THE DARKNESS II & SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD Headline London Comic Con

Hyper-violent, gang-flavoured headliners unveiled as October's MCM London Expo creeps up on us...

By Simon Gallagher /

2K Games and THQ have announced that there will be saints and sinners on the floor at next month€™s London Comic Con, with The Darkness II and Saints Row: The Third headlining the MCM Expo at the end of October. 2K's Darkness sequel once again puts players in the familiar shoes of Jackie Estacado, still wielder of The Darkness and now Don of the Franchetti crime family. He remains committed to keeping a lid on his powers, that is until an assassination attempt unleashes his deepest darkest secret and sets him on a journey to Hell. The game comes fitted out with a brand new €˜quad-wielding€™ feature, which allows the player to use Jackie's supernatural powers while also simultaneously firing dual guns at his foes. The other headliner - Saints Row: The Third starts with the 3rd Street Saints ruling the mean streets of Steelport with an iron fist. So when rival criminal cartel The Syndicate tries to muscle in, there€™s no choice but to wage bloody war to show them their true place. The third game in the hugely popular franchise continues as its predecessors left off packing explosive open world gameplay with muscle cars, big shiny guns and the same pure unadulterated fun. The game will also be packaged with the Initiation Station, a new online custom-build feature where players can create, share and download theirs own characters. Both games will be available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, and you can check out both games plus many others at the MCM Expo London Comic Con on 28th-30th October. We'll be there and we'll be bringing as much news from the event as possible. For London MCM Expo tickets visit here, and to stay up-to-date with Expo news, visit the London Expo website or follow the event on Twitter or Facebook. ; www.facebook.com/mcmexpo