Klei Entertainment and EA Partners announced that Shank 2 will be available for Xbox LIVE Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC in early 2012.

"Creatively, Shank still has a lot to give," said Jamie Cheng, founder of Klei Entertainment. "We took the feedback from the community and ran with it, putting our own flavor on every change. For Shank 2, we literally took apart the game and put it back together to push the envelope in combat mechanics, visuals, and 2D animation in games."

"We are honored to again partner with the visionary talent of Klei Entertainment," said Jamil Moledina, Director, Business Development at EA Partners. "Shank 2 showcases their ability to blend emotionally resonant yet sardonically violent storytelling with pitch perfect controls and art design and confirms EA Partners' strategy of bringing the best independent games simultaneously to all leading digital platforms."

Shank 2 returns with a story of redemption as Shank, a former mob hitman returns to action when the lives of those close to him are endangered. Besides a whole new adventure set in a 2D side-scrolling world, Shank 2 introduces a new arcade-style survival co-op mode that has gamers working together to take down their foes, relying on the environment and weapon pick-ups for survival.

For more information on Shank 2, check out www.shankgame.com .