Darksiders Genesis is an action/adventure that tears its way through hordes of demons, angels, and everything in-between on its way to Hell and back with guns blazing and swords swinging. Genesis gives players their first look at the world of Darksiders before the events of the original game, as well as introduces the horseman Strife.

True to its roots, Darksiders Genesis will feature intense combat, exploration, puzzle-solving, epic boss battles and serpent holes from heaven to hell. The game marks the first, full-scale Darksiders adventure played from the top-down perspective.

From the dawn of creation, the council has maintained the Balance across existence. Carrying out their orders are the Horsemen, Nephilim (powerful beings spawned from the unnatural union of angels and demons) who have pledged themselves to the Council and been granted immense power.

However, this power came at a tragic cost: the Horsemen were ordered to use their newfound strength to wipe out the rest of their kind. What followed was a bloody battle on Eden where the Horsemen, obeying the will of the Council, annihilated the Nephilim.

For the first time in history, all Four Horsemen of the Darksiders video games are playable at the same time! You and up to four of your friends can now play Darksiders together. Darksiders: The Forbidden Land is a co-operative dungeon crawler board game for 1-5 players. Take on the role of your favourite Horseman and battle alongside your fellow Riders through an entirely new storyline set in the Darksiders universe. Fight your way through to the hordes of monsters to defeat The Jailer and vanquish evil forever!

With asymmetric player abilities, you can play as War, Death, Fury or Strife and experience the game completely differently each time. Beside 61 phenomenally detailed and pre-painted minis, the game includes customisable decks of cards for each Rider. That means that even multiple games with the same rider will be different. Manage your cards well, as you will be using them to move, attack enemies and upgrade your rider using Darksiders: The Forbidden Land’s unique new card economy mechanic. But don't blow through them too quickly though, because once your deck runs out you've lost the battle.

The included Campaign Book has a thrilling story spread over 19 different levels - grouped into multiple scenarios – to play through. These can be tackled in sequence for an entire campaign play-through, players may choose to focus on a single scenario for a shorter gaming session, or even just play through a single level. With a variety of enemies as well as numerous modular hex-tile game boards included in the game, we also look forward to seeing fan-created custom levels and scenarios!

We mentioned this game is playable with up to five people, but there are only Four Horsemen. How does that work? One of you can play as the game master, that’s how! Without the game master, there are rules determining how the enemies of the Four Horsemen will behave, but with a game master controlling the monsters an extra level of challenge is added as suddenly they can move tactically.

Board game Darksiders: The Forbidden Land contents

• 61 pre-painted (!) Miniatures – including War, Death, Fury, Strife and the massive End-Boss the Jailer as high quality pre-painted miniatures
• 124 Tokens
• 36 Multi-Hex-Space Modular Boards
• 423 Cards
• 4 Player Boards
• Custom Dice
• Rulebook
• Campaign Book

Darksiders: The Forbidden Land will only be available through the Darksiders Genesis Nephilim Edition (limited to only 5,000 units worldwide).

The Nephilim Edition will be available in selected retailers for an SRP of € 379.99 | $ 379.99 | £ 349.99 and contains the following items:

• Darksiders Genesis game
• Official board game Darksiders: The Forbidden Land
• Strife Figurine
• Steelbook
• Artbook
• Soundtrack
• Sticker Sheet

Key Features:

• Blast angels and demons as the gunslinging Horseman Strife, playable for the first time
• Swap between the powerful swordsman War and Strife instantly in frenetic, single-player gameplay
• Explore the epic world of Darksiders and wreak havoc with a friend in two-player cooperative mode
• Experience a brand new story campaign that takes place before the original Darksiders, exploring the origin of the Seven Seals
• Grow in strength and power as you collect items, abilities, weapon enhancements, creature cores and more

PC System Requirements

Minimum

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
• OS: Windows 7, 8, Windows 10 (64 bit)
• Processor: AMD FX-8320 (3,5 GHz) / Intel i5-4690K (3,5 GHz) or better
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
• DirectX: Version 11
• Storage: 15 GB available space

Recommended

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
• OS: Windows 7, 8, Windows 10 (64 bit)
• Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K (3.2 GHz)/AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (3.2 GHz) or better
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
• DirectX: Version 11
• Storage: 15 GB available space

Darksiders Genesis is scheduled for release on PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Google Stadia later this year.