High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Darkness is a psychological horror first-person shooter developed by Starbreeze Studios and published by 2K Games for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was released on June 25, 2007 in North America and on June 20, 2007 in Europe. The video game is based on the comic book of the same title. A sequel, titled The Darkness II was announced, developed by Digital Extremes, and released on February 7, 2012.