PS3 gets Dante's Inferno demo first

  • Posted December 1st, 2009 at 18:39 EDT by Adam Dolge
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PlayStation 3 owners will get the first crack at a free demo for Dante’s Inferno, EA announced today. The free demo, which we announced last month, will hit the PlayStation Network on December 10 followed by a release on Xbox LIVE on December 24. The demo includes the entire first level.

The ‘Gates of Hell’ demo will help introduce you to the main character, and show off the game’s action and combat. This hack-n-slash game will pin you against hordes of enemies in your quest to battle Death. After defeating Death, you’ll take over his scythe, a powerful holy cross, and head into the Gates of Hell.

“The world of Alighieri’s Dante’s Inferno is such a rich, detailed, and often alarming universe, that all of us at Visceral Games put our hearts, and dare I say souls, into creating something truly intense and exciting,” said executive producer Jonathan Knight. “We hope gamers enjoy this tease of hell, and come away from the experience lusting for more when the game comes out on February 9.”

The game is being developed by Visceral Games, which was the team behind Dead Space. You can expect Dante’s Inferno to run at a blazing-fast 60 frames per second with unique environments for every level of hell.

Look for the demo on PS3 on December 10, and the North American release on February 9, 2009 and in Europe on February 12, 2010. The game will be available on PS3, Xbox 360, and the PSP.

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  1. dc89 | Stiss

    • 6:42pm GMT - December 1st, 2009

     Having never played a GoW game what should I get.  This or GoW III? 

    Videos for this are really... demented. 

  2. edward_moffet | edd

    • 6:43pm GMT - December 1st, 2009

     Exclusive demos are lame. No matter what console they're for. On another note, i'm kind of curious about this game so it's good to hear that there will be a demo soon.

  3. Kain_Z7 | KainZ7

    • 6:47pm GMT - December 1st, 2009

    im going to get if it dont have online multiplayer, im missing offline games... :

  4. Kostchtchie

    • 6:56pm GMT - December 1st, 2009

    cant wait to play this

  5. NYFAN75 | NYFAN75

    • 7:08pm GMT - December 1st, 2009

    WOW We should had this game last Febuary LOL

  6. Liicence

    • 7:20pm GMT - December 1st, 2009

    The demo should be fun, I like The Devine Comedy and want to see how it is represented in the game

    @ 1 you should get GoW III

     

  7. tanner1 | OB1K

    • 7:26pm GMT - December 1st, 2009

    About time the ps3 owners dont have to play 2nd fiddle

  8. jfkgoblue | jfkgoblue

    • 7:36pm GMT - December 1st, 2009

    @1 are you serious?  get GOWIII, would you rather have the real thing or the ripoff? seriously lol...

  9. jakster123x | jakster123x

    • 7:43pm GMT - December 1st, 2009

    have read a lot about this, but look forward to actually getting my hands on it

  10. Masked Maniac | Masked_Maniac

    • 8:35pm GMT - December 1st, 2009

    I must say, i'm liking how we are now getting the exclusive betas and early demos. It's a pretty nice change.

  11. hush404 | hush404

    • 8:57pm GMT - December 1st, 2009

    No doubt it's a ploy to try and get people to move their attention from GoW3 to this game. Honestly I doubt anyone can trumpt Kratos... but this game does look good, so a demo I will try :)

  12. Charon | WuDevious

    • 10:24pm GMT - December 1st, 2009

    good stuff!

  13. jaewest304 | jaewest304

    • 10:28pm GMT - December 1st, 2009

    I was gonna buy it anyway...just not until loooooong after release and this demo wont change that, unless it sucks then it will lead to me not buying it at all

  14. Oatmeal | NEJI64

    • 10:29pm GMT - December 1st, 2009

    i said they was riding off GoW wagon since when EA release a demo of a new IP 2 months before its release.

    @2 i agree and exclusive DLC is even dumber mainly if its a third party game. 

  15. stovich | TasteLikeBurning

    • 10:43pm GMT - December 1st, 2009

    Hush404 nailed it. Not to mention that it's coming out the month before GoW3. I already have my preorder in for Kratos, but I'll still try the demo. I'm interested in seeing their formula.

