Darksiders III is formally worthwhile, and helped lead a big gross sales improve for writer THQ Nordic within the fourth quarter of 2018, in accordance with recent financial reports revealed by the corporate.
THQ Nordic says Darksiders III gross sales through the month and a half following its November 27 launch recouped the game’s growth and advertising and marketing investments, and that it led to a 38% year-over-year web gross sales improve for the corporate. That determine was additional bolstered by the acquisition of Deep Silver parent Koch Media earlier final 12 months.
Darksiders III met with a remarkably combined crucial response – assessment scores ranged from 4 to 9 in our roundup, with some reviewers praising its vibrant new spin on the Darksiders formulation, whereas others discovered its emulation of the Dark Souls sequence led to unfavorable comparisons.
As it seems, Darksiders III was a part of a stable 12 months for THQ Nordic – the corporate’s web gross sales have been up 713% over the earlier 12 months. The firm acquired a raft of builders in 2018, together with cell developer HelpfulGames, Koch Media and subsidiary Deep Silver, Bugbear Entertainment, and Coffee Stain Studios (who you might bear in mind from Goat Simulator and Sanctum). The writer additionally bought the rights to the Carmageddon series from Stainless Games.
In case you want an introduction to Darksiders III’s protagonist, the whip-wielding Fury, right here’s a trailer:
Of course, THQ Nordic additionally experimented with some non-traditional advertising and marketing for Darksiders III, hiring a cosplay and bodypaint artist to do some YouTube ASMR.
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It all appears to have labored out fairly effectively for THQ Nordic and developer Gunfire Games. Here’s hoping it gained’t take six years earlier than we see one other Darksiders game.
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