Inspiré du comics du même nom, The Darkness II est un jeu d'action à la première personne sur Xbox 360. Vous incarnez Jackie Estacado, un mafieux de 21 ans, qui se trouve être l'un des hôtes du Darkness, une entité maléfique lui insufflant de nombreux pouvoirs pour lui permettre de se venger de son oncle qui souhaite sa mort.
She gave my mother such a turn, that I have always been convinced I am indebted to Miss Betsey for having been born on a Friday. The word was appropriate to the moment. My mother was so much worse that Peggotty, coming in with the teaboard and candles, and seeing at a glance how ill she was, - as Miss Betsey might have done sooner if there had been light enough, - conveyed her upstairs to her own room with all speed; and immediately dispatched Ham Peggotty, her nephew, who had been for some days past secreted in the house, unknown to my mother, as a special messenger in case of emergency, to fetch the nurse and doctor.