Death Jr. 2 creeps into view

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New screens materialize for DJ and Pandora's second misadventure

After unleashing the horrors of Pandora's Box and nearly getting grounded in Death, Jr., you'd think DJ and his stunted friends would have learned to leave ancient forces of evil the hell alone. You'd be wrong, though; in Death, Jr. 2: Root of Evil, they've apparently awakened a whole new menace. When the game hits this fall, they'll once again have to shoot, jump and slash their way through the freakish armies of the night.

We say "they" because this time around, DJ is joined by his friend Pandora. As you can see in the new screens we've snagged, the creepy little goth girl will play a lot like DJ, except that she carries a whip instead of a scythe. She'll also make it possible for a second player to jump in with an ad-hoc connection for some cooperative monster-blasting.

Mikel Reparaz
Mikel Reparaz
After graduating from college in 2000 with a BA in journalism, I worked for five years as a copy editor, page designer and videogame-review columnist at a couple of mid-sized newspapers you've never heard of. My column eventually got me a freelancing gig with GMR magazine, which folded a few months later. I was hired on full-time by GamesRadar in late 2005, and have since been paid actual money to write silly articles about lovable blobs.