Whats better than being a bad ass, murdering, hit man for the mob? How about all that plus being possessed by a malevolent dark presence that bestows you with supernatural powers. If this is your bag BABY, then check out “The Darkness” (Starbreeze). Based on the Top Cow comic, this is sure to be a winner…At least I’m up for some good old fashion mob violence.

As a quick refresher, the game casts you as Jackie Estacado, a young mob hit man who’s coming of age to find he’s being screwed over by his uncle Paulie (along with some help from a corrupt police captain and several other shady characters). But Jackie’s got a secret that will help him fight back. He possesses the Darkness–or maybe it’s more accurate to say that the Darkness possesses him. At any rate, Jackie has a malevolent dark presence that, in practical terms, means he’s got a couple of gnarly demon-snake heads jutting out of his shoulders that can rip apart his enemies and give him all sorts of cool powers. These include picking up heavy objects with a giant tentacle and creating a black hole that will basically delete his enemies from existence. Jackie even has command over the darklings, a group of darkly humorous creatures that will visit all sorts of unpleasantness on the mobsters and other bad guys that get in your way. Naturally, the only catch here is that you’ll only have full use of these powers when you stick to the shadows.
The hype is huge and EB Games has it listed as #5 on their best sellers (just above Halo 3). I’m putting in my pre-order today, and hopefully I’ll have an opening review for you soon. Darkness (for Xbox 360, PS3) will hit stores tomorrow, so watch your back and stay out of the shadows…Biaaaatch!

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