In Darksiders , the Endwar (the battle between Heaven and Hell) is cinematic, but you never have to worry about your water bottle freezing. In DayZ , survival is visceral, but you never get to ride a flaming horse into a cathedral to fight a bat-winged demon.

The term perfectly encapsulates the desire for a game with the stakes of DayZ and the style of Darksiders . Players no longer want to just survive an apocalypse; they want to dominate it. They want to start cold, shivering, and afraid behind a supermarket, and end the session riding a undead horse through a wall of fire to execute a cannibal with a cosmic blade.

However, THQ Nordic recently filed a trademark for "Darksiders: Genesis of the Fallen." While likely a top-down action RPG, insiders at Gunfire Games (the devs behind Darksiders 3 ) have hinted at a spin-off survival mode.