GamesRadar - Devil May Cry

The evolution of Japanese game commercials (Feature)

Sep 3, 2009

Japan has a well-earned reputation for daft, brilliant and disturbingly odd TV game commercials, but it took a long (sometimes painful) evolution along a course signposted by geeky TV celebs in bad jumpers during the 1980s and PlayStation-sophistication in the 1990s, for that rep to be won and maintained.

Back at the end of the 1970s, Japanese gamecorps started trying to convince their public that games were not something to be afraid ...

Before and after: the games that changed during development (Feature)

Jun 15, 2009

Splinter Cell Conviction

Sam Fisher’s gone through some midlife crisis-sized changes over the past couple of years. One minute he’s a tortured emo agent on the run, with as little respect for the law as he does for kept facial hair. The next he’s a malicious murderer, who makes Jack Bauer look like Jack Osborne.

Above: From badly groomed to just plain bad

The Conviction of 2007 has heavy influences from ...

1UP: Hideki Kamiya Profile (News)

May 29, 2009

1UP interviewed Kamiya at the time, and have rarely seen a game developer so happy. He was cracking inside jokes with other Platinum staff, making bold claims about his game, and seemed more interested in having fun than doing traditional bullet point interviews. It was a flashy event, complete with fireworks over the ocean, made particularly meaningful for Kamiya because just short of 15 years before that, he applied for a job at Sega and got turned down.

Why Japanese game ads are the best in the world (Feature)

Apr 3, 2009

Our eyeballs have been sullied by hateful Western game ads for too long now. Our retinas simply can’t stand anymore of this…

Want us to buy your titles giant corporations? Show us middle-aged businessman fighting for survival in the wilderness, wronged women attacking men with bouquets or a couple in gold body paint hugging on public transport. It sounds like madness, but it’s clearly a sound business strategy. ...

Capcom All-Time Sales Data (News)

Nov 12, 2008

Capcom updated their all-time sales data at their investor relations site. Notably, two PSP games are in the top 10 (both Monster Hunter) and Devil May Cry 4 weighs in at 8th.

Crazy-ass Devil May Cry bosses (Feature)

Apr 24, 2007

If a man defines himself by his enemies, then Devil May Crys Dante must be borderline schizophrenic. One minute hes fighting hells lava-spewing minions - the next hes shooting a giant canary on a pirate ship. Before lunch hes murdering hordes of marionettes - afterwards hes slicing up an orangutan in an abandoned train station. In a world of increasingly humanoid bosses, Devil May Cry takes the grand old tradition of packing some of the most misshapen, misguided and mental bosses possible into ...

Most wanted future Capcom releases (News)

Jan 28, 2007

A recent poll on the official Capcom website suggests that gamers are most looking forward to Resident Evil 5. Out of the five options to choose from, RE5 received over 50% of the total votes. Devil May Cry 4 was second with just over 20% of the votes followed by Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles on the Wii with 17%.

Devil May Cry Anime Coming (News)

Jan 2, 2007

Making its debut on the PS2 in 2001 and emerging as a highly successful franchise ever since, releasing a series of elaborated manga(Japanese comic books) and even in production for the fourth time as a PS3 actioner, the Devil May Cry series takes it to another media art form, and this time its the Japanese anime. A complete animated motion picture for the fans of gothic and stylistic action mayhem.

Capcom and Koei launch Japanese PS3 offensive (News)

Sep 11, 2006

Several of Capcom and Koei's PlayStation 3 titles will be playable at next week's Tokyo Game Show, while Capcom has also spoken of new game announcements.

With expectation starting to build ahead of Tokyo's annual showcase, Capcom has pledged 12 demo units of Devil May Cry 4, while Koei aims to have playable versions of some of its PS3 titles on-hand, likely to include Fatal Inertia (a launch title), Bladestorm, Ni-Oh and Mahjong Taikai IV.

Koei will also be demonstrating Samurai Warriors Wave for Nintendo Wii, while Capcom will be offering hands-on time with Xbox 360 exclusive Lost Planet, but with PlayStation 3 making its public playable debut in Japan the Sony console is understandably the focus.

Devil May Cry FAQ (FAQ)

Jun 5, 2008

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Devil May Cry (Trial Edition) (Cheat)

Jan 23, 2006

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How to beat Sparta (Hint)

Jan 23, 2006

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