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Shank 2′s Launch Trailer Paints The Walls Red

9:30AM February 9, 2012 | Pierre Bienaimé

This launch trailer for Shank 2 is a spectacle of gore and cartoony style. One of the sequel’s additions to the original downloadable game is Survival Mode, which you can get your bloodthirsty eyeballs on right here. More »


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Get To Know The Bloody Basics Of Shank 2′s Co-Op Survival Mode

12:00PM February 3, 2012 | Evan Narcisse

The sequel to Klei Entertainment’s cartoony stab-em-up brings me something that I desperately wanted from the first Shank: a frantic 2D twist to the waves-of-enemies gameplay popularised by Gears of War‘s Horde Mode. The nuts-and-bolts of Shank 2‘s Survival Mode get laid out in the clip above, which looks a lot simpler than it actually plays. More »


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Shank 2 Teaser Takes On The Military And Wins

7:00AM January 7, 2012 | Evan Narcisse

Klei Entertainment’s sequel to the stylish stab-em-up I — and many others — loved is scheduled for an early 2012 release. The clip above shows off new enemies and moves but the game still looks like the bloodiest Saturday morning cartoon never made. More »


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These Shank 2 Co-Op Screens Are A Bloody Good Time

9:40AM October 25, 2011 | Kirk Hamilton

Klei Entertainment’s upcoming Shank 2 brings a new brand of extreme slice-em-up to the stage with its co-op gameplay. We’ve already seen some of it in action off-screen, and it certainly looks like a lot of team-stabbin’. More »


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Here Are The First Few Minutes Of Shank 2′s Singleplayer

6:40AM October 14, 2011 | Evan Narcisse

Inspired as it is by 1980s action-movie tropes, you can probably guess the plot of Shank 2‘s story mode. If your guess involves the hero renouncing his violent ways and trying to embrace a quieter existence, only to have his old life come back to wreak havoc in his new one, then you get a prize. More »


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Watch Shank 2′s Co-Op Deliver Twice The Stab-Em-Up Action

2:40AM October 14, 2011 | Evan Narcisse

Released through the EA Partners program last year, Klei Entertainment’s gorgeously gory sidescroller won legions of fans with its retro presentation and fluid animation. The one thing everybody wanted was co-operative play featuring the bandaged badass and his cohort Falcone. Your pleas were heard and the video above shows off how that’s going to look. More »


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They Believed In Their Game Enough To Go Homeless, But It Didn’t Come To That

2:00AM September 30, 2011 | Russ Frushtick

“We literally put our mortgages to it…It was a big deal. It needed to be good.” The future of Klei Entertainment rested on the success of Shank, this year’s side-scrolling beat-em-up. The indie developer had seen moderate success in the past with games like N+, but Shank was another beast entirely. More »


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Bring A Friend For Shank 2′s Brand Of Shooting And Slicing

8:20AM September 28, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Last year’s side-scrolling slice ‘em up Shank is getting a sequel, EA and Klei Entertainment announced today. They’re calling it Shank 2 and it’s coming to PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade and PC early next year. More »


Shank Review: He’ll Cut You

10:00AM August 28, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Endless streams of tough guys. One after another. I pull out my blades, switch to a chainsaw and then start shooting. Shank isn’t a beat ‘em up. It’s a slice ‘em, shoot ‘em, pummel ‘em up. More »


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Shank’s Cinematics Problems Blamed On Old 360s

11:40AM August 27, 2010 | Owen Good

Shank, the side-scrolling beat-and-slash-em-up out this week, runs like a dream on the PS3 but is having some stuttering issues with its cinematics on the Xbox 360. The game’s developer says older models of that console are the problem. More »