Death Rides Again in Darksiders II’s ‘Deathinitive Edition’

<p>THQ may be no more&comma; but the<em> <&sol;em>Darksiders series will live on this winter bigger and better than ever&period; Nordic Games&comma; which purchased the rights to the action-role-playing franchise as well as over reported 150 titles of THQ&&num;8217&semi;s almost two years ago&comma; has announced that <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;3Js4XpSC6zQ"><em>Darksiders II<&sol;em> <&sol;a>will be getting a current-gen makeover this holiday season to PS4 and Xbox One&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;06&sol;04222242&sol;Darksiders-II-PS4-Deathinitive-Edition-BagoGames&period;png"><img class&equals;"alignleft wp-image-84598 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;06&sol;04222242&sol;Darksiders-II-PS4-Deathinitive-Edition-BagoGames&period;png" alt&equals;"Darksiders II PS4 Deathinitive Edition BagoGames" width&equals;"249" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dubbed<em> Darksiders II&colon; The Deathinitive Edition<&sol;em>&comma; the new game&&num;8217&semi;s being led by David Adams&comma; founder and president Gunfire Games – a studio comprised of most of the folks from original developer Vigil Games&period; This  remastered version will reportedly boast 1080p graphics&comma; revamped character models&comma; and redesigned lighting&period; The team also says it&&num;8217&semi;ll attempt to solve balancing issues regarding the AI as well as redistribution of the game&&num;8217&semi;s loot system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We had to go through and relight the whole game with more dynamic shadows and higher resolution textures&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said in an interview with Polygon&period; &&num;8220&semi;Pretty much everything in the game had higher resolution assets already available&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We thought <em>Darksiders II<&sol;em> was a big improvement over the first game as <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;a top shelf gaming experience in every way&comma; and besides being an early candidate for game of the year">&&num;8220&semi;a top shelf gaming experience in every way&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;a> when it launched back in 2012 and easily a Game of the Year contender&period; The game originally released for Xbox 360&comma; Playstation 3&comma; and later for Wii U with five hours of additional gameplay&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adams went on to suggest that once completed&comma; the Deathinitive edition may pave the way for a port of the original Darksiders to current-gen consoles in a similar fashion as well as for a possible Darksiders III at some point&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the meantime&comma; we don&&num;8217&semi;t know how much <em>Darksiders II&colon; Deathinitive Edition<&sol;em> will be&comma; but we do know it&&num;8217&semi;ll have a wealth of the game&&num;8217&semi;s original DLC including the following&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Maker Armor Set<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• The Abyssal Forge<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• The Demon Lord Belial<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Death Rides<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Angel of Death<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Deadly Despair<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Shadow of Death<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Mortis Pack<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Rusanov&&num;8217&semi;s Axe<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Van Der Schmash Hammer<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Fletcher&&num;8217&semi;s Crow Hammer<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Mace Maximus<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>• Argul&&num;8217&semi;s Tomb&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p>Tell us&colon; have you played <em>Darksiders II<&sol;em> yet or are you thinking about picking it up now&quest; Let us know&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2015&sol;6&sol;11&sol;8764483&sol;darksiders-2-collection-darksiders-3">Polygon<&sol;a> &amp&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nordicgames&period;at&sol;index&period;php&sol;article&sol;darksiders&lowbar;2&lowbar;deathinitive&lowbar;edition&lowbar;galloping&lowbar;to&lowbar;current&lowbar;gen&lowbar;consoles">Nordic Games<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;