The Darksiders franchise has been given a new lease of life due to the rise of THQ Nordic in recent years, with 2018’s Darksiders 3 and now a new spinoff prequel in the form of Darksiders Genesis, which is slated to release for PC and Google Stadia in December 2019, and on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch sometime in February 2019.

Instead of the franchise’s usual third-person hack-and-slash action RPG, Darksiders Genesis is going more for a top-down hack-and-slash action RPG ala Blizzard’s Diablo. Developed by American studio Airship Syndicate, it will also introduce the fourth horseman of the Apocalypse, Strife, as the game’s one of two protagonists, alongside War.

Check out the PC spec requirements for Darksiders Genesis below:

MINIMUM:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 7, 8, Windows 10 (64 bit)
Processor: AMD FX-8320 (3.5 GHz) / Intel i5-4690K (3.5 GHz) or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 15 GB available space
Additional Notes: Preliminary System requirements

RECOMMENDED:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 7, 8, Windows 10 (64 bit)
Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K (3.2 GHz)/AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (3.2 GHz) or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 15 GB available space
Additional Notes: Preliminary System requirements

Expectedly, the game doesn’t seem to be too demanding in terms of specs, probably because it’s a spinoff and not a mainline entry in the franchise. In the meantime, check out some new gameplay footage from Darksiders Genesis below.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQQAvfkAYK0&w=560&h=315]