Darksiders: Warmastered Edition formally announced, date, details, screens, boxart
Last week, Pelle Lundborg (co-founder of Nordic Games) spilled the beans early, and confirmed that Nordic Games was planning to release a remastered version of Darksiders on Wii U (and other platforms). And today, Nordic Games sent a press release to formally announced this remaster, called Darksiders: Warmastered Edition.
We learn that the game will be released on October 25th on all platforms, and in both Europe and North America. The game will cost:
- Europe: 19.99€ / £14.99
- North America: $19.99
If you’re wondering who’s working on this remaster, the answer is KAIKO. For those who don’t know, KAIKO worked on Legend of Kay Anniversary, and the Xbox One version of Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition.
Here’s the list of enhancements of this Darksiders remaster:
- Native 1080p rendering resolution
- Doubled all the texture resolutions
- Rendering improvements and rework
- Better shadow rendering quality
- Post processing effects
- 30FPS on Wii U
Here’s the first screenshots and the Wii U boxart for Darksiders: Warmastered Edition:
Early next week, Nordic Games will release some comparison screenshots!
Finally, a note about what happened to the person who spilled the beans about this remaster:
“We had a short-lived epidemic of premature emancipation, causing the affected persons to burp out sensitive info a little sooner than planned,” says Philipp Brock, PR & Marketing Director at Nordic Games, and continues “but after a minor surgery and some medication, we got it all under control.”
Darksiders: Warmastered Edition (Wii U) will be released on October 25th in Europe and North America. Our Upcoming Releases page has been updated!
Source: Nordic Games PR
