EA Redwood Shores' Dante's Inferno Coming to Sony's PlayStation
Portable Alongside PLAYSTATION 3 and Xbox 360
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Apr 22, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that its highly
anticipated action adventure game Dante's InfernoTM
will be coming to the PSP(R) (Sony PlayStation(R) Portable). Based on part
one of Dante Alighieri's classic, "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. Dante's Inferno will be
available simultaneously for the PSP, the PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer
entertainment system and the Xbox 360(R) videogame and entertainment
system next year.
Dante's Inferno for the PSP is being developed by EA's
award-winning EA Redwood Shores studio and Artificial Mind and Movement
(A2M), based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
"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 and 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.
Dante's Inferno has not yet been rated by the ESRB or PEGI. For
more information about Dante's Inferno, please visit www.dantesinferno.com.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is
the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded
in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular
handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA SPORTS
Freestyle TM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2008, EA posted
GAAP net revenue of $3.67 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than
one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com.
More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can
be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS FREESTYLE, POGO and Dante's Inferno are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S.
and/or other countries. Microsoft, Xbox and Xbox 360 are trademarks of
the Microsoft group of companies and are used under license from
Microsoft. "PlayStation", "PLAYSTATION" and "PSP" are registered
trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.
EA Games Label
Andrew Wong, 650-628-2781
PR Manager
awong@ea.com
Tammy Schachter, 650-628-7223
Senior PR Director
tschachter@ea.com
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