Steam page for The Darkness II now offers minimum and recommended system specifications for the Windows PC edition of The Darkness II, Digital Extremes' upcoming first-person shooter sequel (thanks Strategy Informer). On a related note, the Xbox 360 demo for the game is now live for Gold subscribers, and the PC demo is expected next week. Here are the specs:

Minimum:
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor: Intel Core 2 @ 2GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
Memory: 1.5GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 10GB
Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600
Sound: DirectX Compatible
Additional: Requires installation of Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, DirectX and nVidia PhysX version 9.11.1107 (included with download)

Recommended:
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor: 2.4 GHz Quad Core processor
Memory: 2GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 10GB
Video Card: 512+ MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Sound: DirectX Compatible
Additional: Requires installation of Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, DirectX and nVidia PhysX version 9.11.1107 (included with download)