THQ Nordic has confirmed that Darksiders Warmastered Edition is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on May 19, priced at $29.99. The horseman War is finally making his current-gen debut, and for anyone who missed the original back in 2010, this is a solid entry point.
From last-gen holdout to current-gen arrival
Here’s the thing: Darksiders Warmastered Edition has been available on PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One for years. The Steam page has carried the game for a while, making it accessible to PC players who wanted to revisit the original hack-and-slash action-adventure. The PS5 and Xbox Series X|S were the obvious gap in that lineup, and THQ Nordic is finally closing it.
The Warmastered Edition itself isn’t new territory. It was originally released in 2016 as an enhanced version of the 2010 original, bringing higher resolution textures, improved rendering, and performance upgrades over the base game. The key here is that this current-gen release puts the game on the hardware most players are actually using right now.
What War brings to the table
For anyone unfamiliar with the setup: you play as War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, who gets framed for triggering the end of days prematurely. Stripped of his powers and facing execution, he’s sent back to a decimated Earth to find the truth. What follows is roughly 15 to 20 hours of hack-and-slash combat, dungeon exploration, and boss fights that clearly drew inspiration from God of War and The Legend of Zelda in equal measure.
The game’s progression loop holds up well. You unlock abilities, upgrade weapons using souls collected from enemies, and work through a series of interconnected areas that reward exploration. War’s mount Ruin, a fiery phantom steed, also factors into combat and traversal in ways that still feel distinct compared to the genre’s current offerings.
Weapon upgrade progression screen
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Darksiders Warmastered Edition supports full text and audio in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Japanese, with additional text-only support for Polish, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese (Brazilian), Korean, and Czech.
The $29.99 question
At $29.99, this sits in a comfortable spot for a remaster of a 15-year-old game. The original Darksiders has a dedicated fanbase that’s been waiting for a reason to replay it on current hardware, and newcomers get a well-constructed action-adventure that holds its own despite its age. The combat isn’t as fluid as modern entries in the genre, but the dungeon design and world-building remain genuinely impressive.
What most players miss when they dismiss older remasters is the context they provide for the series. Darksiders established the tone and lore that carried through Darksiders II, Darksiders III, and Darksiders Genesis. Playing through War’s story on current-gen hardware before any potential new entry in the franchise makes a lot of sense.
You’ll want to check out the official PS5 announcement trailer to get a sense of how the game looks running on current-gen hardware. The release is roughly six weeks out, so there’s time to clear your backlog before War arrives on May 19. Make sure to check out more: