrive tomorrow, 6th August. The former offers a top-down, dungeon-crawler-inspired spin on the long-running action-RPG franchise, this time featuring War and Strife as playable characters, and is supposedly pretty entertaining. Eurogamer's Christian Donlan reckoned it offered "the same old pleasures for this entirely pleasurable series," in his review , "albeit with the odd new trick and delivered from a new perspective." The spookily enjoyable Man of Medan, meanwhile, is developer Supermassive Games' first entry in its Dark Pictures horror anthology series -…
- Darksiders Genesis - Patch #4 - Fixes & Map Position Feature - 20 March 2020
Map: Added a ping and location marker to show the area the player is in. Map will now recenter back to the player location when opened. More fixes to items not showing on the map and not getting crossed off the map when collected. Fixed location names showing on an empty map (before you had collected the map). HUB: Leviathan’s Landing: Collision is more consistent across all sections. Timing and platforming elements have been adjusted to make jumps more reliable. Temporary shortcuts added when completing parts of section 3. Spacing and timing made more forgiving on the final sequence of section 3. General Fixes: Options: Added an option to set the right and left stick deadzones. Missing Trickster Keys that have previously been collected will be restored on reloading a save. This fixes the issue of not being able to open the final door even though you collected all the Trickster Keys. MP…
- Honor the Horsemen: New Accolades Trailer for Darksiders Genesis - 19 December 2019
Vienna, Austria and Austin, December 19, 2019 – Darksiders Genesis has been released 2 weeks ago on December 5th and we at THQ Nordic are humbled by the critics' and the community's reception thus far. It is currently rated "very positive" on Steam by the players and gained a lot of high scores from outlets all over the world. Therefore THQ Nordic can't wait to release the console versions on Valentine's Day 2020! Check out the accolades trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlSqBIKY9k0 In Darksiders Genesis, STRIFE can battle alongside his brother and fellow horseman WAR in the first ever Darksiders two-player co-op mode. Solo players will be able to alternate between STRIFE and WAR on the fly, taking advantage of STRIFE’s ranged and WAR’s melee style attacks. In addition, gameplay includes combat atop both horsemen’s fabled steeds: RAMPAGE and MAYHEM. Darksiders Genesis also f…
- Wot I Think: Darksiders Genesis - 9 December 2019
Developer: Airship Syndicate Publisher: THQ Nordic Release: Out now On: Windows, Google Stadia From: Steam Price: 27/$30/ 30 Howdy pardner! Git yerself a mighty glug of moonshine and meet me down at Dysentery Dan s place, cause we ve got ourselves a roundup to oh. Wait. Wrong game. It s the horses that threw me off, you see. I always associate them with cowboys, now. But this is not the Cowboy Game. This is Darksiders Genesis. Nevertheless, while this prequel spin-off to the hack-and-slash series is – as you might expect – a mix of isometric enemy-mulching and super-stylish character-focused action, it s also more than a little equestrian. Indeed, in between funneling demons at your fists, it lets you clomp about on what RDR2 s Arthur Morgan would consider to be a very fine selection of boahs indeed. (more…)
- Darksiders Genesis out now! - 5 December 2019
THQ Nordic and Airship Syndicate Release Darksiders Genesis on PC and Google Stadia! Vienna, Austria and Austin, December 5, 2019 – THQ Nordic and Airship Syndicate today announced the release of the highly anticipated Darksiders Genesis on PC and Google Stadia. Featuring the long-awaited debut of the fourth and final horseman – STRIFE, plus two-player co-op mode, Darksiders Genesis is the first Darksiders action adventure played from the top-down perspective and is now available worldwide. https://store.steampowered.com/app/710920/Darksiders_Genesis/ Check out the official #GunsNHorses launch trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyo1uG6ljBM Critical acclaim for Darksiders Genesis: "There’s a really strong balance of great combat, clever puzzles, rich exploration, and excellent progression mechanics..." 87/100 - IGN "From the gorgeous visuals to the smooth, frenetic combat and…
- Darksiders: Genesis review - delightful demon-thwacking from a new perspective - 5 December 2019
Sockets and gems! I love sockets and gems. So imagine my delight when, a few minutes into Darksiders: Genesis, a fresh perspective on the Hellish Zelda-alike series about monsters and demons, I clicked on a stray tab to find a whole page of sockets just waiting for gems. Let me try to explain this. Enemies in Genesis sometimes drop special gems known as cores. The core for each enemy type is unique and bestows a unique perk. The more you have of each core, the more they level up and the perks get better. (This can get rather grindy, incidentally.) Now, to access these perks you have to put them in sockets on the socket tree. And here's where it gets fun. Behold the socket tree! Sockets come in three flavours, and while you can put any old core in any old socket, if you match socket flavour to core flavour you get extra synergy. Throw in special cores that really big baddies and bosses d…
- THQ Nordic partners up with Displate - Metal Posters are now available. - 29 November 2019
We're very happy to announce our partnership with Displate! Get epic designs from your favorite Darksiders games and prepare for the release of Darksiders Genesis. The Charred Council approves. Get your Darksiders Metal Posters here
- Darksiders Genesis: Introducing Strife - Rider of the White Horse - 27 November 2019
