THQ Nordic hints at Darksiders on Nintendo Switch in reply to a fan

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Facts first: in January 2019, a fan asked on Twitter for the Darksiders series to be brought to the Nintendo Switch, and THQ Nordic’s official account replied in a way that left room for interpretation. The company announced nothing, but left it hanging that the request could indeed be granted in the future. At the time, the reply was read as a deliberate tease.

A trip to the #NintendoSwitch perhaps

— JD Wolf (@jdwolfpgh) January 18, 2019

Don't mind @Darksiders, they had a couple and don't make any sense right now.

— THQ Nordic (@THQNordic) January 18, 2019

Context helps explain the interest. Darksiders was born at Vigil Games, in the days of the old THQ, with the first game in 2010. After THQ’s bankruptcy, THQ Nordic kept the franchise rights and took care of it, with remasters of the first two games and with Darksiders III, developed by Gunfire Games, a studio that brings together part of the original Vigil team. In practice, the company already had updated versions of the old games, the natural starting point for a port.

What came next

The tease came true. Darksiders: Warmastered Edition reached Switch on April 2, 2019, less than three months after the tweet exchange. Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition followed on September 26, 2019, the spin-off Darksiders Genesis, from Airship Syndicate, on February 14, 2020, and Darksiders III completed the collection on September 30, 2021. In other words, the whole main series ended up on Nintendo’s hybrid. At the THQ Nordic Showcase 2024, the company announced that a new Darksiders is in development. Translating from social media jargon: sometimes a vague tweet is just a vague tweet, but this time it was a release roadmap.