The Darkness 2 demo hits Xbox Live first this monthGold subscribers get it a week earlierA Darkness 2 demo will be available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers on 17th January, with Silver subscribers getting their shot on the 24th.
There's no word on what the demo contains, but hopefully we'll go hands-on with both Jackie Estacado in the campaign and his four supernaturally-powered helpers in co-op. The game begins with Jackie being assassinated, obliging him to conjure his old friend the Darkness and open a fresh chapter of heart-swallowing and head-chomping.
Developer Digital Extremes is using a cell-shaded artstyle in place of the original's gritty photo-realism. The co-op mode involves axes and katanas and is, thus,
worth reading about.