
Lucia as a playable character.īefore the game's release, Dante's Inferno underwent a prominent, elaborate, and at times controversial marketing campaign led by the game's publisher Electronic Arts. Some downloadable contents were subsequently released, including Dark Forest, a prequel story, and Trials of St. Many attack combinations and abilities can be unlocked in exchange for souls, an in-game currency that is collected upon defeating enemies. His primary weapon is a scythe that can be used in a series of combination attacks and finishing moves.

In the game, players control Dante from a third-person perspective. It follows Dante, imagined as a Templar knight from The Crusades, who, guided by the spirit of the poet Virgil, must fight through the nine Circles of Hell to rescue Beatrice from the clutches of Lucifer himself. The game's story is loosely based on Inferno, the first canticle of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. The PlayStation Portable version was developed by Artificial Mind and Movement. The game was released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PlayStation Portable in February 2010. Dante's Inferno is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts.
