Blog: State Magazine

Combining a Mafia-themed shooter with a story of demonic possession may not be everyone’s idea of a good time, and while the two sometimes make incongruous bedfellows, this very odd couple combined to great effect in 2007’s sleeper hit, The Darkness . Indeed, perhaps the biggest mystery is why it took five years for a sequel. The action begins two years after the events of the first game. Our anti-hero, Jackie Estacado, a 21-year-old mobster whose body happens to be the host for the ancient and powerful evil of the title, is the target in a mob-style [...]