THQ and SOTA Partnership and Comic Con

It's been announced that THQ and SOTA (State of the Art) Toys are partnering up to release multiple Darksiders figurines. The first figure will a 14" War riding Ruin and the prototype will be shown during Comic Con on July 22nd. For more info check out the news on SOTA Toy's website.

Joe Madureira, Creative Director at Vigil Games commented.

“I am happy to see Darksiders brought to life with such a wide range of high-quality collectibles, and look forward to meeting the game’s fans in person at this year’s Comic Con in San Diego.”

source: PR-Inside.com

Joe Madureira will be at the San Diego Comic Con July 22nd-25th signing copies of a limited edition hardcover version of the art book. If anybody wants to ship one to me I'd greatly appreciate it :)

Comments

Ilyoung Bang said…

damn!!! if only someone would be willing to ship one to me as well. if you are, let me know!

June 25, 2010 10:34 PM

Anonymous said…

The book is amazing!! And he was gracious enough to sign it!!

July 30, 2010 1:26 AM

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