Go To Hell With EA's "Dante's Inferno"...

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Electronic Arts Inc. reports that the new action adventure game "Dante’s Inferno" will be available for the PSP (Sony PlayStation Portable).

Based on part one of author Dante Alighieri’s classic story "The Divine Comedy", EA’s "Dante’s Inferno" will also take players on an epic adventure through Dante’s famously mapped nine circles of hell.

"...An abducted soul. A lifetime of sins. A journey to the depths of despair. Based on the immensely influential classic poem, Dante’s Inferno takes you on an epic quest of vengeance and redemption through the Nine Circles of Hell. You are Dante, a veteran of the Crusades who must chase his beloved Beatrice and try to free her soul from Lucifer’s grasp. As your pursuit takes you deeper into the pits of Hell, you must battle ever more fierce and hideous monsters—while also facing your own sins, a dark family past, and your unforgivable war crimes..."

"Dante’s Inferno" will be available simultaneously for the PSP, the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360 videogame/entertainment system next year.

"Dante’s Inferno" for the PSP is being developed by EA’s Redwood Shores studio and Artificial Mind and Movement (A2M), based in Montreal, Quebec.

"Our team and the team at A2M are taking the vision for Dante’s Inferno and translating it directly to the PSP,” said Jonathan Knight, executive producer/creative director on "Dante’s Inferno".

"PSP owners can expect to get the same level of fast, responsive gameplay through all nine detailed and unique circles of hell we are aiming to achieve on the consoles.”

Alighieri’s 'Dante’s Inferno' is widely credited for being the work that has defined the western world’s contemporary conception of hell and purgatory. Just like the poem, players of EA’s 3rd person action adventure game will descend through all nine circles of hell: limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery, playing as 'Dante' as they battle through a gauntlet of unimaginable evils, fighting to recapture the soul of his beloved 'Beatrice'..."