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Vigil Games has announced that Darksiders II will be delayed a few months from July to August. Here's why: The rumor-mill has been churning with speculation recently, so we wanted to put it to rest first here with our core fans: Darksiders II will be moving to release globally in August 2012, rather than June as previously announced.  It’s just a short delay, but we promise the game you’ll have in August will be well worth the wait! This is great news for the team at Vigil, because it allows additional time for polish and to ensure that all aspects of Darksiders II meet the high-quality bar the team is targeting. In game development, more time is always a good thing for quality and the Vigil team is dedicated to providing the definitive Darksiders experience. Source: Darksiders.com

Over at Comic Book Resources they interviewed Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso who answered a question about Joe Madureira's next Spider-Man arc. "Can you reveal when Zeb Wells and Joe Madureira will be returning to Avenging Spider Man for the Elektra and Wolverine team up? It's been months since we last saw Elektra and its killing me waiting for her Zeb-scripted return!" Alonso: We were just discussing how to announce some changes with the "Avenging Spider-Man" plans. Instead of me sitting through a bunch of meetings with visionary editor (and my own personal life coach) Stephen Wacker about it, let's just make some news here: Joe [Madueira] and Zeb [Wells'] new Spidey/Wolverine/Elektra story has changed shape and is becoming a slightly bigger project. In addition, Dan Slott’s plan for "Amazing Spider-Man" has grown in scope and will affect just about every Spidey-related book in its wake. So, while Zeb and Joe ge...

Here's an amazing new CGI video for Darksiders II. I love how there are Calibretto type war golems in the game... it must be a Battle Chasers reference put in by Joe. Look forward to playing this game!

THQ has released a new video for Darksiders II showcasing the games environments and the design behind them. Joe's in the video explaining the concepts for a few of the environments. Darksiders II comes out June 26!

THQ has announced the Darksiders II Collector's Edition. Included in the package are the Limited Edition Darksiders game, exclusive in-game content "Shadow of Death" and "Argul's Tomb DLC," life-sized replica death mask, the Darksiders II soundtrack, and best of all a Darksiders II art book! The art book will feature work from Joe Madureira and the art team developing Darksiders II. I'm sure there will be unreleased artwork inside so look forward to that when Darksiders II is released on June 26, 2012.

Joe Madureira posted this to his Facebook the other day saying "The most fun part of drawing Wolverine for me is putting the hair on his arms. Weird?" For those of you who didn't know, the next Avenging Spider-Man arc drawn by Joe Mad will co-star Wolverine and a certain Greek assassin (I'm assuming it's Elektra). Hopefully Marvel will preview the cover art soon.

Here's a quick interview from CVG with Joe Madureira about the Darksiders II gameplay and he hints at a Darksiders comic in development (He probably won't be the artist though) as well as wanting to do a Legend of Zelda comic book.

THQ has released a new behind the scenes video of Darksiders II. Joe Madureira is featured along with other Vigil game staff talking about the new protagonist of Darksiders II 'Death.' Enjoy!

Joe Madureira updated his fans via facebook today about his next arc on Avenging Spider-Man. Yes, I will in fact be coming back to Avenging Spider-Man. My next arc is already in the works, and I'm pants-crappingly excited about it. I'm not exactly sure which issue it will be, I'd rather not speculate. Marvel should announce it soon. Hopefully they will post the cover soon. Stay tuned!! I'll update as soon as the news becomes available!

The folks over at Newsarama have posted a new preview of Avenging Spider-Man #3. Check it out next Wednesday!

Avenging Spider-Man #3 hits store shelves on January 18th. It will be Joe Madureira's last issue until he comes back later this year to draw another story arc. Here are a few teaser pages that were posted on the Joemadfan Fanboards of the next issue. Enjoy!

Just passing on some information from THQ. Join THQSledgehammer over the next 5 weeks as he live streams Darksiders 1 from deep within THQ. We will be hosting Q&A sessions, Live Developer chats, giving away a slew of Darksiders I & Darksiders II Swag and much more. Jump in and see how to complete the most complicated puzzles and defeat each of the games bosses. Stream Link: http://www.Twitch.tv/thqdarksiders Part #5 Content: Join us as we Defeat Shadow War, collect The Armageddon Blade hit The Black Throne & Take down the DESTROYER which will have us completing the game. Interview & Q&A With: Vigil Games Studio Creative Director, Joe Madureira Darksiders (THQ) Interview with Vigil Games Studio Creative Director, Joe Madureira at 3:00pm PST during this live stream.

The fine folks over at 1UP.com are holding a charity auction with 100% of the profits going to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund . The sketches were collected from some of the top game industry artists. One of which is from Joe Madureria who submitted an amazing sketch of Death from Darksiders 2. If you're interested in bidding on this sketch or others please visit 1UP.com . There are some other great sketches on there so I highly recommend giving the auction a look. If you're only interested in the Joe Madureira Death sketch you can bid on it by going here . I'd just like to give a big thanks to Matt Leone from 1UP for sending me an email informing me about this great cause.

Joe Madureira posted the cover pencils to Avenging Spider-Man #3 on Facebook recently. There has also been news that he will only be doing the first three issues of Avenging Spider-Man and return later on for another story arc. He cleared this up himself, To answer some of your questions--YES I WILL return to the book after my initial 3 issue story arc. I will be alternating with some of the best in the business, so this book is going to rock no matter who's on it. I'm signed on for a few different story arcs so DON'T WORRY, I'm not going anywhere.

Over at Big Shiny Robot they received some coloured preview pages from the second issue of Avenging Spider-Man which is penciled by Joe Madureira and written by Zeb Wells. The Marvel solicitation says it will be released December 7th. The series everyone’s talking about kicks it up a gear in this first look at Avenging Spider-Man #2 With Free Digital Code! From the blockbuster creative team of Zeb Wells & Joe Madureira pit the team-up of Red Hulk & Spidey against an unstoppable army of Moloids! Don’t forget that every purchase of a polybagged issue of Avenging Spider-Man #2 comes with a special code to be redeemed for a free digital copy of the issue on the Marvel Comics app! With J. Jonah Jameson held hostage, can Spider-Man and Red Hulk fight back the hordes of underground dwellers to save the day? The high octane web-slinging action continues this December in Avenging Spider-Man #2 With Free Digital Code! AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #2 WITH FREE DIGITAL CODE (OCT110628) ...

Marvel has decided to include a free digital copy with the purchase of each issue of Avenging Spider-Man. Here's the press release: As a result of the overwhelming support for the Avenging Spider-Man #1 With Free Digital Code* free digital copy promotion, Marvel is proud to announce that now every issue of Avenging Spider-Man’s action packed first arc, will be polybagged with a code for a FREE digital copy! So when you purchase any print copy of Avenging Spider-Man #1, #2 AND #3 from the blockbuster creative team of Zeb Wells & Joe Madureira, you’ll get a free digital copy of that issue on the Marvel Comics app (for iOS and Android devices) at no extra cost! “At New York Comic Con we heard from fans and retailers that this was the most exciting digital comics move of the year because of the added value it gives every copy of Avenging Spider-Man,” said David Gabriel, Marvel SVP of Sales. “Based on initial orders of over 100,000 units for the first issue—and the steady increa...

The New York Comic Con was this past week and during the "Amazing Spider-Man" panel they revealed the cover to Avenging Spider-Man #3.

Joe Madureira posted some of his favorite Battle Chasers sketches on facebook a little while ago featuring all your favorite Battle Chaser's. Enjoy!

Here's a few preview pages for Avenging Spider-Man #2 as well as the pencils from the cover for Avenging Spider-Man #1!