While you were all unwrapping presents, drinking sherry and standing under mistletoe, we were still working (well, playing) diligently to get our Darksiders review ready for before the New Year, and today we finally have it up for you.

AusGamers was one of only two other Aussie outlets given the go-ahead to get our reviews out there early, and we put a lot of time and effort into both this review and the game itself. It's a title we've talked about a lot over the last year, and one we're happy to finally share our verdict with you with.

So without further adieu, click here for the AusGamers Darksiders run-down.

And have a safe and awesome New Years!

awesome review Steve. What a fantastic start to the new year for gamers.

Cheers Crash!

Seriously haven't had this much fun playing a game in ages (well, since Batman)

Nice review, looks good. You sure have a thing for spades Steve.

I got to preview a bit of it a few months ago with Paul, have also played about 8 hours of it very recently. Seriously looked up at the clock and it was 4 in the morning!! Then got up at 9 and jumped straight back into it, i know what you mean about it being fun!

My interest in Vigil's 40K MMO has gone up =) Years off though still.

Sounds awesome, I want it! But its still another week till its out :(

Looks hawt.

I'll be picking this one up, but haven't seen any ps3 / 360 comparisons yet. Have to wait to see if there's a superior platform on it before I purchase.

Wish there was a PC port :/. I think this is the first game that I really want to play on the PS3/360.

f*** this no pc porting bulls*** u bastards i want the game but i aint buying a comsole :|

Was there an actual AusGamers GOTY? Decade?

there will be, you'll just have to stay tuned for deets a little down the track (not too far though)

started playing it yesterday arvo, so hard to put down, only downfall is how easy the combat is in normal game play then as soon as a boss battle comes along you seem to get snapped until you work out a formula to kick ass.

I recommend only playing on Apocalyptic - very rewarding challenge

I recommend only playing on Apocalyptic - very rewarding challenge

Whilst id love a good challenge, i don't get much time to play games these days.. so when i do i want it to be easy enough to complete in a day or 2.. aka a weekend...

Needs to be on pc.

im going to have to rethink hard mode after playing batman ark.

you fought too many thugs at the same time, forcing you to run around like a clown picking them off one at a time or waiting for the titans to kill them. i would have preferred a say 3x5 thugs instead of 10 thugs at the same time.

Have to decide between this & Bayonetta.. Stupidity of having 2 awesome games released on the same day!

Have to decide between this & Bayonetta.. Stupidity of having 2 awesome games released on the same day!

Bayonetta is awesome, but not as awesome as darksiders

Who won the sword?

Who won the sword?

some dude

Who won the sword?

Not me, that's for sure. Although I did score a free War avatar costume from the EB comp!

Just posting to say I've been playing the s*** out of Darksiders the past few days, and it's f***ing awesome. Best action/adventure game I've played in a long time. And the voice acting is top-notch.