Here's hoping Darksiders makes a return. ;)

CRYTEK USA WANTS THE DARKSIDERS SERIES TO COME HOME

When THQ perished earlier this year, the developer of the Four Horsemen themed Darksiders franchise,Vigil Games, perished alongside it. There were more stories to tell though (there are two more Horsemen, after all), and much like Vigils core creative team was given a second chance recently, Darksiders may as well.

Crytek USA CEO and former Vigil Games head David Adams said that his studio is going to attempt to buy back the Darksiders series when it goes up for auction this month. Going to bid on Darksiders IP, said Adams on Twitter, Put seven years of heart and soul into that franchise, and I think it belongs at home with its creators.

Vigil co-founder Ryan Stefanelli backed up Adams statement later on saying that Crytek will be the owner of the franchise, not just the former staff behind the games. When the Darksiders IP goes up for auction, Crytek will be bidding for it, Steffanelli told Destructoid, Not much more since the rest is left up to courts and legal shenanigans, but were still excited at the prospect.

This is a marked turn around for Crytek USA, the newly formed subsidiary studio of Crysis 3-maker Crytek. When the company hired Adams and a select number of Vigil staff in January, the company showed a great deal of excitement for the people, but not for the Darksiders series. Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli said at the time that his company had no interest in continuing the Darksiders series. While that was a shame, it wasnt all that surprising either. Darksiders 2 only sold around 1.5 millioncopies, well below expectations for the game.

Other studios have expressed interest in the Darksiders property. Platinum Games Atsushi Inaba, one of the men behind Bayonetta and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, said in January that hed be interested in buying the series provided it was affordable.

Playing the first currently, the dungeons are great.Blabadon

I just finished the first one not too long ago thanks to PS+. I was going to get it anyways but it's awesome I got it for "free".

Anyway I really enjoyed it, like a Zelda/God of War mix, the story and characters are interesting and I want to see the adventures of the other 3 horsemen.

I'm going to start the 2nd one pretty soon as I've heard it's even better than the 1st.

[QUOTE="Blabadon"]Playing the first currently, the dungeons are great.Blazerdt47

I just finished the first one not too long ago thanks to PS+. I was going to get it anyways but it's awesome I got it for "free".

Anyway I really enjoyed it, like a Zelda/God of War mix, the story and characters are interesting and I want to see the adventures of the other 3 horsemen.

I'm going to start the 2nd one pretty soon as I've heard it's even better than the 1st.

Sweet, hope they get it.  I've only played the first but absolutely loved it.

If the 2nd one flopped why would Crytek agree to do this?  I liked the second one. Never played the first one. I would just get the Wii U version since it is the best console version and have Carytek USA work on a new IP.

Darksiders 3 on Cryengine 3 would be amazing

imagine Darksiders 3 with cryengine 3!

Darksiders 3 on Cryengine 3 would be amazing

BPoole96

Glad to hear that , both games are amazing , would be really a shame if it died.

Playing the first currently, the dungeons are great.Blabadon

First of all Crytek has said they have abolutely no intention of ever making a darksiders game. That is also why they didn't bid on the Darksiders IP.

So even if Crytek USA would purchase the IP, they work under Crytek so they won't be allowed to make a new one.

God, I hope Crytek stays far away from it. They can't make games for sh!t.

If they do get the IP, I have a feeling Darksiders will be the new TimeSplitters.

God, I hope Crytek stays far away from it. They can't make games for sh!t.

DarkLink77

It's actually the former employees of Vigil, whom Crytek gave a new job in their new USA studios, who want to purchase the IP.

Crytek wants nothing to do with it. So even if Crytek USA did buy the IP, Crytek won't allow them to make a new game.

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

God, I hope Crytek stays far away from it. They can't make games for sh!t.

R4gn4r0k

It's actually the former employees of Vigil, whom Crytek gave a new job in their new USA studios, who want to purchase the IP.

Crytek wants nothing to do with it. So even if Crytek USA did buy the IP, Crytek won't allow them to make a new game.

Darksiders 2 was my personal GOTY 2012. I really hope they win it. Platinum would be a fine home too, but I think it should stay with the creators.

Just like TimeSplitters.

nintendoboy16

Exactly. Eventhough Crytek UK owns the IP and may even want to make a new one, they work under crytek now so the decision is not theirs. Although Crytek did show some interest towards the IP.

Very interested to see what Crytek could do with this series. I hope they get it. It would be a shame to let a good series like Darksiders die.