The Dante’s Inferno animated feature taps the work of the creative teams behind those anime greats to bring EA’s vision of the original epic poem. I like the look of what they’ve come up with so far, but I think there needs to be a bit more screaming of the name Beatrice before I can really take it seriously.

The actual lyrics for the “Eyes of a Panther” chorus are “She’s got the eyes of a panther – She’s got lips like Satan – She’s got the eyes of a panther – And you’ll soon be matin’”. It loses something when you strip out Satan and matin’, but I suppose there are rules you need to follow when making an official video game trailer.

Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner says that one of the first things lost in translation from video game to film is gameplay. But the Prince of Persia film hopes to dodge that bullet with its action/adventure genre label.

You can see from the trailer just how much of that “action/adventure” thrust comes from what look like platforming puzzles writ large with Jake Gyllenhaal. Those of you who played the Sands of Time games though, will be expecting a lot more than just jumping around. You want to see time rewinding and sand monsters, don’t you?

Well, too bad, says Mechner. To get the whole time-rewinding mechanic into the movie, some things had to be changed or cut completely.

“In the movie, the [Dagger of Time]’s powers are much more limited,” he said. If they’d left it the same, after all, the Prince would be omnipotent and the plot would get mighty boring.

So instead, there will be “consequences” for using the Dagger and there won’t be sand monsters Jake Gyllenhaal fights to recharge it.

Sadly, Mechner wouldn’t say what kind, with whom there would be or how many “boss fights” we could expect to see in the film. But he did say that producer Jerry Bruckheimer — that master of big, big action/adventure movies — knows what he’s doing when it comes to creating an experience that everybody including non-gamers will be into. And because it’s set in a sort of sub-genre of “1001 Arabian Nights” action/adventure, Prince of Persia the movie will probably go a long way toward appealing to the Pirates of the Caribbean-starved masses.

If only we could count on it to unseat Twilight. Alas, I’m not seeing much chemistry between Gemma Arterton and Jake Gyllenhaal in the trailer’s banter snippets.

What do you make of the trailer?

P.S. No, Mechner didn’t say anything about film sequels. However, he did say Ubisoft has something big planned to announce in conjunction with the film’s marketing as the release date draws nearer. Dare we hope for a video game sequel?

Rockstar has just issued the final character trailer for the second Episode From Liberty City. It introduces Luis Lopez, the playable character and personal bodyguard to Gay Tony himself.

The Ballad of Gay Tony is out today as a download via Xbox Live or on disc in the Episodes From Liberty City bundle with The Lost And Damned.

Wait to see the latest Left 4 Dead 2 cinematic trailer? Wait, my ass, ’cause this pre-rendered introduction to the people, places and infected things of Valve’s sequel has “leaked” a bit early.

Don’t expect to see too much new here, but at least you’ll get a look at portions of the “Hard Rain” and “Dead Center” campaigns, also previously leaked. While poring it over, there’s only one potential new addition, as trucker hat enthusiast Ellis has his shotgun knocked away by one of the infected, just before getting tongue lashed by a Smoker — which, by the way, looks to be cosmetically unchanged from his northern buddies.

Of course, things can change and there may be nothing more to this that cinematic flair, but … I’ll stop typing. Just watch the clip. Again and again and again.

This Need for Speed: Nitro Trailer is very likely the closest I’ll ever get to Rio de Janeiro — and as virtual tourism goes, it doesn’t look half-bad.

NFS: Nitro ships November 3, two whole weeks ahead of schedule and with a heck of a lot of fancy cars. If the Wii is where you get your racing game kicks, be sure to check it out.

And can anyone tell me if the giant, crumbling Jesus statue in the trailer for 2012 is the one in Rio de Janeiro? I’m not too familiar with the landmarks, so I guess it could be some other place where Jesus has a statue on top of a hill.

I think my favourite Psylocke moment is when she breaks up with Archangel because they’re “too different.” I mean, come on — that’s lamer than the “I think we should see other people” breakup line. Especially so because they’re both X-Men; being “too different” is kind of their thing.

Anyway, here’s a trailer:

“Infamy,” the heavily anticipated Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2 trailer is now live on Infinity Ward’s site. In it, a narration of the biblical story of the first murder introduces sequences that depict Washington under seige.

You may view it there. When we have it available it’ll be embedded here.

Modern Warfare 2: Infamy [Infinity Ward]

With Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition, Capcom is bringing RE5 to the PS3 with new content and PS3 Wand controls. The game is also coming to the Xbox 360 as a “director’s cut” — minus said PS3 wand controls.

Starring Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield, the new mission is another 2 hours of content and takes place three years before the main plot line of Resident Evil 5.

The updated version of RE5 will be released next spring in Japan.