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Visceral Games: Controversy is 'exciting'
Dante's developer finds media attention exciting, hopes to "persuade all the doubters" when the game comes out.
Written by David Scammell, 15 January 2010
Visceral Games has reacted to the controversy provoked by their upcoming action game Dante's Inferno, saying that "controversy is exciting".
Talking to GamerZines in an interview due to be published next week, a spokesperson for Visceral said:
"Most people working on the game are intensely competitive gamers, with thick skins, so the controversy is exciting. We love it when people play the game and are surprised at how solid it is. We hope and expect to persuade all the doubters when the game comes out."
Dante's Inferno has already hit the headlines multiple times for publicity stunts pulled by publisher EA.
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Then later in September, EA sent out $200 cheques to US video game reviewers along with a note saying:
"In Dante's Inferno, Greed is a two-headed beast. Hoarding wealth feeds on beast and squandering it satiates the other. By cashing this check you succumb to avarice by harding filthy lucre, but by not cashing it, you waste it, and thereby surrender to prodigality. Make your choice and suffer the consequence for your sin. And scoff not, for consequences are imminent."
Kotaku's Brian Crecente publicly burned the cheque in a video published on YouTube.
And again, in October, Dante's hit the news when its Bad Nanny achievement/trophy sparked a row with the International Nanny Organisation, who claimed that the game promoted violence and asked that the game had elements omitted. Their request was denied.
Dante's Inferno releases on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PSP on February 5th.
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