GamesRadar - Dante's Inferno

Dante's Inferno has gone into Beta (News)

25 Nov 2009

CC: The team working on Dante's Inferno have revealed that the game is now in it's Beta stage.

Go To Hell - Dante Inferno (News)

25 Nov 2009

BeefJack writes: "Hell; you know the drill. Fire, brimstone, and eternal damnation; the basics. Now thanks to a new Facebook application by EA in honor of its upcoming release Dante's Inferno, you'll be able to share all the perks of Hell with your nearest and dearest.

The "Go to Hell" application allows you to send your friends to one of the nine levels of hell depicted in Dante's iconic poem. The levels, in case you haven't had a chance brush up on your Dante recently, include Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Anger, Heresy, Violence, Fraud or Treachery."

Dante's Inferno Facebook app out-performs the Pope (News)

25 Nov 2009

Flytrap writes: "EA's new promotional game Go to Hell already has about eight or nine thousand more active monthly users than Pope2You, the Vatican's charming photo-swapping app - 13,672 to 4,879. Could be a bad sign, that."

Dante's Inferno may get DLC, producer wants a sequel (News)

23 Nov 2009

TVGB: "During a recent interview, executive producer Jonathan Knight said EA's hellish Dante's Inferno may be seeing post-release downloadable content."

Visceral hits back at Dante's Inferno critics (News)

23 Nov 2009

Critics of upcoming hack and slash Dante's Inferno's treatment of source material The Divine Comedy are missing the point, Visceral Games has said.

Speaking to VideoGamer.com, executive producer Jonathan Knight called the 700-year-old Italian poem on which the game is loosely based a "fantasy", and described it as "basically Chronicles of Narnia or Lord of the Rings".

Fake "Mass : We Pray" website leads to a new Dante's Inferno Trailer (News)

20 Nov 2009

New Dante's Inferno video : "Dante's Heresy" has been revealed through the fake website "Mass : We Pray", promoting a false Christian game.

Dante’s Inferno (Preview)

19 Nov 2009

God of War meets Dead Space in Hell. That’s how we first described Dante’s Inferno and it wouldn’t be risking the wrath of Hell to suggest that’s how EA’s infernal epic looks now.

However, reducing the game to comparisons no longer does it justice. ...

Dante's Inferno (Screenshots)

19 Nov 2009

Dante's Inferno - Story trailer (Video)

18 Nov 2009

If you've been waiting your whole life for a game inspired by 14th century epic poetry, we hope you're sitting down - Dante's Inferno is a third-person action adventure "adaptation" of the medieval epic poem The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.

Dante's Action Figure: new pictures from NECA (News)

15 Nov 2009

Back in February at New York Toy Fair 09, NECA revealed an early prototype of its Dante's Inferno action figure. Now they've unveiled the final product, shipping to retail in December, showing us four new pictures of it.

Pre-order Dante's Inferno, score a figurine (News)

14 Nov 2009

TVGB: "Dante's Inferno GameStop pre-orders come with a collectible figurine of Dante wielding his spine-tingling scythe (image below), EA tweets. Once the game releases in February, the figurine will be available for in-store pickups alongside the game and will be shipped with the game for online orders."

Alan Wake, Mass Effect 2 and more this Thursday (News)

11 Nov 2009

VGarabia.com: New details/footage will be shown for Alan Wake, Mass Effect 2, Dante's Inferno and Command and Conquer 4 this Thursday.

Dante's Inferno Demo Coming December (News)

10 Nov 2009

IncGamers reports that a demo of Dante's Inferno will be coming to PS3 and 360 in December.

Dante's Inferno Is $6.66 Cheaper Again (News)

10 Nov 2009

EA is offering another hellish/infernal/devilish/whatever discount on third-person hack and slasher Dante's Inferno. For one day, you can pre-purchase the game for $6.66 less than normal.

Dante's Inferno - Developer diary: Heresy (Video)

9 Nov 2009

Dante Director: "Players will be horrified" (News)

2 Nov 2009

NowGamer:In an exclusive interview with NowGamer, the creative director of Visceral Games' Dante's Inferno, Jonathan Knight claims that those who play his game will be 'horrified.'

Yahtzee Gets Rickroll'd by EA (News)

29 Oct 2009

GN writes, "Watching an angry Aussie incapable of using punctuation obliterate a box must be one hell of a sight. Fortunately, a few that witnessed it managed to survive with their lives... more or less.

