Inside Dante’s Purgatorio, the Cancelled Sequel to EA’s Dante’s Inferno

Inside Dante’s Purgatorio, the Cancelled Sequel to EA’s Dante’s Inferno

Dante’s Inferno celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Not that there’s been any fireworks or cake. Visceral Games’ 2010 hack-and-slash, which saw a crusader named Dante battle through the nine circles of Hell in an attempt to save his fiancee Beatrice from Lucifer, didn’t leave the massive, zeitgeist-defining impact that publisher EA had hoped for. Plans for an even bigger, more ambitious sequel were unceremoniously laid to rest.For more th…