Over at the official Darksiders website, it was announced today that the second batch of downloadable content, titled the Abyssal Forge, would be released on October 30th for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. European PS3 owners will get the content one day later on October 31st. The content is available for 800 MS Points or $9.99. You can see part of the press release from THQ just below.
The vast swamp-like Shadow Lands, added by this DLC is a new gameplay zone with an entirely new visual look, including two challenging new dungeons, new enemies to best, secrets to uncover and unique legendary loot to collect. Tailored towards the most competent Darksiders II players, the Abyssal Forge will test your mettle against the hardest enemies and puzzles yet.
After 7 years of work over at Vigil Games, Darksiders creative director Joe Madureira has departed the company. Madureira will be moving onto new ventures of his own, including several Comic Books and his next big thing, which is currently unannounced.
Madureira, who was a key member in the founding of Vigil Games and the creation of the first two Darksiders titles puts a bit of question around the future of the Darksiders Series as a whole. What does this mean for the possibility of there being a Darksiders III? Much of the series’ art style up to this point has been based around Madureira’s art style and his concept artwork. Does this mean that Darksides III will take a slight shift away? Will there even be a Darksiders III. At this point, we can only speculate. Go ahead and make the jump to check out part of his statement.
The Project Triforce Darksiders II Replica Scythe was on display at the 2012 New York Comic Con this past weekend. We finally have some hard data on this massive collectible, including its size, price, and release date.
Measuring at 5.8′ x 1′ x 6.6′, the item weighs 46 Lbs. This massive Scythe is limited to 500 of them and will be priced at $950 a piece. It is rather pricey, but considering how bulky this item is, it’s certainly worth it for those hardcore collectors out there. Set for a release day of 2nd Quarter 2013, you can pre-order the Scythe today at Project Triforce. Note, to pre-order this item, it requires a $237.50 deposit, which comes out to 1/4 of the total cost of the Scythe.
As promised the Darksiders II Death and Dust Project Triforce Statue was on display at the New York Comic Con. You can see a small glimpse of the statue in the image to the left, but go ahead and make the jump to see a larger version, as well as a video embed.
If you look ever so closely in the video, you can see the tag that is in front of the statue. The statue is dated for 2nd Quarter 2013 with a price tag of $600. The statue will weigh about 20lbs and there will be a limited run of just 500 statues. While it’s nice to finally get a rough release date and price, I think the price tag is a bit steep. I was honestly expecting a price point somewhere around $300. Consider the recently released Samael State of the Art Statue was priced at $249.99, this Death statue seems to be a bit much. In any case, make the jump for a closer look at the statue.
Beginning on Friday, October 12th, at 11:59 AM, Darksiders II owners will be able to download the Crow Armor set free of charge. This level 15 set includes all four body pieces, as well as the corresponding Crow Scythes. You’ll have to jump on it quickly though, as this giveaway will only be available until Monday, October 22nd, at 11:59 AM.
Check out the Crow Armor set over at our Darksiders Wiki for the statistics about each piece in the armor set.
DeviantART user Clockwerk97 has made small sculptures from a variety of different video games and he has recently put together some sweet Darksiders goodies. He has put together small sculptures of Ruin, War, Abaddon, Azrael, Samael, Death, and Karn.
You can see the small sample version of Karn to the left, but I’ve gone ahead and included all of his other Darksiders creations after the jump. Many of these are just so incredibly detailed. Just looking at my display case in my office, I would absolutely love to have these Darksders sculptures lined up in a row. In any case, be sure to take a look and become a watcher of Clockwerk97 at deviantART.
Over at Etsy, some brand new Darksiders goodies have popped up. The first one comes in the form of a sweet looking necklace with the Darksiders logo on it. You can see the sample image to the left, but make the jump to check out a larger version. In addition to the necklace a nearly identical keychain is also available with the same logo. The necklace is available at etsy for the price of $11, while the keychain will set you back 10 bucks.
Personally, while these things are nice additions to any Darksiders collection, it’s not something I’d pick up. While I love to collect all the Darksiders goodies that I can get my hands on, I usually try and stick with just the licensed material. Otherwise I think my wallet would take quite the beating. In any case, there are images of both items after the jump.
A few months back, THQ partnered with the folks from Ibanez Guitars to giveaway two limited edition autographed Darksiders II XG307 Guitar. These are pretty sweet looking guitars and it would be nice if these became available for purchase by the public. Unfortunately, since only two of them exist, most of us will never get our hands on them.
Recently over at the official Facebook page, two photos have surfaced of Darksiders developers Joe Madureira and Marvin Donald rocking these custom Darksiders guitars. You can see the small preview to the left, but go ahead and make the jump to check out the full images.
Have you still not picked up Darksiders II? Well over at Steam, there are some massive Darksiders II sales across the board. First and foremost, the actual game is on sale for 50% of, now available at the incredibly low price of $24.99!
In addition to the actual game, you can also get 50% of Argul’s Tomb, Death Rides, and the Darksiders II Season Pass. Heck, you can even purchase the original Darksiders for just $9.99. It’s quite a deal and now is as good of a time as ever to pickup these titles. While these sales come around every so often, I think it will be several months before we get a better deal than this. So if you want Darksiders II on the PC, jump on this deal while it lasts. You have to act quick though, as it is only available until October 7th.
From July through September of this year, the folks over at Dark Horse Comics released a prequel comic for Darksiders II, titled Death’s Door. A new part of the comic was released every three weeks from July 4th through September 26th, including an additional issue #0 that was a pre-order bundle item at some retailers.
With all six parts of the comic now available, Dark Horse Comics will release the entire digital comic book in a hard cover variety. This will retail at $12.99 and is set to release on December 19th, 2012. However if you pre-order the hardcover version over at Things from Another World, you can get a deal on it, as it is currently available for just $10.39. The comic is not yet in Amazon’s database, but I’d guess that once it does pop up, there will be a similar pre-order deal. Stay tuned for more information on the comic and other Darksiders goodies.