Electronic Arts’ Dante’s Inferno will not be released in the Middle East.

EA didn’t even bother to submit the game to censors [URL=http://gameslatest.com/2010/02/07/middle-east-avoids-dantes-inferno/]reports GamesLatest[/URL], apparently realizing that a game focused on the nine circles of Hell would be destined for banning, much like the treatment [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/01/07/uae-bans-darksiders]Darksiders[/URL], [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/04/17/god-of-war-banned-in-united-arab-emirates]God of War[/URL] and [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/05/03/gta-iv-banned-in-uae]Grand Theft Auto IV[/URL] received in the past from the United Arab Emirates.

In a statement, EA said, “Electronic Arts has decided not to release Dante’s Inferno in the Middle East after an evaluation process which is based on consumer tastes, preferences, platform mix and other factors.”

If a circle of Hell had to be applied to this story, the First Circle appears most appropriate—Limbo.

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