Former CEO of Crytek USA and Vigil Games founder David Adams is considering the possibility of reviving the Darksiders franchise with the recent establishment of a new independent studio, Gunfire Games.

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Abrams left his position at Crytek USA three weeks ago amid rumors of financial problems at Crytek . Assisting with the development of Ryse: Son of Rome, the team were working on new free-to-play cooperative shooter Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age before making the difficult decision to walk away.The core of Crytek USA consisted of former members of Texas-based Vigil Games, a member of THQ’s family of developers when it was bought by the publisher in 2006. The Darksiders developer shuttered when THQ went bankrupt and was forced to sell off its assets and shut down unsold properties in 2013. Adams and two-thirds of Vigil joined the newly minted Crytek USA two days later Adams told Polygon that the possibility of returning to Darksiders was being explored by the studio and has approached Nordic Games, the current owner of the Darksiders IP."That is one of the options we are exploring," he said. "But we don't want to jump into something immediately. We want to weigh our options."Nordic Games stated last year that, as a publisher, it would need to find the right creative team to develop a Darksiders project. Creative director Joe Madureira shared in May that Nordic seemed "very committed to continuing the series ."Currently, Gunfire Games is “looking at some smaller short-term deals to keep the guys working," with a long term goal of creating an entirely new game with elements Vigil was renowned for."We want to build upon what we've done on the past," he said. "Third-person, games with a lot of characters, adventure aspects, player progression, hunt cool bosses, fantastical creatures. We have some ideas kicking around."

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