Vigil Games won't have to upgrade the graphics of the game for the new console

Mar 27, 2012 08:31 GMT  ·  By

Vigil Games, the developer of the upcoming Darksiders II hack and slash game, has shared a few more details about the Nintendo Wii U, on which the upcoming game is set to appear, alongside the PC, PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 platforms.

The Wii U was presented by Nintendo last year and, since then, lots of people have speculated on its actual hardware power, some saying that it’s much more capable than current platforms like the PS3 or Xbox 360.

According to Vigil Games’ Director, Marvin Donald, that’s not exactly true, as the Wii U, based on the studio’s experience, is on par with its current competitors.

"So far the hardware's been on par with what we have with the current generation, so, based on what I understand, the resolution, textures, polygon counts and all that stuff, we're not going to being doing anything to up-rez the game, but we'll take advantage of the controller for sure," he told Game Reactor, via CVG.

From a development standpoint, Donald says that the Wii U is quite easy to work with as no special tricks or extensive work was needed to port Darksiders II from other platforms onto it.

"We got the game running on their hardware pretty quickly and the controller's been great to work with. Now it's just down to deciding what we really want to do to make it a unique experience on the Wii U, taking advantage of the extra screen and the touch capability and all that. So we'll have a few new features for sure, but I think visually, for the most part, it'll be pretty much the same.”

Donald also confirms the details we heard last week about Darksiders II being a launch-day title for the Wii U, but emphasizes that he can’t commit to a concrete release date because Nintendo still isn’t sure when it will deploy the Wii U all around the world.

"We have limitations based on Nintendo's progress. The only problem for us is not having an actual release date, but once we know when Nintendo is committed to a firm date, we'll be able to commit to a date for Darksiders 2, but we're planning on it being a launch title, and so far everything's been smooth sailing.”

Darksiders II is out for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 at the end of June.