Darksiders II – Behind the Mask: Death Rises
THQ have released a new developer diary for Vigil Games’ Darksiders II, focusing on Death..
The story in Darksiders II runs alongside that of Darksiders, with War having been convicted and sent to Earth by the Charred Council. The remaining three Horsemen are informed of this, but believe War to have been set up. Death sets out to prove War’s innocence.. with a much larger game world filled with quests, loot, and powerful enemies to defeat.
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In the developer diary, the Vigil team talk about the differences between War and Death, Death’s fighting abilities and the types of weapons he can use.. with a brief mention of the improved depth to the world players will experience in Darksiders II.
Darksiders II is planned for release in June for the PC, PS3 and 360, with a Wii U version planned for the launch of that system later in 2012.
THQ Denies Problems
THQ have denied there are any plans to cancel the 2014 line-up, and they say no decision has been made as yet in regards to the Warhammer 40,000 MMO, Dark Millennium Online.
A statement was given to VG247 from THQ’s Australian PR arm, denying these rumours and citing the great performance of Saints Row: The Third, which was one of the best-selling games of 2011.
Rumour: THQ in Trouble?
There have been a number of tweets going around today noting that THQ are apparently offering themselves up for sale, have cancelled work on all their 2014 line up (including the Warhammer 40k MMO, Dark Millennium Online) as well as having returned IP to Disney.
THQ’s share price has falled to $0.65, the lowest it’s been all year, with a total market value just under $50 million.
UFC: Undisputed 3, Darksiders II, Metro: Last Light, South Park: The Game and WWE Brawl are scheduled for 2012, with inSANE and Devil’s Third scheduled for 2013.
40k Nerdiness
I’ve been watching some of the videos coming out of E3 tonight.. things are looking interesting on the games front!
Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online, the long awaited MMO, is finally being talked about. A friend was asking about this a good while back, with another interested too. Makes all the difference when friends have your back.
Rather a teasing video, this one..
Demons, aliens and heretics, versus the Imperium of Man? Damn right, there will be war 😉
It’s early on yet, but the graphics are already looking rather nice and I’m looking forward to seeing more.
I broke my usual rules, and included a screenshot from THQ’s site here. If this is anything to go by.. wow 🙂
Again from THQ and Relic, we have Warhammer 40,000:Space Marine. This one’s for the console, rather than the PC.
Watching this video, I see some similarities to Gears of War, another game I loved.
Take your huge, heavily-armoured brute and run him straight at the enemy: awesome!
Darksiders
This week, I’ve been fighting off the minions of heaven and hell as War in Darksiders, a post-apocalyptic action game from THQ.
War feels rather overpowered, with his massive sword and the fun auto-kill moves, especially when dealing with the general zombies. For these, hitting the auto-kill button means grabbing them by the ankles and smashing them into the ground, or picking them up by the head and then squishing it! Cue running around the Crossroads section of the game and only using this button.. Well, that’s one way of getting rid of the day’s stresses! 🙂
In GameInformer’s interview with Vigil’s General Manager, he said the original idea would have had all four horsemen available to play in a four player co-op.. damn.. That could have been a serious rampage..
I’m enjoying this game lots, though at the moment I’m suffering a little from having too many games, but not enough time.. so I’m not likely to finish it too soon.