In a way, Darksiders makes an Apocalyptic Return to Games

We’re in an era where any and everything old might just make a comeback, usually without being completely green. If you need an idea of ​​how wide that net is, it looks like The black ones franchise returning to video games?

On Friday afternoon, THQ Nordic released trailers for its upcoming games. One consisted of three motionless stone creatures called the Charred Council, whose eyes glowed with flames and uttered the name “Horse Trapper.” It fades to black, followed by the tagline: “Get ready to ride again.” Is it a remake, or a completely new game? It’s not clear, though Remainder 2 developer Gunfire Games (formerly Darksiders III) will lead the project, which currently has no release windows or expected consoles.

If you haven’t played yet Black people, it is one of the countries that have not been recognized since 2010. Story-wise, the original 2010 game focuses on War, the youngest of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. He mistakenly called the apocalypse ahead of time and was sent to a corrupted Earth to redeem his name. In the end, War learned that the Council had designated him as fallen, and the game ended with him calling his siblings to take up arms against his masters, as well as the various forces of Heaven and Hell.

You’d think the next game would focus on the horsemen scraping it together, right? Well, future games never quite lived up to that four-player promise. Darksiders II again III was a sequel to the Horsemen Death and Fury, and Strife starred in War in the 2020 prequel. Black: Genesis. Besides, the series was notable as comic book-y as hell; Battle Chasers artist Joe Madureira co-directed and co-wrote the first two plays and designed the cast. Each subject also changed genres; The first two games were influenced by the god of war again Zelda, Metroidvanias and soulslikes inspired darksiders 3, again Genesis it was run top-down again Diablo.

Many old game franchises have resurfaced after a long time, but none of them have failed to deliver on their promises in the same way. The black ones. If Gunfire and THQ want to bring it back from the dead, by all means—let’s move the series forward and reunite the players, yes?

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