Even though THQ proclaimed the Darksiders series was one of their "core" and important franchises they will focus on, the company announced recently they have placed an ultimatum for the series future.
If Darksiders 2 doesn't sell 4-5 million copies during a period THQ favors, the future for a Darksiders III could be in doubt with the possibility of the series being cancelled or more likely pushed aside for a while. Either scenario would have Virgil Games shift over to a new project in order to create a new mega-selling series THQ needs for financial purposes.
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He specifically noted that if Darksiders II sells "4 or 5 million units" (give or take a million of course!) THQ President Jason Rubin would most likely ok a sequel. If it doesn't, Vigil may be assigned to a new, more lucrative project.
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Even if Darksiders 2 does sell very well, it was also hinted a potential Darksiders 3 would be a lot smaller in scale and size in favor of a more polished game according to the new president of the company.
To put the numbers in perspective, the original Darksiders sold about a third to half of what THQ is expecting the sequel to sell with the majority of the sales coming from the first month (1.2 million).
http://www.destructoid.com/if-you-bu...i-232057.phtml
http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/da...ve_detail.html
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Daily Recap:
1) Update to EA rumored to be having a new CEO as the chairman and board decided to let the current CEO, John Riccitiello, keep his job even though the company itself is worried about the sharp decline in stock value and revenues since the middle of last year.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...lo-is-staying/
2) Update to the Ouya Android console news as OnLive has signed a deal to provide their services, games, and even a controller for the console when it is released next year.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/onli...ere-controller
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...eal-with-ouya/
3) Gamestop announces they are investing and researching certain technologies currently in development that would enable digital content to be resold multiple times as a way to expand their used game business which would include both games and their DLC content.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ble-dlc-games/
http://www.destructoid.com/gamestop-...t-232051.phtml