Dante’s Inferno by the Developers of Dead Space

Electronic Arts has announced that the makers behind the survival-horror title Dead Space, EA Redwood Shores, would be developing Dante’s Inferno, a third person action adventure title based on the epic medieval poem ‘The Divine Comedy’ by Dante Alighieri.

A short history lesson. The dark fiction gave birth to the Tuscan Italian dialect and its widely considered to have defined the western perspective of the contemporary conception of hell and purgatory.

Written in the 14th century, The Divine Comedy was published and read aloud in Italian, therefore making the poem accessible to a mass public. The poem provides a starking and allegoical vision by juxtaposing the Christian afterlife to 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.”

Dante’s Inferno will be arriving on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 next year.

The trailer.