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Darksiders II’s New RPG Elements Lets You Customize Your Own Death

The first Darksiders won a loyal following of fans for its badass remix of the Legend of Zelda’s dungeon-crawling gameplay. But you couldn’t really differentiate the way that main character War played. He was a bruiser with weapons that worked the same way for everyone. But Death will be more individualized, once players get their hands on the new lead character.


March 27, 2012
Nintendo

Wii U "On Par" With 360, PS3 (So Far) Says Darksiders Developer

While Nintendo has yet to release the full specs for its upcoming Wii U, you can guess by its launch lineup that its capabilities are probably in line with the Xbox 360 and PS3, something Vigil Games are now backing up.


January 25, 2012
Nintendo

Death Brings Nimble Platforming And Speedy Combat To Darksiders II

In Vigil games’ upcoming Darksiders II, players assume the mantle of Death, who is pretty much the only “personified supernatural force” more badass than War, the protagonist of the first game. The video above demonstrates gameplay from the early chapters of the game, showcasing Death’s lighter move-set and quicker combat abilities.


June 2, 2011
PC

Death Trumps War As The Hero Of Darksiders II

War rode proud and strong through the battle between good and evil in the original Darksiders, but he’s only one of four apocalyptic horsepersons of interest. War, Famine and Pestilence take the bench as Death saddles up his pale horse for Darksiders II.


June 16, 2010

Finally, A Good Look At The Warhammer 40K MMO!!

After years and years and years of waiting, today is the day we finally get a look at the massively multiplayer Warhammer 40K game being developed by Vigil.


May 6, 2010
News

Warhammer 40K Game To Make Long-Awaited Debut At E3

Having been operating undercover for years now, it appears that THQ’s massively multiplayer game based on the Warhammer 40K universe will make its public debut at next month’s Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles.


March 31, 2010
Uncategorized

Darksiders Puts The PC Back In Apocalypse

THQ’s apocalyptic adventure Darksiders isn’t forgetting about the PC gaming crowd, with a slightly late port of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game coming to Windows users at some point in the future.


January 14, 2010
News

Meet Darksiders’ Three Other Horsemen Of The Apocalypse

In Darksiders, you play as War, one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. The other three, though, you never see them. They’re away, at a volleyball tournament. If they were around, though, this is what they’d look like.


January 8, 2010
News

Fix On The Way For Darksiders’ Graphical Issues

I wasn’t a big fan of the amount of screen-tearing present in the Xbox 360 version of Vigil’s Darksiders. It appears I’m not the only one, as the studio has confirmed that a patch for the issue is on the way.


January 6, 2010
News

Darksiders Might Wage War On Hollywood, Comic Books

Joe Madureira, creative director on Vigil’s freshly-released Darksiders, has revealed that already talks are underway to shift the franchise into things like movies and comic books.