Top Cow announces Darkness sequel in the works [update]

by Justin McElroy on Jul 27th 2009 1:32PM

Here's a great indicator of how slowly the wheels can occasionally turn. During Top Cow Productions' Comic-Con panel, head of the comic publisher, Marc Silvestri, was finally able to announce that a follow-up to The Darkness (based on the Top Cow IP) was in the works. We're not surprised if the news has a familiar ring to it: The company hinted at a sequel during the 2008 NYCC ... 15 months ago.

In more immediate news, the company announced that the original game would soon be added to the greatest hits value line-up on PS3 and Xbox for $29.99. If you haven't already checked it out, it's an interesting recommendation, if only to prepare yourself for the sequel that may finally be coming.

Update: According to comments made to VG247, original developer Starbreeze will not be returning for the sequel.

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Tags: 2k-games, fps, Microsoft, the-darkness, the-darkness-2, top-cow, Xbox-360

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I knew it! It was just a matter of time!

This is great news!! The first one was really good.

Nice. Mike Patton better return!

You want it all, CJ, but you can't have it.

Amazing that's their only popular radio "hit" and it's all about eating vagina-box. Mike Patton's a genious!

only $30?! isnt the original like 8 bucks at gamestop? i got mine new for $12 at movie gallery :p

Yep, working at BestBuy one of my coworkers said he wanted to get it, we carry it for $19.99 new in our "bargain bin", I told him to go to Gamestop and he picked it up for $7.99 used.

Heck I got it for free when I bought Bioshock (I love Amazon sometimes).

I loved this game it was so awesome.

Yeah until I beat it 3 times on Hard and the stupid achievement never unlocked!! ugh!

Yeah i agree a real final battle would be nice. But what a great story this game had. Also could you imagine the tech for this game now. with all of it being physic based now and the black holes sucking in the enemy's. It's going to be awesome.

Awesome. The Darkness and Prototype are 2 of the most sadistically fun games I've ever played. Eating your enemies hearts is a gameplay mechanic that never gets old.

That said, how about a real final battle this time around? Talk about anticlimactic...

I can't remember how it ended at all. That's pretty sad.

I'm not a huge FPS guy, but The Darkness is my favorite FPS that I can remember in recent memory.

Yeah, the end was kinda silly with no real boss battle. But at the same time, given what happened in the end, how can they possibly make a sequel?

Ah. It's been too long, and I forgot how it ends. *Search search* Ah, here's the plot for any interested parties (obviously a spoiler):
[Saria magic link=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Darkness_%28video_game%29#Plot]MAGIC![/SML]

Wow. What a failed attempt at a joke. I'm sorry. It won't happen again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Darkness_%28video_game%29#Plot

It's $20 new at Target. Was tempted to pick it up last week during the 50% off sale but I didn't really dig the demo.

Um... Is it XBox exclusive? I don't see a "Playstation" tag on it?!...

That's real unexpected. I always felt I was the only one that played that game.

As long as they avoid another march through the trenches then I'll be on board for a sequel. And bring back Jenny somehow - no, actually, don't. Or do. I'm not sure.

Give me the cool powers sooner and I'm sold.

But just think, if they did... You'd never use the guns. Like at all.

lil late on the greatest hits nod eh?

Why is there only an Xbox tag?

I didn't mean tag, but the icon on the top.

Ooo awesome. Mike patten better return. he made the game 100x Cooler

*In Weird Voice* "Why are you doing this to yourself Jacky? I Only wanted to Helllp"

The first game had it's moments, but ultimately I was turned off by the wtf WWII place segments and a fair degree of frustration controlling the snake things. Whatever the hell they were.

I paid $60 and never even finished the damn game. I'm glad I don't blow my wad on every little thing that looks cool these days.

I think it was WW1 not WW2. Just sayin. There was like a 30 year time difference.

The neighborhood ice cream truck driver is selling it for $15 and for $10 if you buy a sundae and nachos.

Thanks for making my Monday! Sauesome ... I am so happy I can puke rainbows. Rainbows!

I got a trade of the comic series that was put together for the game's release.
I hope they really explore more of the story, which reminds me that I should check out more of the comics as well as the other comics in the universe (like Witchblade).

Glad to see so many many fans of the game!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

I still contend that this game did a better job than any of getting you emotionally attached to a character (Jenny), and then had the most emotionally charged cutscene of any game I've ever seen.

If you haven't seen it yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1KTnoi2Kxg

Pure awesome.

Agreed I was in utter shock when that happened.

Yea that and that scene from Lost Odyssey were pretty intense

hmmm..better developed than that other scene in ff7 you reckon?

Indeed, I reckon.

I remember playing The Darkness at a barbecue with lot of people not really paying attention to me playing. But when that particular scene came up, everybody was instantly enthralled by it.

When you play through the story up to that point, it is very fucking intense.

This was a game that, to me, had a few great things going for it; surrounded by a ton of shitty gameplay. It's a shooter where the shooting sucks. That's the bottom line. The multiplayer was pointless and terrible, terrible, terrible.

That said, the story was really unique and interesting; and the scene with Jackie chilling with his girlfriend on the couch was one of the most powerful moments in gaming. I felt something that I had never been given by a game before; and that deserves praise.

But ultimately, I couldn't get through it. The gameplay was just too rough around the edges to get through to the end of the story. It seems to be a reoccuring theme with Starbreeze games; in general. A cool setting combined with a few neat mechanics and ruined by a sub-par game build around it. The Riddick games come to mind.

I agree. The game mechanics were extremely crappy. Couldn't get through the game either. But it was crazy when he popped that girl.

Angelus and the Witchblade need to be in it.

I absolutely agree!
Though I am curious as how they would incorporate it. The game has a more realistic feel than the comic (although I haven't really read a lot of the comic), with the armor Jackie has.
But yeah, I would love to see them in it as well.

I paid $13 for this at Circuit City over a year ago.

Please make it single player only. The multiplayer is not needed. The single player on the first was very fun and would play the sequel.

I agree, problem is a lot of game reviewers still complain if a game has no multiplayer. It's idiotic but they do. I remember a few years ago I read an IGN review where the guy specifically said that he would have given this game another point (out of ten) if it had multiplayer. That's about the time I stopped listening to IGN.

Cool news. I just finished the first one not too long ago.

I didn't really like the first one. It had some really cool bits, mostly story stuff, but the gameplay didn't really grab me. I think it's kind of odd that they're making a sequel, assuming that it didn't sell very well. I think even less people would buy a sequel than the OG Darkness.

This was my first game on the PS3 that felt next-gen to me back in 2007. The production values were great, except for the long loading times.

Can't wait for the sequel.

Think they'll add Trophies if its being re-released for Greatest Hits?

I think this game was just OK...I think time may be clouding some of your recollections...

It was but it had a lot of pretty cool elements to it, that made some of it pretty memorable. I don't think anyone thinks it was 'the perfect game' or anything like that.

The story and narrative were engaging enough to pull me through the whole thing. I thought the graphics kicked ass, too. Plus you've got to admit the Darkness powers were cool and not the type of thing you see in most shooters.

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