Darksiders 2 Information & Discussions

Darksiders 2 is an upcoming action adventure video game published by THQ. It is the sequel to Darksiders and is expected to be released in 2012.

Plot


THQ have confirmed that Darksiders 2's story will take place
in the same time period as the first game, only this time players will
take control of the Horseman Death, instead of his brother War. The game
will reportedly take place across an entirely new ensemble of maps,
confirmed to be double in cumulative size to that of its predecessor.
The game will also feature the remaining two horsemen (Wrath and Strife)
in some capacity. The game will take Death across multiple dungeons and
city hubs. City hubs feature npcs who can give out side quests etc. In
the July 2011 issue of Gameinformer, the cover feature details that one
city hub will connect to a number of dungeons and that one city area
will feature more dungeons than the whole of Darksiders I. Loot will
also be included, dropping from encounters as rewards ranging from 12
different armor piece categories, which can have different enchantments
and may power up Death's Wrath Powers.
Darksiders 2 starts at nearly the same time as the start of the first Darksiders.
After War is convicted and sent back to Earth by the Charred Council,
they inform the other three Horseman of his fate. The Horseman Death
knowing his brother War, the most honorable and incorruptible of the
four, would never have started the Apocalypse early, and flies into a
rage. Believing his brother is victim of a conspiracy, Death defies the
Council's orders and sets out on a personal mission to find proof of his
brother's innocence. Death travels to the Nether Realms, a place
between Heaven and Hell, to call in favors from powerful beings that
rule the realm.
Development


THQ creative director Luis Gigliotti revealed in an interview with GameAxis that Darksiders
will be a franchise and that THQ is contemplating a sequel. The sequel
may include a multiplayer component, as the other three horsemen will
join War in the sequel or someone entirely new.^[1]
Joystiq has stated that a Darksiders sequel was planned for the fiscal year of 2012.^[2]
An article on the Official Xbox Magazine website confirms that Darksiders 2 was expected to be released in 2012.^[3]
It was announced at E3 2011 that Darksiders 2 would be a launch title for the upcoming Wii U.