THQ has announced today that a large demo of Darksiders will be available shortly for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

In the demo, players will be able to experience the first dungeon in the game, the Twilight Cathedral, including boss fights against both the Jailer and Tiamat.

THQ estimates that the average player will get around one and a half hours of gameplay. Developer Vigil Games’ head, David Adams, writes, “We really wanted to give gamers a true idea of the variety of gameplay that the game offers and so rather than just making a standard 20-minute demo version of the first few levels, we decided to give away this massive level and reveal the true essence of the game.”

The demo will be available for download on the 25th of February.

Gameplanet rated Darksiders 9/10. Read our review here.