Tim Brinkhof, “Inside Dante’s Purgatorio, the Cancelled Sequel to EA’s Dante’s Inferno” (2025)
“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. […]” —IGN (November 5, 2025)
Sighting Citation:
“Tim Brinkhof, “Inside Dante’s Purgatorio, the Cancelled Sequel to EA’s Dante’s Inferno” (2025).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. November 10, 2025. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/tim-brinkhof-inside-dantes-purgatorio-the-cancelled-sequel-to-eas-dantes-inferno/.
Posted November 10, 2025
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