The Darkness II's co-op mode, Vendettas, was announced only a few months before the game's release. How does Vendettas stack up? We find out in our co-op review.

The Darkness was a pretty decent game that came out about five years ago.  Maybe you played it - maybe you didn't.  Either way, the game did well enough to spawn a shiny new sequel, titled The Darkness II.  As an added bonus, this new game appears to have a rather fleshed-out co-op mode.  In the cooperative "Vendettas" mode, players will control four new characters as they brutalize their foes with Darkness infused weapons.  

We were pleasantly surprised to see a new co-op mode announced for The Darkness 2.  We first brought you news of the Vendettas mode a few weeks ago.  This has been advertised as a four player co-op campaign, therefore we're expecting more than just a tacked-on survival mode.  The story will intersect with that of the main character, Jackie Estacado. The four new characters have their own unique skills, weapons, and personalities.  You  can see each of them in action in the following videos.

There used to be a time when game developers added a deathmatch mode to a game simply so they could have the multiplayer bullet point on the back of the box.  It seems though now we've gone a different, and much more preferred method, co-op.  Single player games have been adding a co-op mode to increase replayability and interest, titles like Mass Effect 3 and Syndicate spring to mind immediately.  The latest game to follow this trend is 2K Games The Darkness II which is out early next year on consoles and PC.

I must say, I was a pretty big fan of 2007's The Darkness, from 2K Games and Starbreeze. While the sequel had been acknowledged in the past, it was only recently revealed that Digital Extremes had taken over development duties, and have put together what appears to be a worthy followup to an already solid original.