Vienna, Austria and Austin, Texas, November 27th, 2019 – May we introduce you to Strife? Watch his showcase here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20oLjUQ-cX4 One... Two Three. Strife, the Rider of the White Horse, is both impulsive and witty, true to the motto "Shoot first, ask questions later" or "Two Guns, one Horseman". He is the one with blood on his boots and a punchline on his lips. He fought countless enemies with his two best friends (read: pistols), Mercy and Redemption, as well as the protection of his impenetrable armor. Always by his side is Mayhem, Strife's phantom steed. In Darksiders Genesis you can choose to play either War or his brother Strife, and head into combat side by side in two player cooperative mode (couch co-op trash talk, but also online). The story takes place before the events of the original game when Lucifer, the enigmatic and deceptive demon king, plots…
- New gameplay trailer for Darksiders Genesis shows off customizable demon slaying - 19 November 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F7564110%2F901c1a52dbcd7d1403083db71dc1d6db70af1640.png Vienna, Austria and Austin, Texas, November 19, 2019 – In a new gameplay trailer, developer Airship Syndicate and THQ Nordic present the so-called "Creature Core"-system which allows players to upgrade and customize their horseman's battle skills. Both fighters begin with a variety of different attacks but will gain access to more devastating and fascinating ways to smash demons on their journey through hell. "Creature Cores" can be picked up afters slaying enemies and bosses and are also available for purchase at Vulgrim's store in exchange for souls. Check out the latest gameplay trailer for Darksiders Genesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF70PaQgOWA Release Date on Steam: December 5, 2019 Pre-Order on PC here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/710920/Darksiders…
- Darksiders Genesis: release dates, CGI trailer & preorder - 30 October 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F7564110%2F57d15cce5888b373c272b49f9ef09501abbe9824.png THQ Nordic and Airship Syndicate Confirm Darksiders Genesis Launch Dates PC/Stadia: December 5, 2019 All Consoles: February 14, 2020, Valentine’s Day Watch Strife and Malgros the Defiler Face-off in new CGI trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9rizcIquvo Darksiders Genesis PC Pre-Order Kicks Off with a 15% Discount https://store.steampowered.com/app/710920/Darksiders_Genesis/ Vienna, Austria and Austin, Texas, October 22, 2019 – THQ Nordic and Airship Syndicate today kicked off the PC pre-order campaign for the highly anticipated Darksiders Genesis, the first top-down action adventure in Darksiders franchise history featuring couch co-op and online co-op #togetherthroughhell #GunsNHorses #notalone Watch Strife having a good old scuffle with Malgros the Defiler here…
- Isometric spin-off Darksiders Genesis coming to PC and Stadia in December - 22 October 2019
Darksiders Genesis, developer Airship Syndicate's top-down take on Darksiders' usual third-person action-adventure formula, will heading to PC and Stadia on 5th December, with a console release scheduled for 14th February next year. Genesis unfolds prior to the events of the original Darksiders, and marks the debut of Strife - the "gunslinging" fourth horseyperson of the apocalypse - as a playable character in the series. Players can expect a new story, exploring the origins of the Seven Seals, plus ample action as Strife and his brother War tussle their way through the forces of heaven and hell. In two-player co-op (available online and locally), that means one character per player - with War focussing on sword-based melee attacks and Strife favouring ranged combat - while solo players will need to swap between the horsebros on-the-fly. Read more
- Genesis is to Darksiders what Lara Croft and The Guardian of Light was to Tomb Raider - 17 June 2019
It's tempting to think of Darksiders: Genesis as Darksiders does Diablo but, while they may look very much alike at first glance, the comparison is actually some way wide of the mark. An isometric view is about as deep as the similarities go - the intention in developing Darksiders: Genesis, Airship Syndicate CEO Joe Madureira told me at E3, was to make a true Darksiders game despite the new camera angle. So while you might have been expecting sedate, meditative auto-attacks as per Blizzard's dungeon crawler, Genesis offers the exact same mix of hack-and-slash attacks and special abilities you'll remember from the core series; just, again, with a different camera angle. This was certainly born out in the combat but, more interestingly, in an ambitious platforming section that did some interesting things in terms of level traversal. There's always been more than a touch of The Legend of…
- THQ Nordic and Airship Syndicate Announce Darksiders Genesis - 6 June 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F7564110%2Fe4ef73fe6683e1bf119e6419e0dc2cbe726d950d.png Introduce First Gunslinging Horseman of the Apocalypse: STRIFE Vienna, Austria and Austin, Texas, June 6, 2019 – THQ Nordic and Airship Syndicate today unveiled the first top-down action adventure in Darksiders franchise history, Darksiders Genesis. Scheduled for release later this year, Darksiders Genesis will be playable for consumers at E3 2019 in THQ Nordic booth #823 in the South Hall. Make sure to put the game on your wishlist to stay informed: https://store.steampowered.com/app/710920/ Watch the Announcement Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfziRNV4ujA “Darksiders Genesis kicks off a completely fresh direction for the Darksiders franchise, including a new gameplay style, the introduction of STRIFE – the fourth and final horseman – and so much more,” said…
- First footage of Darksiders: Genesis, a Diablo-style spin-off - 6 June 2019
The much - leaked Darksiders: Genesis has at last been officially unveiled. THQ Nordic's new game is a top-down spin-off from the action adventure series similar to Diablo, set for release on PC, PlayStation 4, Stadia and Switch. It's being made by Battle Chasers: Nightwar developer Airship Syndicate, a studio co-founded by Joe Madureira, artist on the original Darksiders game, and which also comprises other ex-Vigil staff. Read more
