In which Jackie Estacado becomes lord of the gremlins. That’s some dark doo-doo, my brothers in light. And yeah, those last 30 seconds have nothing to do with the game, but I found them far more entertaining than any 15 second ad.

The Darkness II releases February 7th. If the “executions” trailer below doesn’t convince you to buy it, then you’re probably a morally upstanding person that scorns gratuitous violence and works toward “enlightening” our backwards civilization.

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And that’s about it.

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This online-only mode looks to be a good time for anybody interested in copious amounts of mayhem, and the the characters seem just different enough for everybody to find a favorite and slip into the role. I will say that the enemy AI looks dreadfully dim-witted and that this build has far too many repeated kill animations, but hey, maybe the darkness is in their brains and they just don’t see the repetitive pattern of destruction blasting toward them. Those poor souls.

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Or perhaps the “Heart of Sandiness”? You’re right, that would probably take away from what this game is trying to accomplish. While the developers in the interview below are quick to note that The Line is merely inspired by Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and not a direct interpretation of the classic, the comparisons are strikingly evident. But that’s a good thing.

The gameplay looks just about the same as any other Third-Person Shooter–perhaps with exception of the unique environment which has a lot of potential to dynamically affect the flow of combat–but the narrative seems to be exactly what the Shooter genre needs right now. Captain Price’s Hollywood antics are good fun and all, but I think a lot of us are tiring of a genre with the emotional complexity of an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Considering that Greg Kasavin worked on this before leaving to lead the wonderful and thought-provoking Bastion, the chances of Yager and 2K Games pulling off this mature story seem promising. You can expect to see Spec-Ops: The Line sometime between March and summer of 2012.

Oh, and I totally apologize for all of the colons in that headline.

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That means that we can no longer expect the promising Tactical FPS-RPG on March 6th. Instead, it’s been pushed back to sometime between April 1st, 2012 and March 31st, 2013. Sometimes bad things happen. But my gut tells me we’ll be seeing it around Holiday 2012.

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Yes, you read that right. Assecution. It’s a real made-up word. Don’t believe me? Watch this gloriously violent trailer for The Darkness 2 then. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many spinal columns in my life (outside of a marathon Mortal Kombat session, of course).

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Check out some of Jackie Estacado’s new Darkness powers in this The Darkness 2 video extravaganza.

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Isn’t it refreshing to see a Shooter that’s more complex than your standard Modern Military corridor crawl? To think, you actually have to put more thought into it than simply deciphering whether your crosshair is red or green!

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Also known as Borderlands 2 to some. I don’t know what Gearbox’s President has got against midgets, but his team certainly knows how to make a pretty looking game. The “toon-shaded” style introduced in the first game seems slightly more pronounced here and the greater, more colorful vistas just give it more opportunity to show off some of the most satisfying visuals in video games. Add in some improved AI path-finding, more crazy guns, and a villain by the name of “Handsome Jack,” and you’ve got the ingredients for an awesome looking game.

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I usually try to avoid posting 20 minute videos, but this E3 demo for 2K Marin’s XCOM is totally worth watching. Just sit back and allow the various tactical and RPG elements to spice up your virtual shooting life.

On a wildly unrelated note, is anybody else waiting for the advent of the First Person Hooter? Imagine the interactive hooting and hollering possibilities!

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