{"id":26075,"date":"2012-11-30T18:03:31","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T08:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=26075"},"modified":"2012-11-30T18:03:31","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T08:03:31","slug":"darksiders-ii-released-today-on-wii-u-in-australia-and-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=26075","title":{"rendered":"Darksiders II Released Today on Wii U in Australia and New Zealand."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THQ is pleased to announce that\u00a0<strong><em>Darksiders II,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>developed by Vigil Games,\u00a0has today been released on the Wii U in Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.screwattack.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/darksiders_ii_wiiu_abilities_23561_nphd.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Darksiders II\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>follows the exploits of DEATH, one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, in a weaving tale that runs parallel to the events in the original\u00a0<em>Darksiders<\/em>\u00a0game.\u00a0This epic journey propels DEATH through various light and dark realms as he tries to redeem his brother WAR, the horseman who was blamed for prematurely starting the Apocalypse in Darksiders.<\/p>\n<p>The Wii U version of\u00a0<strong><em>Darksiders II<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0includes a selection of Bonus Content not included on the disc for the other formats. This includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Argul\u2019s \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tomb\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The game\u2019s first downloadable content pack featuring a unique \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 area, three new dungeons and new weapons and armor to collect.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Death Rides \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pack\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Three new side-quests for the\u00a0<strong><em>Darksiders II<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0campaign.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Angel of Death \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &amp; Shadow of Death packs\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 New legendary armor and weapon \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 choices for the player early in the game.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deadly Despair \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pack\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Upgraded horse speed boost.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Additional unique \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 legendary weapon and armor sets\u00a0<\/strong>for the player to use from the \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 start of the game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Darksiders II,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>currently one of the highest rated games for the Wii U on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/wii-u\">Metacritic<\/a>,<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>is distributed in Australia and New Zealand by All Interactive Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on\u00a0<strong><em>Darksiders II<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.darksiders.com\/\">http:\/\/www.darksiders.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THQ is pleased to announce that\u00a0Darksiders II,\u00a0developed by Vigil Games,\u00a0has today been released on the Wii U in Australia and New Zealand. Darksiders II\u00a0follows the exploits of DEATH, one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, in a weaving tale that runs parallel to the events in the original\u00a0Darksiders\u00a0game.\u00a0This epic journey propels DEATH through various<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=26075\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26076,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26075\/revisions\/26076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}