Tara Long got a chance to demo The Darkness 2 and talk to 2K's Seth Olshfski about it today at PAX. They discuss?? the art style, which is more heav??ily influenced by the comic than the first game, and story (Paul Jenkins is returning to continue the tale). There is also some talk about what quad wielding is. 

There is something satisfying about calling up the powers of darkness to cause destruction, and The Darkness 2 looks like it delivers plenty of mayhem. I had my doubts about the quad wielding but even that looks good. Sad news is that the game was delayed until February 7, 2012. Good news is the silly protest that started recentl??y doesn't seem to have affected the game at all.

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2K will be showing off three huge titles at PAX Prime this year. XCOM, The Darkness II and Borderlands 2 will all be on the sh??ow floor in some way and form. Obviously fans will be waiting hours to play all the games on hand but we're giving you the chance to skip the lines for The Darkness II hands-on time! 

The lovely folks at 2K want to give ten of you a chance to go straight into the 2K booth for some Quad-Wielding insanity. The VIP session is set for 10AM on Saturday, August 27 and if you want in, you just need to tell us what you love about The Darkness series in the comments below. 

We'll be picking the ten best comments on Sunday. Not only will you get to skip the line, but 2K w?ill b?e hooking you each of you up with a Darkling ski mask and one of you will randomly win the Darkling statue pictured in the header too.

Also panels! The "Video Games and Comics: A Natural Partnership?" is set for August 26 at 11AM in the Unicorn Theater. The panel will see Marc Silvestri (Creator of The Darkness), Sheldon Carter (Creative Director at Digital Extrem?es) and Ron Davey (lead environmental artist at Digital Extremes) talking about The Darkness II. Ten limited-edition Darkling statues will be given away to panel attendees. 

Then there's the "Inside Gearbox Software" panel is set for August 28 at 3PM in the Pegasus Theatre. Gearbox will be giving a behind-the-scenes look at various Gearbox titles such as Borderlands 2 and Duke Nukem Forever. 

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The Darkness II has been pushed from its previously scheduled October 4th, 2011 release to February 7, 2012 in North America and February 10, 2012 interna?tionally.

It's probably not the last game to move out of the crowded holiday season of releases. Instead of competing with games like Gears of War 3, Rage, Batman: Arkham City and Battlefield 3, it will now be up against Inversion in February.

Perhaps 2K Games took a look at the sales of some of Namco Bandai's last new IPs, like Enslaved and Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom, and figured that it didn'?t have much to fear from the competition?

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If you have a list of panels and booths you want to hit during the San Diego Comic-Con, here's another one to consider. 2K Games is hosting a panel titled "Spreading the Darkness: From Comic Book to Video Games and Entertainment." It will feature discussions about The Darkness II by talent from Top Cow and Digital?? Extremes and is scheduled for Thursday, July 21 from 12:00 - 1:00 Pacific in room 9.

The panel will look at the expansion of The Darkness from a comic to videogame as an entertainment medium. Marc Silvestri, CEO of Top Cow and co-creator of the comic, will be joined by Top Cow president Matt Hawkins and Darkness II project director Sheldon? Car?ter from Digital Extremes. There's going to be other guest speakers, but they are being kept a secret.

2K is also br?inging a demo of the game, playable at the?? Top Cow booth (#2629). Anyone who plays will get to try out the quad-wielding, which translates to more slaughter.

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The Darkness II has a sweet comic book style mixed with lots of blood and bullets. There are tons of awesome ways to rip, tear, and cut apart your enemies while ?simultaneously firing your two guns at them. That seems good enough for me, but not for Hamza. If it was up to him, he'd use an ancient evil of unimaginable power to sit around the house and be lazy. Come on, man, have some creativ??ity!

You can check out Hamza's ideas, as well as a lot of other new information, in his interview with Tom Galt of Digital Extremes, the developer for The Darkness II. The game will ??be out? on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC come October 4, 2011.

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