     

    (Putting on my conspiracy cap for a moment):

    I'm thinking that the real reason for this games existence is to test the waters on the 360. Mainly because this is the closest thing to GoW on that platform. If it does well, you can bet m$ will be knocking on their door with a check. It's hit or miss on the PS3 since GoW is already the gold standard. Ms is hoping our platform vanity will get the better of us so they can easily convince EA to make subsequent Dante installments exclusive to the 360. Presto!: more platform rivalry.

  16. Jules909 | jules909

    • 11:19pm GMT - December 1st, 2009

    Looking forward to this big time. have never played GOW but will be getting the collection and GOW3 as soon as they're availeable in Europe. I'd say this will be great though as so far it looks real good and is from the same team who made Dead Space, what a game that was!

  17. FLTURNPIKE

    • 11:27pm GMT - December 1st, 2009

    MS is putting it on PS3 first because they are seeing the sales of the PS3 going throu the roof. Just laast week the PS3 sold over 400,000 throu black friday week. and I dont know if that is only in US or not but they see us taking over again. Smart move MS you know the real system.

  18. Silentkiller223

    • 12:29am GMT - December 2nd, 2009

    holy crap..christmas all over again,lol with this and GoW3, MAG, and all the other good games coming out...

  19. Windu88

    • 1:56am GMT - December 2nd, 2009

    Kool! Can't  wait.

  20. cre1980

    • 2:31am GMT - December 2nd, 2009

    @STOVICH

     

    If your conspiracy thoery turns out to be true, Microc**** can have this GOW wannabe.

    GOW3 will set a new standard in the action/adventure/hack&slash genre.

  21. Sub-stance1 | Ironranger6

    • 3:23am GMT - December 2nd, 2009

    Cant wait for this demo...Gonna get this for  the 360 when it releases.

  22. Deadlyskill666 | G_K_T_G

    • 3:48am GMT - December 2nd, 2009

    Awsome

     

  23. HyruleKing83 | CobraKai83

    • 5:37am GMT - December 2nd, 2009

     I hope this game is good... can't wait to try out the demo...glad we're getting it 1st

  24. Godjano | godjano

    • 7:01am GMT - December 2nd, 2009

    I agree with most of you, this game is going to be good but so close to GOW3???? I have to try the demo and it better has to be a really good game to glue me for the time to fill before Kratos comes and smacks it aside.

     

    #16 if you haven't played GOW yet and are waiting for the collection to arrive to Europe I will recommend to import it and enjoy it, it is AWESOME!!!!

  25. DreDayDetox | DreDayDetox

    • 8:17am GMT - December 2nd, 2009

    this is great news...this company seems to be in favor of the ps3...this is good, we can hopefully expect an exclusive game from them on ps3 in the near future

  26. Nosophoros_X

    • 11:33am GMT - December 2nd, 2009

    Nice!

  27. camo | camo_kill

    • 12:25pm GMT - December 2nd, 2009

    I hope it's not being released on the PS3 first because the Xbox one looks better and the obvious comparisons will be made...

     

    the again, there wasn't much difference with deadspace.

     

    Can't wait!

  28. juanvaldez

    • 5:39pm GMT - December 2nd, 2009

    This game could be cool, it will likely we a GOW wannabe, but thats not a bad thing. If I had to choose between them Id stick with GOW3, but ill likely play both.

  29. Mr-Camera-Man

    • 7:22pm GMT - December 2nd, 2009

    i'm wondering about this game. i wouldnt have shown any interest in it if it werent for the fact its from the makers of dead space. but i will give the demo a try at least.

  30. sosa2123

    • 5:52am GMT - December 3rd, 2009

     wow a lot of people say this game is a God of War wanna be and yet a lot of other people say God of War is a Devil May Cry wanna be

  31. iceveiled

    • 3:43pm GMT - December 3rd, 2009

    Didn't this demo already come with the God of War collection?  Oh wait....

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