Black Screen on Startup

If after launching Darksiders you are able to watch the first two videos (the one with THQ logo and Vigil Games) or you don't see any video, and then the screen goes to black, then this is the guide for you!

The Solution to Black Screen

If after launching Darksiders you are able to watch the first two videos (the one with THQ logo and Vigil Games) but then the screen goes to black, then this is the guide for you!

In order to fix the black screen, you have to the following:
Open the steam folder for Darksiders (Steam\steamapps\common\darksiders\) and go to \media\videos. There are three files in there, all with the word Logo in them:

AMD_Logo_movie.wmv
THQ_Logo1280x720.wmv
Vigil_Logo1280x720.wmv

Rename all three to .bak instead of .wmv. Just select the video in windows, right click it and select rename (or press F2), and add .bak at the end. After that launch the game.

On startup the 3 videos would be skipped (the videos do not inform about the game's story anyway) and you would get to the intro screen.

[UltimateTank99]

i was looking through my library and thought this was a guide
for hell divers 2 (if ya know ya know)

[Bladehawkmaster]

I needed it so here you go:
https://www.mediacollege.com/microsoft/windows/extension-change.html

[Bladehawkmaster]

OMG Thank you!!!!!!

[The Gaming Archaeologist]

Thanks, great help. I do wonder why the fuck this isn't fixed...

[μfin.]

Thank you! It worked :)

[Xumbrau]

Thanks mate

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Poh malandro, Show de bola, funfou legal

[DeanStroke]

merci

[Azxc]

thanks for share ! I just get this problem and don't know how to fix it

[shirokuma]

Thanks! I can't believe you had to make your own guide explaining this rather than Vigil or someone fixing it... Anyways, you are awesome!