The Darkness is a first-person action/horror shooter with a twist: You are the horror! You are Jackie Estacado, a Mafia hit-man who becomes the latest bearer of the Darkness, an ancient demonic force passed through the generations, on his twenty-first birthday.   

Having been set up by your "Uncle" Paulie Franchetti, don of the Franchetti crime family, grapple with your old mob while learning to control the Darkness … before it controls you. Featuring an assortment of both earthly and otherworldly guns, as well as powers that allow you to conjure demons and manifest the Darkness into a variety of lethal elements, The Darkness takes the first-person shooter genre to the next generation.

• Acclaimed developer: The Darkness was developed by Starbreeze, the team behind the award-winning The Chronicles of Riddick™: Escape from Butcher Bay.
• Faithful adaptation: The game story was written in collaboration with acclaimed comic book author, Paul Jenkins, and it's based on the comic book The Darkness, created by Top Cow.
• Intense action: Experience extremely intense cinematic action in this gritty, first-person, action-adventure game with a horror twist: You are the horror!
• Lurking horror: Varying manifestations of the Darkness allow you to devour, impale, or implode your enemies. Cannibalize the corpses of your slain victims to level up your powers.
• Shadowy evil: The absence of light feeds and replenishes the Darkness so seek the shadows wherever possible.
• Dark environments: Fight your way through the dark and seedy underbelly of New York City as well as the ethereal realm of the Darkness.

• Preview: The Darkness Shines Bright
• Feature: Developer Interview
• Tips & Tricks: Surviving The Darkness
• The Darkness Community Forum