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Press release:
Vienna/Austria, August 5th, 2019 –
“Behind every mask there is a face, and behind that a story.”
― Marty Rubin

The war between Heaven and Hell is already menacing Earth. Awakened by the End of Days, Death, the second Horseman of the Apocalypse, is embarking on a quest to save the Earth and to redeem his brother’s name. Experience the story of the Horseman in the Mask on September 26th on Nintendo Switch™!

Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition is already available for PC and consoles, and will be out on Nintendo Switch™ on September 26th for an SRP of £26.99 | €29.99, both digitally and in retail stores.

Features:
– Play Death: Become the most feared of the legendary Four Horsemen, able to destroy entire worlds and battle forces beyond Heaven and Hell.
Epic Universe: Unlike anything the player has seen before, delivered in the unique style of Joe Mad.
– Player Choice & Customization: Customize your experience with varied armor sets, weapons, and Skill Trees allowing players to create their own Death.
– Replay-ability: Explore a vast open world, complete dozens of side quests and customize your Death with a full leveling system, Skill Trees and endless equipment combinations.
– Traversal: Death is a nimble and agile character capable of incredible acrobatic feats allowing the player to explore the world like never before.

Deathinitive Edition:
– Darksiders 2 with all DLC included and integrated into the game which offers a total playtime of more than 30 hours.
– Reworked and tuned game balancing and loot distribution.
– Improved Graphic Render Engine for higher visual quality especially in terms of lighting and shadows.
– Improved and reworked level, character and environment graphics.

About Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
Become the terrifying force which everything fears but nothing can escape. Awakened by the End of Days, Death, the most feared of the legendary Four Horsemen embarks on a quest to redeem his brother’s name. Along the way, the Horseman discovers that an ancient grudge may threaten all of Creation. Death lives!

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/