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Check the marketplace fellow gamers because 2K Games, giving everyone who owns a Xbox 360 the chance to test out their new title – The Darkness. The demo is available via the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and features three levels from the game, in order of the Tunnel, the Cemetery and Grinders Lane.

Having played the demo I can tell you that visually the game is impressive. I was only able to play through the Tunnel and Cemetery levels. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to pass the cemetery in the time available to me. In fact I constantly ran out of ammo, which rendered me vulnerable to what seemed like an endless amount of mobsters trying to shoot me down. I wasn’t able to use the ‘darkness powers’ which is disappointing but perhaps is available in the third level.

The Darkness is a first person action game where you will assume the role of hitman, Jackie Estacado. This game is very dark and set in New York City.  Jackie is heir to ‘The Darkness’, an unknown and terrifying power which awakens within him on his 21^st birthday. Jackie seeks revenge on his murderous family and must use traditional weaponry and master the evil powers of ‘The Darkness’ in order to complete his mission.

The Darkness was released On June 25^th for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.