Return to an apocalyptic Earth in Darksiders III, a hack-n-slash Action Adventure where players assume the role of FURY in her quest to hunt down and dispose of the Seven Deadly Sins. The most unpredictable and enigmatic of the Four Horsemen, FURY must succeed where many have failed – to bring balance to the forces that now ravage Earth. Darksiders III is the long-anticipated, third chapter in the critically-acclaimed Darksiders franchise.

• Play as FURY - a mage who must rely on her whip and magic to restore the balance between good and evil on Earth!
• Harness FURY’s magic to unleash her various forms – each granting her access to new weapons, moves and traversal abilities.
• Explore an open-ended, living, free-form game world in which FURY moves back and forth between environments to uncover secrets while advancing the story.
• Defeat the Seven Deadly Sins and their servants who range from mystical creatures to degenerated beings.
• Sit in awe of Darksiders signature art style – expansive post-apocalyptic environments that take the player from the heights of heaven to the depths of hell, dilapidated by war and decay and overrun by nature.

Blending combo-friendly combat with puzzles and formidable boss fights, Darksiders has always owed more than a touch to the Zelda games. And when you consider the metronomic excellence of Zelda games throughout the years, that’s definitely a good thing.

This time it’s Fury’s turn to step up into protagonist duties, following Death’s turn in Darksiders II six whole years ago. She’s empowered with a wide range of attack types and special abilities, such as Force Form. When this is unleashed, Fury harnesses her concussive and telekinetic powers to create an orbiting field of rocks around her and then hurl them towards her foes. The puzzle element kicks in with Force Form’s usefulness as a means of traversal: Fury can walk around and use the mass of matter to plug environmental gaps. Her primary weapon is a giant hammer called Scorn which, as giant hammers are prone to do, inflicts massive damage on anyone unlucky enough to be caught within range.

And that’s just when Fury’s in Force mode. She occupies a number of ‘Hollows’ which grant totally distinct powers. Fire, for example, turns her weapon hilt Scorn into two flaming flails which take on totally different combat properties than the hammer. That makes for a gleefully violent game of rock, paper, scissors when you’re experimenting with boss battles, and figuring out which weapons work best against certain enemies. Even when the game’s not serving up an explicit puzzle-platforming element, there’s some grey matter required. Also in Flame mode, Fury can pass over fire and lava without taking damage, opening up previously inaccessible routes, and jump huge distances.

Narratively, Darksiders III focuses on Fury’s quest to take down the seven deadly sins - we’re placing our bets early as to how many big bosses there’ll be to fight - with the help of The Lord of the Hollows. Agile, varied and forging its own vision of action-adventure gaming, Darksiders III may turn out to be one of 2018’s surprise smashes.