Comic book writer talks about how he evolved his ideas

Jul 17, 2012 12:01 GMT  ·  By

A new video linked to the upcoming Darksiders II includes information coming directly from Joe Madureira, the comic book creator behind the look of the series, and reveals the scope of the game world.

The artist, who is now employed by developer Vigil Games, talks about his initial concept art influenced the creation of the actual game and how the sense of scale is integrated in the experience.

The star of the second game in the series will be Death, who is convinced that War has been framed and would never do anything to start the Apocalypse earlier than foretold.

The new character is more nimble and sometimes prefers stealth approaches and the development team at Vigil has promised to create more complex levels while also introducing more options to the combat system.

Darksiders II will be launched in the middle of August on the PC, the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.