Darksiders Warmastered date

Darksiders Warmastered Edition gets another life on May 19 Darksiders is coming back again, this time with dedicated versions for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on May 19, 2026. THQ Nordic says the new release will be sold both digitally and physically for $29.99. (gematsu.com) That date is a little surprising because Darksiders: Warmastered Edition is already playable on newer hardware through older versions on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. What is new here is a native current-generation release instead of simple backward compatibility. (store.playstation.com) (xbox.com) The game itself is not new at all. The original Darksiders first launched in 2010, and Warmastered Edition was the remastered version that later brought the game to platforms including personal computer, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Wii U. (rpgamer.com) (ign.com) If you have never played it, Darksiders is the one centered on War, the first Horseman of the Apocalypse. The story starts with War being accused of triggering the end of the world too early, which turns the game into a revenge story mixed with demons, angels, puzzles, and large-scale combat. (store.playstation.com) That mix is part of why the series still has a following. Darksiders never fit neatly into one box, because it borrows from character-action combat, dungeon puzzle design, and the kind of map-gated progression where one new tool opens paths that were blocked earlier. (darksiders.thqnordic.com) (ign.com) The new console versions are being pitched as more than a store-page shuffle. Reports tied to the announcement say players can expect native 4K presentation, enhanced performance, and all previously released content bundled in. (gematsu.com) (msn.com) That makes this release feel less like a major reinvention and more like a catalog refresh. Publishers often use these lower-risk reissues to keep a series visible between bigger games, especially when the original still has name recognition and the upgrade work is smaller than building a full remake. (purexbox.com) (yahoo.com) There is also a timing angle here. The re-release arrives less than a year after THQ Nordic and Gunfire Games announced Darksiders 4, which means the publisher now has a simple way to put the first game back in front of players before the next mainline entry is ready. (gamingbolt.com) For longtime fans, the pitch is convenience and a cleaner version of a familiar favorite. For newer players, the pitch is simpler: $29.99 buys the starting point of the series on current machines without needing to sort through older console storefronts or compatibility lists. (gematsu.com) (xbox.com) It also lands in a useful part of the calendar. Mid-May is often crowded enough to keep people buying games but still early enough that a recognizable remaster can grab attention before the heavier summer and holiday release schedule starts to fill in. (gematsu.com) So the story is not that Darksiders is being reinvented in 2026. The story is that THQ Nordic is giving a 16-year-old action game one more modern storefront push on May 19, with native PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series versions designed to keep War in circulation while the series waits for its next chapter. (store.playstation.com) (gamingbolt.com)