Dante's Inferno

The afterlife is a commonly held human belief. Many of the world’s major religions hold some concept of an eternal paradise for the virtuous and a lake of searing fire for society’s scum. Some belief systems even have a holding chamber for the guys that fit somewhere in-between. While certain concepts and particulars about Heaven and Hell vary between cultures and faiths, the basic ideas are universally understood, and we all have one thing in common: we love depicting Heaven and Hell in our entertainment media...

There aren't many things that everyone in the world goes through in life. Being born is one of those things. But, strangely, this most natural of bodily functions is very rarely tackled in video games. Maybe it's because babies come from a part of a woman that you just can't show in a game (unless you're rendering character statues in Resident Evil 5, apparently). Or maybe there just aren't enough virtual clean towels and hot water to go around.

So, clearly, when a game does tackle this subject, it's almost always memorable. So here are the top 7 births in gaming.

There are generally two types of people who’ll pick up a frenetic hack-and-slasher like Dante’s Inferno: those who want to be told a story while slaughtering monsters like a wolf among lambs, and those who revel in the pure challenge of tearing apart wave after wave of goons, story be damned. The downloadable Trials of St. Lucia add-on is aimed squarely at that second group, so don’t expect to get a whole new adventure for your 10 bucks. You will, however, get something that in many ways is a lot more interesting...

While playing a bit of Spirit Tracks I bumped into a tiny old man named Niko, who’s apparently been a part of Link and Zelda’s watery quests since the Wind Waker days. After that revelation shook its way through my bones, I realized, oh hey, his name’s Niko… as in Niko Bellic!

26 more cases of "Oh, that's interesting" inside!

Ever wondered who's bigger out of God of War's Gaia and the Riftworm from Gears of War 2? Of course you have. That's why we've created pretty much the biggest image on the interwebs to showcase the biggest baddies in games and how they match up to each other size wise. Click on either of the preview images below to see the image in all its gargantuan glory.

With the release of God of War III, it looks like the developers of Dante’s Inferno realize upcoming expansion pack Trials of St Lucia needs to offer more than Beatrice’s tits to keep gamers interested. So they've added some new tits, in the form of a new playable character (St Lucia), as well as a new online co-op feature, fresh enemies, and a combat editor. The editor enables players to create and upload

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We've had Dante's Inferno, the book. Then, some 700 years later, a video game based on it. Know what's missing? An animated movie based on the game of the book, that's what. And as luck would have it, that's exactly what we've got here on Blu-Ray to give away to one lucky reader, complete with a brand spanking new Blu-Ray Player to play it on. Can't say fairer than that.

Since it was first unveiled, Dante’s Inferno – based loosely on the first chapter of the epic 14th century poem The Divine Comedy – has been roundly derided for being a hack job of a famous piece of literature. For over a year now, we’ve heard about how the game supposedly shits on the original by turning a thoughtful epic poem into a paint-by-numbers clone of God of War.

Find out what games we think would suit the Hollywood movie treatment and we talk of a revolutionary new way to contact GamesRadar UK... by phone!