Yahtzee, famous for his gaming parody Zero Punctuation, received a package today from EA Games promoting Dante's Inferno. Yahtzee eagerly pulled open the wooden box, noticing that the inside of the lid read, "The Fifth Circle of Hell Is Close." The Escapist said, "Members of The Escapist staff crowded around the box, eager to find out what was inside. We were somewhat bemused to discover nothing but a small burlap bundle containing safety goggles and a ball peen hammer."

That's when it happened..."

Gaming's freakiest monsters: A biological study (Feature)

28 Oct 2009

Perhaps better than any other creative medium, videogames have managed to recreate entire ecosystems of imaginary creatures and presented them in an observable context. Books and movies may offer detailed glimpses of anatomy and behavior, but only in videogames does the observer interact with organisms and experience behaviors first hand. ...

Dante's Inferno "scaled back" during development (News)

26 Oct 2009

TVGB: "With its mutated baby demons, whose slaughter the game awards you for, shooting out of nipples of giant bare breasted ladies, and other kind of delightfully twisted stuff, if any game has a chance of getting banned in certain countries it's probably Dante's Inferno. Developer Visceral Games isn't sitting around waiting for the inevitable ban hammer to hit though but is "scaling back" parts of the game for certain regions during development."

Nanny Group Outraged by Dante's Inferno Achievement (News)

23 Oct 2009

The International Nanny Association (INA) isn't feeling overly matronly about an achievement said to be in the upcoming Electronic Arts game Dante's Inferno.

According to UGO, the "Bad Nanny" achievement is designed to reward players who slaughter "a yet undetermined number of unbaptized infants," leading INA to say that the game component was "created out of poor taste and bad judgment."

The group continued:

Dante's Inferno to Feature Kill Unbaptized Babies Achievement (News)

15 Oct 2009

Hardcasual.net and UGO.com games editor, Chris Plante writes,

"2009's a big year for child murder. Almost two-months after we broke word of Fairytale Fights "Kill 1,000 Children" Achievement (which may or may not have been cut), Dante's Inferno's Executive Producer Jonathan Knight reveals his game too will include an achievement for killing kiddies. The "Bad Nanny" Achievement will be rewarded to the player whom slaughters a yet undetermined number of unbaptized infants."

Script writer Dante's Inferno revealed (News)

10 Oct 2009

Visceral Games has announced via a press notice that the script writer of Dante's Inferno is Will Rokos. Rokos is best known for his Oscar nomination for the script of the film Monster's Ball.

Academy Award-Nominated Writer Will Rokos to Pen Dante's Inferno (News)

9 Oct 2009

"Visceral Games announced today that Academy Award-nominated writer Will Rokos is writing the story line for Dante's Inferno, the adaptation of part one of Dante Alighieri's epic poem "The Divine Comedy" from Visceral Games."

Same name, completely different game (Feature)

9 Oct 2009

We absolutely know that you've been waiting with eager anticipation for a feature to come along that catalogues examples of new games that share an identical name with an old game. It doesn't happen very often, so it's genuinely exciting when it does. Anyway, we've written that feature, and this is it. Direct all messages of thanks and amazement to the comments thread. K? Cheers.

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Dante's Inferno - Developer diary: Anger (Video)

9 Oct 2009

20 MASSIVE games of early 2010 (Feature)

2 Oct 2009

Christmas '09 is cancelled, but early next year looks amazing. ...

TGS 09: Dante's Inferno - horrifying nipple boss (Preview)

2 Oct 2009

Before the Tokyo Game Show opened up to the public, EA unveiled the new Lust level from Dante’s Inferno. This unseen area focuses on Dante’s ascent through a dark tower to battle Cleopatra. She’s the boss of the level and one of the many damned figures depicted in the original epic poem. The tower is surrounded by the lust storm, a powerful force fueled by the carnal desires of the damned ...

Director for Dante's Inferno thinks it's the greatest compliment to be called a God of War rip off? (News)

1 Oct 2009

Gamesthirst writes: Jonathan Knight is the writer, producer and director for EA's Dante's Inferno, (the guy's a genius) and in this month's Playstation: The Official Magazine he paused from his busy and "hellish" schedule to field a few questions. In the interview, they discussed a variety of different topics, however the interviewer for PTOM had to get one question off his chest from the onset:

PTOM: "We don't mean to insinuate anything, but do you really not mind when people say your game is a lot like God of War?" To which Jonathan responded:

Get greedy with this lengthy Dante's Inferno trailer (News)

11 Sep 2009

Joystiq: If you're looking for a trailer comprised of nothing but gameplay, then you're getting into the spirit of this Dante's Inferno trailer. You're being greedy and your greedy nature will not be rewarded -- that is, unless you're willing to work for that greed. You'll have to put in some work and comb through this trailer, extracting all of the juicy portions of gameplay one by one. Sure, you'll have to put up with producers and designers chatting up their version of the fourth circle of Hell, but thankfully all of that hard work is worth it, because there are some genuinely impressive environments and enemies to behold. Enemies and environments you've never seen in any other game ever. Seriously.

