Digital Extremes to continue where Starbreeze left off.
Dark Sector developer Digital Extremes is hard at work on The Darkness II, publisher 2K Games revealed this morning. The brand new installment in the series, which will see a return of the original game’s quad-fisted action and light versus dark themes, is slated to hit later this Fall 2011 for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.
2K isn’t putting a lot of information out there this morning, but it did confirm that The Darkness II will be based on the Top Cow comic book series just like the original games was. Also, it'll feature a narrative penned by Paul Jenkins, writer of The Darkness - Volume 1, so no worries on the fiction front.
== TEASER ==2K blasted out a little sampling of what to expect from this game's plot, which, once again, will see Jackie Estacado grappling with the strange forces of The Darkness after violence triggers his weird demon-snake powers. Interestingly, it looks like the story will revolve around Jackie's exploration of the motivations and the powers of the Darkness, as opposed to his raw desire to get revenge after someone close to him was killed the last time around.
It’s been two years since Jackie Estacado, now the Don of the Franchetti crime family, used The Darkness to kill the men responsible for his girlfriend’s murder. He’s been unable to shake the memory of Jenny’s death since bottling up his supernatural power, and now The Darkness wants out.
A sudden, unprovoked attack on Jackie’s life heralds the start of a full-scale mob war, which has clearly been orchestrated by some outside force. The botched attempt opens the door for The Darkness to reemerge, and sets Jackie on a journey to hell and worse, as he unravels the mystery behind the attack and the motivations of The Darkness itself.
“Yeah, call me biased, but this second installment of Jackie Estacado’s epic saga is--in my humble opinion--one of the most brutally cool games I’ve ever played,” co-creator of The Darkness comics Marc Silvestri said in a statement. “2K Games hammered this one out of the park.”
No word on other details, but take note of the Xbox Live and PSN logos on the game’s new official Web site. The first game had competitive multiplayer and it looks like The Darkness II will follow suit.
Love the first Darkness. I should replay that this year before this one comes out. I really wish Starbreeze was developing it, though. That said, Dark Sector wasn't really a bad game, and since this game obviously isn't going through the development hell that Dark Sector went through, I think Digital Extremes can pull it off.
" I really didn't like The Darkness much at all. Aside from the story it really had nothing going for it. I'll give this one a try sometime, but I can only hope it improves upon the incredibly bland gameplay from the first. "
Cool. The first game was an unexpected pleasure although it was worth little more than a rental. Wonder if they're gonna try for a multiplayer mode again.
" Someone directly related to the product said it's amazing? It must be true! "
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Loved the first game, shame Starbreeze aren't handling it but at least the story is being handled by somebody with experience in this series. Here's hoping Digital Extremes can redeem themselves with this sequel after the disappointing Dark Sector.
Quite a surprising sequel-I hadn't played The Darkness, and, although critical acclaim was good, I thought it'd be one of those games that nobody would care about after 2 years ago. Still, hope it's good.
I loved the first Darkness. Gameplay was fine. The story was well developed over the long run, and the whole creepy version of hell you go through is awesome. It's the story, the art, the plot, the characters, and the demonic powers that did it for me. Two things that didn't do it for me:
1: The demonic gun power that you got late game was a lazy cop out, compared to minions, tentacles, and a vortex. 2: My left side demon tentacle never got to eat any hearts! He always looked clean and sad whenever righty was devouring one. Sometimes righty even stole hearts from lefty! Why can't you just share with lefty dammit!
" The first The Darkness was awesome. But holy fuck is Digital Extremes a bad choice. Dark Sector was horrendous! "
As someone who played through the entire dark sector I really never understood all the disdain for that game. While it's not an amazing mind blowing triple a game its far from horrendous and had a few unique things about it.
" I really didn't like The Darkness much at all. Aside from the story it really had nothing going for it. I'll give this one a try sometime, but I can only hope it improves upon the incredibly bland gameplay from the first. "
I would really love to live in the same world as you, where games are so amazing that The Darkness' gameplay is so "incredibly bland" in comparison. But until then, I'll be stuck in reality.
My initial reaction was HOLY FUCKING SHIIIT. I loved The Darkness and I hope MIke Patton returns as the voice of the Darkness. That said, seeing Digital Extremes developing this has me second guessing this.
I really didn't like The Darkness much at all. Aside from the story it really had nothing going for it. I'll give this one a try sometime, but I can only hope it improves upon the incredibly bland gameplay from the first.
I really liked the first game, it had some great imagery (if maybe a tad contrived) and one of my favourite character deaths in terms of emotional resonance. That said, the shooting was kinda bad at some points.
I liked Dark Sector alot so i'll give them the benefit of the doubt, my problem is Starbreeze games had a certain feel to them no other games shared so it's definately going to feel different... and by that i mean, like alot of other games. The voice acting and lip sync was phenominal in Dark Athena i doubt Digital Extremes can match it. At least Jackie is in it, hopefully with his trenchcoat, though i don't see how they can continue after the very definitive ending in the first.
Marc Silvestri is excited about this game => I am excited about this game. The first game was really good and as a Darkness fan i can't wait till the next one.
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