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An abducted soul, a lifetime of sins, a journey to the depths of
despair. Electronic Arts Inc. announced today that EA Redwood
Shores, the studio behind hit horror game Dead Space, is
making Dante’s Inferno – a Third-Person Action/Adventure
adaptation of the medieval epic poem The Divine Comedy by
Dante Alighieri. The dark fiction gave birth to the Tuscan Italian
dialect and is widely considered to have defined the western world’s
contemporary conception of hell and purgatory. The poem tells the
tale of Dante who journeys through the twisted, menacing nine
circles of hell in pursuit of his beloved Beatrice.
Written in the 14th Century, The Divine Comedy was published
and read aloud in Italian (unlike the Bible), thereby making the
poem accessible to the mass public. The poem delivers a striking and
allegorical vision of the Christian afterlife and the punishments of
hell. In part one, known as Dante’s Inferno, Dante traverses
all nine circles of hell; limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, wrath,
heresy, violence, fraud and treachery.
“The time is right for the world of interactive entertainment to
adapt this literary masterpiece, and to re-introduce Dante to an
audience that, until now, may have been unfamiliar with the
remarkable details of this great work of art,” said Jonathan Knight,
executive producer for Dante’s Inferno. “It’s the perfect
opportunity to fuse great gameplay with great story.” |