Electronic Arts Tests Journalists' Greed With Cash (News)

9 Sep 2009

Kotaku writes: "Not one to back away from controversy, Electronic Arts today mailed out real checks payable to game reviewers for $200.

Each check, mailed in wooden boxes decorated with twin skeletons and the words Dante's Inferno, was affixed to a velvet pillow inside a box. Inside the top of the box is a welcome to the fourth circle of hell."

Dante's Inferno: Score by Garry Schyman (News)

9 Sep 2009

GamersDigest writes;

"Visceral Games, announced today that award-winning film, television and video game composer Garry Schyman will be creating the hellish score for the highly anticipated 3rd person action adventure game Dante's Inferno."

Dante's Inferno Pre-Order $6.66 Cheaper Tomorrow (News)

8 Sep 2009

Apparently September, besides marking the end of summer, is Greed Month. What's that mean? Well, you can pre-order Dante's Inferno for cheaper.

The games of fall '09 (Feature)

28 Aug 2009

The end of summer means the beginning of the game season, and today is the last Friday before the game industry’s big holiday push. Publishers jam the fall with games to challenge the true worth of your credit card – a double dog dare in the uncertain economy of 2009. ...

GamesCom 09: Dante's Inferno to Have Karma System (News)

18 Aug 2009

At this year's GamesCom, EA has just announced that Dante's Inferno will have a karma system similar to inFAMOUS.

Cologne 2009: Dante's Inferno dated (News)

18 Aug 2009

EA's Dante's Inferno will launch Febuary 9th 2010 in the US and Febuary 12th 2010 in the EU, a similar timeframe to the provisional date for it's rival God of War III which launches March 2010.

EA showcased the 6th circle of Hell at GC and a new 'Richeousness' feature, where you can choose to either absolve or punish the souls you find as you descend through Hell.

A look at the Dante's Inferno Booth at Gen Con 09 (News)

15 Aug 2009

Destructoid writes: We spied this statue of Dante and scythe back in June at E3 2009. Now this darling monument to EA Visceral's God of War-style brawler is sitting proudly in the middle of the game's gothic booth at Gen Con 2009. Below in the gallery we've provided some pictures of the statue as well as the decorated cardboard rotunda it sits in.

EA blasted over questionable marketing stunt (News)

29 Jul 2009

Yahoo: "Games maker EA has incited a wave of backlash over the latest marketing ploy for their upcoming action game, Dante's Inferno."

Comic-Con 2009: 5 most important missed stories (Feature)

27 Jul 2009

For decades, the San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) was only known as the best place for avid comic fans (aka virgins) to waste tons of money on more comic books than they needed. But in the last 10 years, other bits of geekery have been seeping in, including anime, Dungeons & Dragons and even videogames. ...

Badassgamer Comic-Con Hands On: God of War III, Darksiders and Dante's Inferno (News)

27 Jul 2009

Badassgamer Said: "Here It is, the 17 min video I promised - sit back, relax and enjoy the video. Sorry guys, no captured footage from Comic-Con, but later in the day I'll bring you more pics from the conferences and whatnot."

Dante's Inferno Team Apology Over Contest (News)

27 Jul 2009

EA an Visceral Games have issued an apology after the uproar caused by their contest at this years Comic-Con known as "Sin to Win".

Comic-Con: Dante - A Cerberus Suppository (News)

25 Jul 2009

BeefJack writes: "Many have noted that Dante's Inferno, based on the Divine Comedy, doesn't seem to be very true to the spirit of the literary classic. During a recent panel at Comic-Con, Jonathan Knight, an executive producer at EA, gave a taste of exactly how far the relationship has been pushed."

New Dante's Inferno contest; Win a date with the Hottest Girls at Comic-Con (News)

24 Jul 2009

From Xbox Evolved, Electronic Arts and the Dantes Inferno Team:

"Winners will receive a dinner with our Go to Hell girls, limo service, paparazzi, and a chest full of booty. "

Dante's Inferno Playable Demo At Comic-Con (News)

21 Jul 2009

PlayStation LifeStyle writes, "Visceral Games', Dante's Inferno is a dark descent into hell. The entire concept is very reminiscent of God of War and there has been no end to the comparisons of the two games. One big difference was God of War III was playable at E3. Dante was only playable behind closed doors. This week, Dante has his first public gameplay demonstrations."

