I've been following Shank for a while now, and I've been consistently impressed by the visuals and the style of the game. It's like a 2D explosion of sweetly animated vengeance carefully marinated in some of the craziest violence that does not include a certain Devil Who May Cry or Dual Wielding Busty Librarian Clothed In Her Own Hair. Developed by Klei Entertainment, makers of such downloadable goodness as Eets and N+, Shank has action to spare.

Here is Shank killing a giant butcher.

The art style for this game is just flat out beautiful, and given the fluidity of the animation, it's like watching an animated feature. Well, to be fair, it probably wouldn't be shown anywhere else but Adult Swim. In any event, for the purposes of enticing you with its goodness and splendor, here's a video peek at some of the gameplay:

I defy you to not want this game. It'll be dropping for the XBox 360, PS3, and PC - hopefully sooner rather than later.