Darksiders slides release date to Jan. 5, 2010

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/04/seen-pax-joystiqs-kevin-kelly-hurts-himself-on-darksiders-hor/

What's with all of the horse hate? I think that a few hours with a cup of chamomile tea and a copy of Petz Horsez might change your minds.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/5/26/

this is the worst thing they could ever do lol! GoW3 is gonna out sell this and take all the sells. They need to push it back or ahead. ePIC fAIL!

Seriously, he's swinging a sharpened mini-van.

What, there's only room for one FPS or one hack n' slash per console? I'm sure this will take a back seat to GoW3 by merit of brand recognition alone, but to suggest that similar games can't survive alongside one another is akin to denying the last 30 years of the industry ever occurred.

Not for me i'm getting both. also this is one of my most antisipated games

I was wondering more because of the release dates than anything else...2 months after GoW collection + GoW3 demo, then 2 months before Gow3....of course similar can coexist but it will be harder for Darksiders being sandwiched between all that God of War goodness....e.g, Operation Flashpoint would have probably sold better if it wasn't released so close to Modern Warfare 2

Ah, well if you want to look at release dates, it's worse than you think. As the GoW collection hits shelves in Nov '09 and GoW3 has a March '10 window for release (last I checked), Darksiders is left with (arguably) a 6-8 week window of relatively minimal Kratos competition for people who've blown through the collection and are champing at the bit for GoW3. That's pretty much an ideal release date for an unproven franchise in the same genre.

However, Bayonetta has a January release competing directly alongside Darksiders, and Dante's Inferno is aiming for February, so it's a complete crapshoot to say which hack n' slash/shoot title is going to capture the hearts and dollars of gamers. Smart money is on GoW3, being an established franchise, but it's also a console exclusive which limits potential sales compared to the other three cross-platform titles. Of course, if you expand beyond that specific genre things become even more crowded and conflicting, which once against brings up the argument for the industry to work harder at staggering title release dates so that it isn't always feast or famine.

So you're right, it won't be a great time for Darksiders to hit the shelves, but if the game is quality it should have a fair shake over the long term.

So you're saying it looks generic? cause I agree.

Although, it doesn't look any more or less generic than Bayonetta.

I've got a couple for you, too:
Madden NBA Hockey '92
Forza Turismo
Tales of Final Breath Odyssey Remnant Ocean Hearts

That last one kind of sucked, but this 'games are similar' crap is getting old. If everyone thought of movies, games, music like you do there'd be about 10 titles available to buy. Look up 'genre' in the dictionary.

I don't think you need devil may cry and bayonetta in there at the same time since their pretty similar.

Oh wait I understand what you were doing now.

I look stoopid.

@ Carmaction

Ah, you misunderstand. I'm still renting this game, because I enjoy swinging sharpened mini-vans. I'll also rent Bayonetta, because I like hot chicks with magical leg rocket tonfas.

I just like making fun of them, too.