Dante's Inferno says "no" to PC (News)

20 Jul 2009

Sorry PC gamers. Dante's keeping his Inferno to himself. Speaking with Big Download, an EA PR rep shot down any hopes of a PC version of the hotly anticipated game.

EA and DC Comics Enter Nine Circles of Hell with Dante's Inferno Comic (News)

20 Jul 2009

ZoKnowsGaming writes "Visceral Games, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. today announced a collaboration with DC Comics/WildStorm to develop a comic book mini-series based on Dante's Inferno, EA's video game adaptation of part one of "The Divine Comedy." The comic will make its world debut at Comic-Con International in San Diego from July 23 – 26."

Dante's Inferno Anime in the Works (News)

7 Jul 2009

Production I.G Confirms Involvement in Animated Dante's Inferno Project

Should EA Apologize to Christians? (News)

15 Jun 2009

PS3 Informer writes:

"By treating Christian religious beliefs in a trivial and cynical fashion for commercial purposes, Electronic Arts has clearly decided that it is OK to make fun of certain minority groups, as long as they are not well represented in the gaming industry. What about racial or sexual minorities? Would Take Two Interactive dare stage a fake protest by the Latino community to make fun of their sensitivity to race in Grand Theft Auto games? Would Microsoft laugh in the face of gay and lesbian groups who were banned from Xbox Live because of their sexuality?

Electronic Arts has probably anticipated the backlash, and weighed it against the benefit of free advertising. Of course, the purpose of any viral publicity stunt is to shock and amuse people, and it that sense it has been successful."

Dante's Inferno 2 and 3 possible (News)

13 Jun 2009

Dante's Inferno developer Visceral Games' Glen Schofield has said in an interview that he's perfectly aware of the Divine Comedy being written as a trilogy, saying "so there's at least room for two more [games] after that."

E3 09: God of War III vs Bayonetta vs Dante's Inferno vs Darksiders (Feature)

11 Jun 2009

Now that the dust has settled from the best E3 in years, we can take a moment to process the years’ worth of upcoming-release insanity that we took in over four days – and that means making early, snap judgments based on what we’ve seen and played. ...

Mark the 9th on your calendar for Dante's Inferno (News)

10 Jun 2009

Keep a lookout each month on the 9th, starting today, for new details on the upcoming game from Visceral Games, Dante's Inferno. Dante's Inferno is a unique adaptation of the medieval poem The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. You'll get to experience it in an all new medium that you can only do in our age of gaming. Today brings the first set of behind the scenes features from the third-person action adventure game. The team at Visceral Games have put together a nice set of videos and a blog to start your descent into the dark minds behind Dante's Inferno.

Gamepro: Protest of Dante's Inferno an EA-sponsored viral marketing stunt (News)

4 Jun 2009

A rather tepid "religious" protest of Dante's Inferno outside E3 yesterday turns out to have been driven by EA all along.

DANTE'S INFERNO, Fact Sheet, PSP and Next-Gen Consoles Screens (News)

1 Jun 2009

EA's Dante's Inferno tells an adapted story that focuses on delivering a blockbuster 3rd person action game experience while bringing Alighieri's depiction of Hell to the medium. Players assume the role of Dante, who descends into Hell after returning home to find his beloved Beatrice murdered, with Lucifer seducing her soul into the underworld. Dante sets out on a rescue mission to save Beatrice, but he soon realizes he is also in Hell to face his own demons and ultimately to redeem himself...

PlayStation @ E3 2009 - The Games (News)

22 May 2009

PlayStation LifeStyle writes, "In just over a week, PlayStation LifeStyle will be reporting live from the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). We've been trying to get a handle on the plethora of PlayStation games that will be on display from June 2 through June 4, and it's quite astounding. If you weren't excited about the prospect of new announcements for the PlayStation brand, what if we told you there will be over 75 unique PlayStation games on display - that we know about?! While many are multiplatform titles (though the best still appear to be Sony-exclusive), it is a large increase from last year's showing."

Dante has no "lead platform," says Visceral (News)

12 May 2009

VG247: Dante's Inferno is being developed equally across PS3 and 360, producer Jonathan Knight has told VG247, and the game has no "lead platform" to speak of.

