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Press release:
Vienna, Austria and Austin, Texas, August 1st, 2019 – For the first time in history, all Four Horsemen of the Darksiders video games are playable at the same time!

You and up to four of your friends can now play Darksiders together. Darksiders: The Forbidden Land is a co-operative dungeon crawler board game for 1-5 players.

Take on the role of your favourite Horseman and battle alongside your fellow Riders through an entirely new storyline set in the Darksiders universe. Fight your way through to the hordes of monsters to defeat The Jailer and vanquish evil forever!

Game Details
With asymmetric player abilities, you can play as War, Death, Fury or Strife and experience the game completely differently each time. Beside 61 phenomenally detailed and pre-painted minis, the game includes customisable decks of cards for each Rider.

That means that even multiple games with the same rider will be different. Manage your cards well, as you will be using them to move, attack enemies and upgrade your rider using Darksiders: The Forbidden Land’s unique new card economy mechanic.

But don’t blow through them too quickly though, because once your deck runs out you’ve lost the battle.

Take a closer look at the pre-painted minis here: http://n.thq.com/gJue30pgwUf
The included Campaign Book has a thrilling story spread over 19 different levels – grouped into multiple scenarios – to play through.

These can be tackled in sequence for an entire campaign play-through, players may choose to focus on a single scenario for a shorter gaming session, or even just play through a single level.

With a variety of enemies as well as numerous modular hex-tile game boards included in the game, we also look forward to seeing fan-created custom levels and scenarios!

But wait…
We mentioned this game is playable with up to five people, but there are only Four Horsemen. How does that work? One of you can play as the game master, that’s how! Without the game master, there are rules determining how the enemies of the Four Horsemen will behave, but with a game master controlling the monsters an extra level of challenge is added as suddenly they can move tactically.

Board game Darksiders: The Forbidden Land contents:

61 pre-painted (!) Miniatures – including War, Death, Fury, Strife and the massive End-Boss the Jailer as high quality pre-painted miniatures
124 Tokens
36 Multi-Hex-Space Modular Boards
423 Cards
4 Player Boards
Custom Dice
Rulebook
Campaign Book

Take a closer look at the game contents here: http://n.thq.com/MRpD30pgwUF

Darksiders Genesis Nephilim Edition
The Nephilim Edition will be available in selected retailers for an SRP of €379.99 | £349.99 and contains the following items:

Darksiders Genesis game
Official board game Darksiders: The Forbidden Land
Strife Figurine
Steelbook
Artbook
Soundtrack
Sticker Sheet

Mockup Nephilim Edition: http://n.thq.com/1dUy30pcyLC

About the board game Darksiders: The Forbidden Land
The Charred Council – the mediator between Heaven and Hell – is mystified: The barrier to the Forbidden Land, a world that has been isolated from the rest of creation for aeons, was broken!

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are ordered to investigate the reason, accompanied by an observing Watcher. When it becomes clear that the Forbidden Land hides more secrets than The Charred Council was willing to tell, the search for relics of an ancient civilisation and a deadly demon begins…

About THQ Nordic
Founded in 2011, THQ Nordic is a global video game publisher and developer. Based in Vienna (Austria) and Karlstad (Sweden), with subsidiaries in Germany, Sweden, Finland, and the USA, THQ Nordic brands include Darksiders, MX vs. ATV, Red Faction, Titan Quest, Biomutant, Wreckfest, Gothic, ELEX and many more.

THQ Nordic is meant to represent a core approach of doing much more than “owning” a highly competitive portfolio of IPs.

It revolves around cherishing them, and aligning them with the very best development resources to expand upon them with the level of experience that communities and established fan bases expect and deserve.

The company’s internal development studios are (in chronological order, from earliest to most recent):

Grimlore Games GmbH based in Munich (Germany)
Rainbow Studios Inc. based in Phoenix, Arizona (United States of America)
Mirage Game Studios AB based in Karlstad (Sweden)
Foxglove Studios AB based in Stockholm (Sweden)
Black Forest Games GmbH based in Offenburg (Germany)
Pieces Interactive AB based in Skoevde (Sweden)
Experiment 101 AB based in Stockholm (Sweden)
Bugbear Entertainment based in Helsinki (Finland)
Piranha Bytes based in Essen (Germany)

Since July 2018, HandyGames (Giebelstadt, Germany) is part of the THQ Nordic network and perfectly complements the setup of the rest of our group as the new “go to”-publisher for small- and midsized developers and projects. The company has a very strong background in VR and publishing of mobile games.

THQ Nordic shares are publicly listed on Nasdaq First North Stockholm under the ticker THQNB:SS with FNCA Sweden AB as its Certified Adviser. For more investor-related information, please visit: http://www.thqnordic-investors.com/en/