Mike Patton Chooses Darkness
Avant-garde, musical maestro Mike Patton has teamed up with
Starbreeze Studios for its upcoming Xbox360/PS3 comic book-inspired game The Darknesslending his vocal talents to the malevolent Darkness character itself. (As if we needed yet another reason to singe our retinas by staying glued to the screen all weekend on an Xbox bender.)
The Peeping Tom/Fantomas/Tomahawk main-man has long been a fan of both comic books and video games alike so the match seems perfect.
Seabreeze describes the game:
At the night of his 21st birthday, the Francetti family Don, Uncle Paulie, sends out hitman Jackie Estacado on a job. The hit turns out to be a trap and Jackie finds that Paulie wants Jackie dead. Later the same night, Jackie is posessed by "The Darkness", an ancient demonic power that gives Jackie spectacular powers. The story revolves around Jackie and Paulie fighting over the future of the Francetti family, and of Jackie's search for light and love in a dark and violent world.
Check out the trailer here.
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