26 June 2017 18:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (John Walker)
Returning to Darksiders II nearly five years after I first reviewed it, for a worrying time I wondered what on Earth I’d been on about. I remember absolutely loving the game, and writing a rave review back in 2012, so why was I struggling to even want to carry on in the first hour? It turns out, it just has a really dull first hour, because ten hours in I’m so utterly engrossed, and want to rave about it all over again. …
13 April 2016 07:14 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (John Walker)
Opinion is divided over the Darksiders games. There are those who wrongly don’t like them, while far better looking people recognise what a tip-top third-person action-adventure biff-me-do they truly are. And right now they’re 90% off on Steam. I’m not usually one to make a post because a single game is having a sale, but bloody hell, 4.50 for both of them?! …
10 November 2015 15:45 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alice O'Connor)
Can even the Four Horsemen survive an apocalyptic event? Nordic Games hope so. When THQ went down in flames, Nordic bought up Darksiders – but not its creators, Vigil Games – and (naturally) declared that the hack ‘n’ slash action-RPG was not dead. While some assumed this would mean a Darksiders III, Nordic were a little vague, and the first we saw of DS again was the revamped Deathinitive Edition of Darksiders II – which hit PC last week. Worry not, they do indeed want to make a third game, and hope this re-release will help them with that. …
5 November 2015 19:09 UTC · Community Announcements · Nordic Games
Dear Darksiders fans, we are happy to announce that Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition is finally available. Please check out our fantastic release offer and loyalty program we have in place (more details here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/50620/discussions/0/496880503058530074/ ) : All people who have bought the old Darksiders Frachise pack have the Deathintive Edition automatically unlocked in their library. All people who have at least Darksiders II in their library will get 80 % discount on the new Deathinitive Edition during the first week. All newbies to the franchise not owning the Fr
4 November 2015 14:52 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alice O'Connor)
The ‘Deathinitive Edition’ of Darksiders II will ride onto PC tomorrow, publishers Nordic Games have announced at awfully short notice. It took them ages to even quietly confirm a PC version of the open-world hacking-and-slashing action-RPG’s revamp and now boom, here, it’s out tomorrow. (John really dug its original release in 2012.) Expect improved graphics, a rebalancing, and a fair bit of confusion over whether current DS2 owners will receive it as an update or not. …
27 August 2015 16:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (John Walker)
You probably like action games. But which ones should you like best?! We’ve narrowed it down to 25, and then put them in the unimpeachably correct order. Read on for details of the best action biff-zap-collect-me-do gaming you can stuff down your trousers. …
17 August 2015 14:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (John Walker)
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game recommendations. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. Ooh, I like me some Darksiders II . Yet another tragic victim of the collapse of THQ, the prospects of a third game in the series seem ever-far away, with current owners Nordic Games still saying such a thing is yet to start. But with a remake of the game coming up later this year, now couldn’t possibly be a worse time to recommend it to you. …
9 June 2015 17:05 UTC · Product Release · Valve
Save 80% on everything in the Darksiders Franchise during this week's Midweek Madness*! *Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time
16 October 2014 19:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alec Meer)
A couple of weeks ago, a roguelike which uses the Banner Saga engine to create a rather attractive post-apocalyptic cocktail of FTL, The Oregon Trail and XCOM popped up on Kickstarter. Bedlam’s around $90k into its $130k goal, with just eight days left on the clock. I’ve had a chat with the devs, who include veterans of Darksiders studio Vigil, about what they’re aiming for with the game, what the Banner Saga engine enables them to do, what they’ve changed about it, and the 80s/90s comics visual influences for this game of desert bandits and desert death-buses. Also 
23 August 2014 17:00 UTC · Announcement · Valve
Today's Deal: Save 85% on Darksiders II!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time
13 May 2014 09:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Nathan Grayson)
Update: Confirmation/statement from Nordic Games below. The short version? “We can and will not settle for second-best solutions in the case of Darksiders.” Original: Things were not looking so great for, er, Death for a little bit there. THQ had a run-in with its own sort of reaper, and the Darksiders license sat in limbo seemingly unwanted for ages. That is, until Nordic Games scooped it up along with roughly one trillion other pieces of THQ’s flaming wreckage. But it’s not like the Painkiller: Hell & Damnation publisher can just churn out sequels to everything fr
9 May 2014 17:00 UTC · Announcement · Valve
Today's Deal: Save 75% on Darksiders II!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Sunday at 10AM Pacific Time
7 February 2014 12:28 UTC · Community Announcements · Nordic Games
Dear Darksiders II fans, The official soundtrack for Darksiders II is now available: http://store.steampowered.com/app/276210/ For all buyers of the Darksiders Franchise pack (http://store.steampowered.com/sub/18777/) we are happy to announce that your Franchise pack stay complete - the Soundtrack has been added to all excisting (and of course future) owners of the Franchise bundle. Hope you like that step. Greetings Your Nordic Games Team
14 January 2014 18:09 UTC · Product Release · Valve
Save 75% on Darksiders II during this week's Midweek Madness*! War and Death of the legendary Four Horsemen, embarks upon a quest of vengeance , vindication and restoring mankind. *Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific time
21 December 2013 18:05 UTC · Announcement · Valve
The Steam Holiday Sale continues today with huge savings throughout the store! Check back often to take advantage of our eight-hour Flash Sales. You can even help select what goes on sale with our Community's Choice Voting Sales. In addition to Flash and Vote sales, more than a hundred games and apps will be featured as Daily Deals throughout the sale, with new deals popping up every 24 hours. Today's Daily Deals include: * Darksiders II 80% off; * Sleeping Dogs 80% off; * Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 75% off; * Star Wars: KOTOR II 50% off; * Age of Empires II HD 75% off; * StarForge 50% o
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