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Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition Officially Announced

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Endless

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Darksiders 2 “Death”initive Edition galloping to current gen consoles

Nordic Games today announced that the Darksiders 2 Deathinitive Edition will come to current-gen consoles this winter.

The Deathinitive Edition will be a visually updated version of Darksiders 2, including all DLCs (Maker Armor Set, The Abyssal Forge, The Demon Lord Belial, Death Rides, Angel of Death, Deadly Despair, Shadow of Death, Mortis Pack, Rusanov's Axe, Van Der Schmash Hammer, Fletcher's Crow Hammer, Mace Maximus, Argul's Tomb) and running in native 1080p resolution. In addition to the graphic upgrade, adjustments to the game balancing and loot distribution have been made. The entire project is in the experienced hands of Gunfire Games, where nearly all staffers have already been working at Vigil Games and on Darksiders in the past.

Reinhard Pollice, Business & Product Development Director at Nordic Games: “We took over the franchise roughly 2 years ago and thought about the next chapter for Darksiders ever since then. Naturally (and extremely excitedly!), there will be a large-scale project based on Darksiders, but for now it is very important for us to take care of the existing games and make those available to a broader audience. Bringing Darksiders 2 to current gen was a logical step for us and the team at Gunfire Games know their trade inside-out, so we easily and quickly had lots of ideas that we wanted to realise for this specific edition.”

“It feels good to be working on Darksiders again, after a couple of years of hiatus”, comments David Adams, founder and president of Gunfire Games. “This project is a great opportunity for us to pick up where we left off two years ago and dig deeper into the game, which is close to all our hearts. Bringing the definitive Darksiders 2 experience to life is something that we hope a lot of people will enjoy and look forward to.”

About Darksiders 2 Deathinitive Edition

• Darksiders 2 with All DLCs included and integrated into the game, offering a total playtime of more than 30 hours (Maker Armor Set, The Abyssal Forge, The Demon Lord Belial, Death Rides, Angel of Death, Deadly Despair, Shadow of Death, Mortis Pack, Rusanov's Axe, Van Der Schmash Hammer, Fletcher's Crow Hammer, Mace Maximus, Argul's Tomb)

• Improved Graphic Render Engine for higher visual quality especially in terms of lighting and shadows

• Improved and reworked level, character and environment graphics

• Running in native 1080p resolution

• Reworked and tuned game balancing and loot distribution

What starts with War, ends in Death.

Awakened by the End of Days, Death, the most feared of the legendary Four Horsemen, embarks upon a quest to restore mankind, and redeem his brother’s name. Along the way, the Horseman discovers that there are far worse things than an earthly Apocalypse, and that an ancient grudge may threaten all of Creation...

Features

• Play Death: Become the most feared of the legendary Four Horsemen, able to destroy entire worlds and battle forces beyond Heaven and Hell

• Epic Universe: Unlike anything the player has seen before, delivered in the unique style of Joe Mad

• Heaven/Hell: Explore startling gameworld environments reminiscent of heaven and hell

• Player Choice & Customization: Customize your experience with varied armor sets, weapons, and skill trees allowing players to create their own Death

• Replay-ability: Explore a vast open world, complete dozens of side quests and customize your Death with a full leveling system, skill trees and endless equipment combinations

• Traversal: Death is a nimble and agile character capable of incredible acrobatic feats allowing the player to explore the world like never before
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Jimmyfenix

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"“We took over the franchise roughly 2 years ago and thought about the next chapter for Darksiders ever since then. Naturally (and extremely excitedly!), there will be a large-scale project based on Darksiders"

more darksiders then
 
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Linkyn

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Nice, I guess? Couldn't they have included the first one and made it the Darksiders Collection or something? Or am I missing licensing issues?
 
Corpsepyre

Corpsepyre

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Awesome title, I must say. Who wants a Definitive Edition when you can get the Deathinitive Edition? That's metal as fuck!
 
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Dereck

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AwakenedCloud

Member
Literally finished this game less than a week ago. I thought it was great, but probably won't go back for more. Glad they didn't announce this a week earlier or I would've held off for the "Deathinitive" edition lol
 
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Gnome

Member
Speech impediments are in ya'll.

Also I love Darksiders but I dislike this re-release trend, I might buy it if it means another Darksiders game in the future though.
 
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UltimaWeapon

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Linkyn said:
Nice, I guess? Couldn't they have included the first one and made it the Darksiders Collection or something? Or am I missing licensing issues?
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This would've been nice. I heard D2 was great, but I haven't played the first one and I just sold my PS3.

I guess I could use PSNow, but I still would've preferred a Warfinitive edition of the first one.
 
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HardRojo

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Not 60 fps apparently? Also, they mentioned making the Darksiders games available for everyone so why haven't they included the first one?
 
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AusRoachman

Member
Another remaster that no one was even asking for, and only one game and not the whole collection? Very weird choice. I never played darksiders 1 , why would I buy a remaster if just 2?
 
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Arkeband

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• Play Death: Become the most feared of the legendary Four Horsemen, able to destroy entire worlds and battle forces beyond Heaven and Hell
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Except no one really fears him, they just send him on side quests to collect 3 of a thing they want.

I'll be skipping this "Deathinitive" edition. Someone's giving themselves a handjob for that one.

FaintDeftone said:
Yeah, I was hoping for that myself. Maybe a free patch?
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It took them a while just to patch the original buggy PC release, but that would be nice. There's no way they'd give us the DLC's for free, though.
 
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DOG3NZAKA

Banned
It's a silly name but most games have silly, stupid premises anyway. Games are meant to be fun. Roll with it and lighten up

AusRoachman said:
Another remaster that no one was even asking for, and only one game and not the whole collection? Very weird choice. I never played darksiders 1 , why would I buy a remaster if just 2?
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They are probably doing this to gauge interest for the next game and make easy money. They should have done the first one too. You're right about that.
 
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salromano

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OnionPowder said:
Game was great but I don't need to play it again. Also is this finally confirmed for XB1?
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Press release just says "current gen consoles" (it's plural, so), but the press pack only has PS4 box art. Press release also doesn't mention PS4 or Xbox One, specifically. But again, plural, so I guess, yeah!
 
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crimilde

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I'd rather have a new game in the franchise really, this doesn't look that appealing. If they had released it as a remastered collection with both games, I might've considered the purchase.

Also, that title. Lmao.
 
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