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The Darkness II trailer plays slice and dice
Enjoy 30 seconds of Jackie Estacado executing his foes in glorious gore, this time focusing on slice attacks. An earlier entry in this series of promo videos showed off “torn apart” executions. The Darkness II arrives on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on February 7 in the US, and February 10 in Europe. It ... Read More»
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Posted: Jan 31, 2012 at 10:24pm
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Brief Darkness II video goes goretastic
CVG‘s gone live with a brief 30-second clip of The Darkness II, showing off a few of the goretastic – and they are actually properly gory – executions in the shooter. Get it below. It’s out on February 7 for PS3, 360 and PC. Read More... Read More»
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The Darkness II launch trailer says you never asked for it
2K’s gone live with the launch trailer for The Darkness II. If you could sum it up in four words: shooty shooty, Deus Ex (you’ll get it). Get it below, via Joystiq. The Digital Extremes shooter launches on PS3, 360 and PC on February 7. Read More... Read More»
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Darkness II launch trailer is big on atmosphere
2K has sent over a cracking cinematic trailer for The Darkness II, giving the uninitiated some insight into what it’s like to have a symbiotic relationship with an ancient entity of pure shadow. Spoiler: it’s awesome. If you’re not into cinematics, you can always watch Pat play through the demo – or download it yourself, ... Read More»
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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning & The Darkness II Demos Now Live
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The Darkness II demo descends next week
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New sex scene responsible for The Darkness II classification surprise
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Get Civilization V for £13 at Amazon right now
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