Dante's Inferno is "squarely in this action adventure fighting genre" (News)

8 May 2009

VG247: Dante's Inferno is a genre game, dev lead Jonathan Knight told us in London recently, and will only really deviate from a well-loved path of fighting mechanics in terms of setting and plot.

IncGamers Preview - Dante's Inferno (News)

28 Apr 2009

IncGamers' Tim McDonald ventures through Hell, and comes back with stories of how Dante's Inferno is shaping up.

Dante's Inferno DLC Announcement "probably later in the year" (News)

28 Apr 2009

VG247: "Dante's Inferno dev lead Jonathan Knight has told VG247 that you can expect his game will get DLC. He's just not ready to discuss it yet."

Dante's Inferno features baby-killing (News)

24 Apr 2009

EA's video game adaptation of Dante's Inferno is supposedly going to let you kill some babies. Don't worry, though -- they were never baptized so they're obviously evil.

According to writer, producer, director, and baby-killer Jonathan Knight, the babies "seem harmless at first, but once they start ganging up on you, they're harder to kill."

Dante's Inferno confirmed for 2010 release, will have animated feature film (News)

30 Mar 2009

VG247: EA just confirmed that Dante's Inferno will release in 2010.

The news came as part of a press release announcing an animated feature film for the game, to be created by Starz Media, the company behind all the Dead Space cartoons.

Universal, Harris hot for Dante's Inferno (News)

18 Mar 2009

Dan Harris has been set by Universal Pictures to write "Dante's Inferno," a live-action film based on the Electronic Arts vidgame in which players journey through the depths of hell.

Strike Entertainment's Mark Abraham and Eric Newman are producing with EA Entertainment. EA veep Patrick O'Brien and game creator Jonathan Knight are also involved in the development of the film.

Dante's Inferno Film Trailer Competition (News)

9 Mar 2009

For the chance of winning a trip to San Francisco – as well as having your production featured as the official trailer for Dante's Inferno – Electronic Arts are inviting fans to produce a thirty-three second trailer for the game.

Wondercon 09: Dante's Inferno panel reveals what drives Dante to Hell (News)

2 Mar 2009

Destructoid: "EA started the Dante's Inferno panel by giving us an overview of what The Divine Comedy is. If you're interested in learning more, then check out the Wikipedia entry on it. The game is based on Dante's work so while it's not an exact retelling, it will have elements that people will be able to recognize from The Divine Comedy. Plus, if the game was exactly like The Divine Comedy, then it would just be text adventure game with Dante talking to people the entire time."

Why Dante's Inferno will eviscerate God of War (Preview)

24 Feb 2009

Go to Hell.

No, that’s not what we wish upon you, dear reader. Instead, grand publisher EA wants you to spend time in the worst of afterlives. Incidentally, Hell is where their next big action game takes place, titled Dante’s Inferno and yes, it is based upon Dante’s epic poem The Divine Comedy. ...

More Dante's Inferno details unleashed (News)

17 Feb 2009

PSM3 has revealed further details on the legendary lore and gameplay mechanics that may interest initially apathetic gamers in the title.

Dante's Inferno Protagonist Is A "Muscular Six Foot Knight" Armed With Death's Scythe, Runs At 60FPS, More Details (News)

16 Feb 2009

PushSquare.com: "Dante Aligheri, the Florentine poet of whom the game is based upon, has been turned into a "muscular six foot knight with magic powers" to suit the tone of the game. Dante is fighting his way through Hell to save his lost love Beatrice, who has been murdered and wrongly sent to the underworld."

Dante's Inferno : "God of War Meets Dead Space" (News)

10 Feb 2009

In the latest issue of Playstation 3 Magazine, the first details emerge about EA's upcoming action adventure, Dante's Inferno. The magazine reports that the game is a mixture of elements of Dead Space and God of War. If you have played any of these two games, you'll know that they are both phenomenal in their respective genres.

Dante's Inferno: First details (News)

10 Feb 2009

Via CVG: PSM3 has published the first details on Dante's Inferno, which the mag bills as 'God of War meets Dead Space'.

Abandon all hope, ye who...play this game? (News)

16 Dec 2008

EA have announced that they are working on a game of the epic poem 'Dante's Inferno'. Known as The Divine Comedy and written by Dante Alighieri, Inferno is the first of three books in The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise. Inferno follows Dante, a man lost in a dark woods (which could be construed as exile) on the brink of suicide and tempted by sin while he is on the verge of losing his mind. Rescued by Virgil, they take a journey through the three worlds of the afterlife (like you do) the first being, of course, Hell or 'The Inferno'.