Darkness 2 is billed as a first person shooter style game with Quad-Wielding gameplay. Armed with guns and a couple of satanic serpents that zip over your shoulders to whip and tear asunder any foolish enough to get in your way. The game is due out in a few weeks and incorporates a graphic novel feel within its art direction.

The good chaps at 2K Games have passed me the system requirements so lets take a look at what sort of machine you need to meet The Darkness II system requirements...

Darkness 2 Minimum System Requirements

OS: Windows XP SP2

CPU: Intel Core 2 @ 2GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+

RAM: 1.5 GB RAM

GFX RAM: 256 MB

GFX: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 

HDD: 8 GB free hard disk space

Audio: DirectX Compatible

Darkness 2 Recommended System Requirements

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7

CPU: 2.4 GHz Quad Core processor

RAM: 2 GB

HDD: 10 GB free

GFX RAM: 512+ MB

GFX: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

OTHER REQUIREMENTS & SUPPORTS: Initial installation requires one-time internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include Steam Client, Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable