Right on the heels of several other game delays, 2K Games announced today that The Darkness II has slipped into 2012. Originally scheduled for release this fall, it's now set to be out for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 on February 7, 2012 in North America, followed on February 10 internationally.
The Darkness II, a sequel to the 2007 FPS The Darkness, is, like its predecessor, based on the comic book series of the same name. The comic series got its start in 1996; for its 15-year anniversary, this week's San Diego Comic-Con will be home to a special panel on the series that will feature the upcoming videogame. The panel is to take place on July 21 from 12pm to 1pm Pacific in Room 9 of the convention center.
The game will be playable at the event, allowing attendees to check out the new "Quad-Wielding" system. As if dual wielding a pair of guns wasn't enough, The Darkness II lets you do that in addition to using a pair of Demon Arms to slash, grab, and throw things around. Thus, quad wielding.
No reason for the delay was offered, but there's a good chance the prospect of releasing within a month or two of Resistance 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3, and Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary -- not to mention all of this fall's big non-FPS games like Skyrim and Uncharted 3 -- would have turned out to be a death sentence for the game. Waiting until a quieter period for FPS games, and game releases as a whole, will give it an opportunity to stand out that it wouldn't get this fall.
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