Dante's Inferno DLC to include co-op and level editor

Thanks to a apparently leaked video appearing on French video game site Playscope, details of a planned downloadable content pack for Dante's Inferno have emerged, revealing cooperative multiplayer and customizable content creation for the game, set for release on April 29. According to senior producer Hans ten Cate in the video, "you can custom create trials adding waves of enemies from the core game as well as enemies like The Summoner which are exclusive to the Trials of St. Lucia." These levels will then exist on the game's servers and will be able to be shared with other players who can rate and rank the creations.

The co-op play allows players to play as Dante or St. Lucia. So...who is St. Lucia? "St. Lucia of Syracuse is a third century Christian martyr who has her eyes plucked out because she refuses to marry her pagan suitor," says Jonathan Knight, the executive producer on the game. "She's mentioned in The Divine Comedy a couple of times, including at the beginning of Inferno and she's kind of Dante's guardian angel."

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Thanks to a apparently leaked video appearing on French video game site Playscope, details of a planned downloadable content pack for Dante's Inferno have emerged, revealing cooperative multiplayer and customizable content creation for the game, set for release on April 29. According to senior producer Hans ten Cate in the video, "you can custom create trials adding waves of enemies from the core game as well as enemies like The Summoner which are exclusive to the Trials of St. Lucia." These levels will then exist on the game's servers and will be able to be shared with other players who can rate and rank the creations.

The co-op play allows players to play as Dante or St. Lucia. So...who is St. Lucia? "St. Lucia of Syracuse is a third century Christian martyr who has her eyes plucked out because she refuses to marry her pagan suitor," says Jonathan Knight, the executive producer on the game. "She's mentioned in The Divine Comedy a couple of times, including at the beginning of Inferno and she's kind of Dante's guardian angel."