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THQ Nordic and Gunfire Games Tease Next ‘Darksiders’ Entry [Trailer]
THQ Nordic was busy during their digital showcase. Not only have they announced a new horror game with Little Nightmares developer Tarsier Studios, but they’ve also revealed that they’re working on the next entry in the Darksiders series with developer Gunfire Games!
Similar to what they did with Tarsier Studios, THQ Nordic offered up a cryptic teaser and nothing more. In fact, the teaser itself states that we won’t be getting any more information about the new Darksiders game “at this point in history.” That also means we won’t know which Horseman of the Apocalypse will be the focus this time in this new entry.
The previous mainstream entry in the series, Darksiders III, was seen as a success for THQ Nordic after its release back in 2018. Darksiders III (which we reviewed) focused on Fury, one of the Horsemen in her quest to capture the seven deadly sins which had taken corporeal form and escaped. That was followed by a spin-off with the top-down hack and slash title Darksiders Genesis in 2019.
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.