THQ has officially announced that Darksiders 3 is currently in development for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC and is scheduled to launch in 2018.

Here's an overview from THQ Nordic: Return to an apocalyptic planet Earth in Darksiders III, a hack-n-slash action adventure where players take on the role of FURY in her quest to hunt down and dispose of the Seven Deadly Sins. The Charred Council calls upon Fury to battle from the heights of heaven down through the depths of hell in a quest to restore humanity and prove that she is the most powerful of the Horsemen. As a mage, FURY relies on her whip and magic to restore the balance between good and evil. The expansive, Darksiders III game world is presented as an open-ended, living, free-form planet Earth that is dilapidated by war and decay, and overrun by nature. FURY will move back and forth between environments to uncover secrets while advancing the Darksiders III story.

In Darksiders 3, you will play as FURY, a mage who must rely on her whip and magic to restore the balance between good and evil on Earth. FURY can harness magic to unleash her various forms, with each form giving her access to new weapons, moves and tavel abilities.

The game is set in an open, living world in which FURY can move back and forth between environments to uncover secrets while advancing the story in a post-apocalyptic environments.