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Star Wars actor Oscar Isaac was "fired" from Dante's Inferno

Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:20:00 +1300

Oscar Isaac may have leading Star Wars: The Force Awakens and X-Men: Apocalypse roles and a slew of awards under his belt, but his video game career has been less smooth.

The actor, speaking to Birth.Movies.Death about voicing his The Force Awakens character Poe Dameron in Disney Infinity, said he "had done a video game before, but I got fired off it."

When asked why, Isaac responded, "I think they just thought I was bad."

Dante’s Inferno sequel in limbo

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:56:00 +1300

Visceral Games has confirmed that a sequel to Dante’s Inferno is not underway and there are currently no plans to create one.

When asked by website Joystiq whether gamers would see adaptations of poet Dante Alighieri’s other works in the Divine Comedy – Paradiso and Purgatory – Visceral’s Zach Mumbach replied, “I'm sure that if enough people are like, 'I got 60 dollars for Purgatory or Paradiso,' then we would make that game. But I don't know. I don't get to make those decisions.”

Dante’s Inferno received middling marks from critics and a bit of heat from vocal gamers. That no doubt came as a great disappointment to publisher Electronic Arts who made a multi-million dollar marketing push for the game, including the purchase of extremely expensive advertising during Super Bowl.

Dante's Inferno DLC trailer

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:46:00 +1300

Electronic Arts have released a new trailer for Dante's Inferno: Trials of St. Lucia, a new DLC pack that will include multiplayer co-op and new content creation tools. The DLC is scheduled for release on April 30th.

Dante's Inferno review

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:51:00 +1300

Gameplanet is by no means an ivory tower occupied by tweed-coated academics, prone to choking on their figs and prosciutto upon learning of the debasement of a prized cultural heirloom, but it must be said that we picked up Dante’s Inferno with some trepidation.

After all, Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy is a poem of particular significance to Western literary history. It has been admired and disdained – but always treated with a certain kind of respect – for more than seven hundred years.

And it could probably go without saying that the idea of any review is to put aside any preconceived notions of what a game might be like and instead focus on what it delivers. But Visceral Games’ modern adaptation of Dante’s epic poem has had a marketing budget large enough to start rebuilding Port-au-Prince. Unfortunately, the inescapable campaigns that followed have ranged from the ludicrous to the cringe-worthy, from hiring “religious protesters” in a botched publicity stunt to promoting the “molestation” of “booth babes.”

Dante’s St. Lucia DLC detailed

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:14:00 +1300

Accompanying the retail release of Dante’s Inferno is a trailer for the game’s upcoming downloadable content pack, The Trials of Saint Lucia.

Available on the 29th of April, the pack adds a new character, online co-operative play and player-created trials.

In the game, Dante must pass a series of trials – gameplay challenges similar to set-piece achievements – before advancing into the blackest depths of Hell. With the DLC, players will be able to create their own versions of these and upload them to a community site where they’ll be ranked.

Dante's Inferno demo announced

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:02:00 +1300

Visceral Games and Electronic Arts have today announced that the playable demo for Dante’s Inferno will be available as a free download on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live on December 24.

Dante’s Inferno takes gamers on a quest through hell, in an adaptation of part one of Dante Alighieri’s poem, The Divine Comedy. The ‘Gates of Hell’ demo includes the entire opening level and gives gamers a taste of the odyssey to come in the Nine Circles of Hell as depicted in the full game.

In the demo of Dante’s Inferno, players are introduced to Dante Alighieri’s re-imagined past as a crusader who returns home to Florence to discover his true love, Beatrice, murdered. As her soul escapes her body, she is kidnapped by the dark shadow form of Lucifer. Sworn to her rescue, Dante must journey to the Gates of Hell and beyond to battle undead monstrosities, unholy boss demons, and Death himself. Offering a glimpse into the world of Dante’s Inferno, the demo serves as a prelude to the player’s journey to the inner bowels of hell.

Dante’s Inferno demo in December

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:09:00 +1300

Visceral Games have announced this morning that a playable demo of Dante’s Inferno will be available on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in December.

The ‘Gates of Hell’ demo will allow players to control the namesake character, Dante Alighieri, as he descends from the surface to the threshold of Hell in a battle that will culminate in an encounter with Death.

Dante's Inferno dev diary released

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:49:00 +1300

Electronic Arts have released a new developer diary for Dante's Inferno. This time, it's about how anger affects the development of the title, and the creation of the weapons.

Dante's Inferno GamesCom 2009 trailer

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:23:00 +1200

Electronic Arts have released this GamesCom trailer for Dante's Inferno, and have announced that the title will be available Feb 9 in North America and Feb 12 in Europe.

Dante's Inferno

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:58:00 +1300

Arriving at the offices of Electronic Arts NZ for a Dante's Inferno video conference, I wasn't quite sure what to expect.

There's been little discussion around this new venture for EA's Redwood Shores studio, other than the obvious association with the medieval text known as The Divine Comedy.

Written by Florentine poet Dante Alighieri in the early 14th century, this remarkable work of literature formed the basis for the medieval worldview of the afterlife, and painted a pretty grim picture of what lied in wait for those who strayed from the path of good. Hell, as depicted by Dante, consisted of nine concentric circles, each worse the one one preceding it, where sinners would be punished according to their particular sin. For all eternity. Which, in the words of Rowan Atkinson, is "a heck of a long time".