The Dark Forest will add a prequel level to Dante's Inferno next month, and thanks to a short video in the game disc, now we know of a second, currently downloadable add-on soon that will not only send us back to Hell, but also retrofit some gameplay features in.
The Trials of St. Lucia is a new expansion that will be adding multiplayer co-op, player-created content, and a new character in St. Lucia of Syracuse to Dante's Inferno, and it'll be available on April 29th, confirms the trailer.
Senior producer Hans ten Cate says, "At the heart of it, there's an easy-to-use full-featured game editor that you can custom create trials, adding waves of enemies, including enemies from the full game, as well as some enemies like the Summoner which are exclusive to Trials of St. Lucia. ... Because the trials exist on our online server, players can [upload and] download them, rate the trials as well as the creators who then individually score on the leaderboards."
"We also have this feature, an co-op online mode, that allows two players to team up as either Dante, or St. Lucia."
An interesting road to venture down for this type of game. This will be something to look out for. It's not known if the Trials were a feature cut from the main game, or if this was crafted specifically for post-release. Sadly, no price has been set yet.
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