The follow up for the critically acclaimed '07 title The Darkness is The Darkness 2, and will be a survival horror FPS game. Influenced by the popular comic book series, The Darkness 2 features a distinctive hand drawn graphic style, a thrilling 4 person co-op option, as well as a new quad wielding gaming feature whereby players will be able to seize, slash plus toss adversaries as well as items using Demon Arms while simultaneously firing 2 guns with their real arms.

THE STORY

The story within The Darkness 2 take place 2 years following the first game. Jackie Estacado is the holder of an ancient supernatural power called The Darkness. Jackie utilised this ancient, vicious power in becoming the Don of a New York City crime family, and since then has managed to restrain and maintain The Darkness locked-up inside himself. Someone tries to kill Jackie and starts off a city-wide mob war - an incident orchestrated through some unknown outside power. On the verge of death, Jackie doesn't have any choice and releases The Darkness once more and heads off upon a quest that will uncover who was behind the attack as well as learn the motivation of The Darkness itself.

GAME FEATURES

Harness The Darkness - Find out how to control your Demon Arms, and to summon all the powers associated with The Darkness to defeat any enemy standing in your path. Some of these powers include powers like 'swarm' allowing one to disable and stun multiple foes at once, and also a power that enables you to view plus attack adversaries right through walls and other objects.

Quad-Wielding Ability - An innovative capability provides a new dimension within the first-person shooter gaming niche - this enables gamers to use the two Demon Arms of The Darkness to chop, seize and toss foes, while simultaneously making use of both human arms to shoot and use a couple of guns simultaneously.

4 Player Co-Op Mode - The Vendettas cooperative mode may be played by up to 4 players. Incorporating a unique story that occurs alongside the main campaign story, and every playable persona has individual force-abilities utilizing The Darkness.

Stay out of the Light - The powers from The Darkness may only be utilized at night or within the shadows, and so stay away from sunlight. Exposure to light will also bring about blurry vision and also a annoying ringing noise.

Distinctive Hand Drawn Art Design - The game sticks out graphically because of its hand-painted cell-shaded art design and together with dramatic shading effects is a tribute to the well known comic book publication which inspired this game.

A Gripping Story - This thrilling, but sinister and twisted story is actually written by acclaimed comic strip author Paul Jenkins, who's previous works include Wolverine and The Incredible Hulk.

The Darkness 2 is planned for launch around 10th Feb, 2012, with the game to be available for the following systems: PC, Sony PS3 and Xbox 360 Consoles. The publisher for the game is 2K Games, and the game is developed by Digital Extremes. The game features multiplayer support, supporting up to 4 gamers. PEGI 18 will be the specified PEGI ranking for this video game, this means it will be appropriate for ages 18 and upwards.