In the 2009 video game Darksiders, War is blamed for prematurely starting the apocalypse.
War is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and the game’s protagonist. He is summoned to a devastated Earth before the other Horsemen arrive, apparently violating the balance between Heaven, Hell, and humanity. As a result, War loses his powers and is sent back to investigate what happened.
The game’s story uses biblical and apocalyptic imagery rather than presenting Pandora’s Greek vessel directly. Its central mystery follows the consequences of an event that was triggered too early and the search for the forces responsible. This makes the game’s premise a modern fantasy variation on catastrophic consequences released before their proper time.
Darksiders was developed by Vigil Games and published by THQ. The other Horsemen are Death, Fury, and Strife. Later games in the series focus on those characters, but War is the playable protagonist of the first title.