It seems hints of the Devil May Cry 4 demo's launch left on the official site mislead us - you'll be playing the game tomorrow, Capcom has confirmed, not next week. "The Devil May Cry 4 demo you've heard about will be up on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network this Thursday, January 24, 2008," says Capcom, before going on to reveal that the giant fire beast thing we keep seeing will be in the demo. Capcom says that while the demo will also go live tomorrow on the European Xbox Live Marketplace, ... » Read More

Capcom UK has told CVG that while the demo will also go live tomorrow on the European Xbox Live Marketplace, the Euro PSN Store won't get it until January 31.
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Take the Devil Bringer for a spin this week.
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Gamasutra reports that this week's top rental charts from U.S. game rental company GameFly, representing the most requested games for the week ending January 21st, highlight both to-be-released and already released games.

Burnout Paradise speeds into the top spot after spending last week at number three, displacing three-week leader Kingdom Under Fire: Circle Of Doom, which tumbles all the way down to tenth place.

Capcom's Devil May Cry 4, slated to release February 5th, makes the top five twice -- the Xbox 360 SKU in second position, and the PS3 SKU in fourth. In between them, holding the third spot, is the Xbox 360 SKU of Turok, while No More Heroes enters the charts in fifth.

Overall:

1) Burnout Paradise (360)
2) Devil May Cry 4 (360)
3) Turok (360)
4) Devil May Cry 4 (PS3)
5) No More Heroes (Wii)

Xbox 360

1. Burnout Paradise (Electronic Arts)
2. Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom)
3. Turok (Touchstone)
4. Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)

Nintendo Wii

1. No More Heroes (Ubisoft)
2. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
3. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
5. Endless Ocean (Nintendo)

PlayStation 3

1. Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom)
2. Burnout Paradise (Electronic Arts)
3. Turok (Touchstone)
4. Unreal Tournament III (Midway)
5. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Sony)
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Ripten:

"Want to get your mits on a Devil May Cry 4 demo as soon as possible and don't care what language it's in? Get your Japan accounts up and running, because it's coming this Thursday."
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DMC4 street date is broken in Europe. Polish gaming blog Polygamia reports that the Xbox 360 version of the game can be easily bought out of internet auctions and some shops.
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The latest interweb gossip from the official Japanese Capcom boards suggests that a demo of the highly anticipated Devil May Cry 4, will be arriving on the XBL marketplace (Japanese only at the moment) on Thursday.
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A new official website for Devil May Cry 4 has launched, counting down the days to the game's February 8 launch, and teasing us with details of the upcoming demo. Update: At first glance it appears the site only commits to saying the demo is "coming soon". But click into the 'widget' section of the site and you can see clearly confirmation that the demo will be out on January 31, sneakily tucked away in the preview image of said widget. A mistake? Possibly (Cheers to reader Falko for the ... » Read More

onAXIS: "The official English website for Capcom's upcoming title, Devil May Cry 4. The game is coming out in February 2008, and it's just about time for the site to let loose.

The new website reveals that the online Devil May Cry 4 demo is coming the the PLAYSTATION Store and Xbox Live Marketplace on January 31, 2008. Those expecting tomorrow, you can stop now."
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(1) Exterminator: players can do whatever the hell they want and get as far as they want within 10 minutes.

(2) Exterminator: You get to play thru the snow area and beat the boss (Berial)note: if you play fast enough, you can get to Berial while playing Exterminator mode.
- elemental change when DT? By element, I'm not sure if they meant water
- fire-etc or if they meant move change
- that new guy is called "One-Eyed Dark Swordsman" for now
- OEDS can (1) summon demons (2) use sword attacks (3) sucks Nero's stamina (4) mysterious attack
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Tipster Damiano sends word that EB Games Australia has info up on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 Collector's Edition boxes of Devil May Cry 4. However, according to the site, it looks like Australian gamers are getting a significantly cut down Collectors Edition compared to the US.
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According to the official Capcom blog, 100 total copies of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Devil May Cry 4 Collector's Edition will come personally signed in shiny, silvery ink by the game's producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi. The signed copies will be randomly distributed across the US to a number of retailers and distributors.

In addition, all copies of Devil May Cry 4 Collector's Edition will include Volume One of the Devil May Cry Anime (four episodes in two hours), the making of DVD with the game producer, digital art book and music soundtrack in a special Steelbook case.
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Gameplayer has got wind of a pricing difference between the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Devil May Cry 4 and examines this growing trend in the marketplace.

"This news joins a disturbing trend. We already know that GTA will cost more on PS3; each new price disparity announcement suggests the problem is systemic."
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Amazon.co.uk has released images of the Devil May Cry 4 Limited Edition Steelbook case, as well as the "Art of the Devil" artbook.
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In this month's issue of Famitsu, a popular Japanese magazine, they reveal that Capcom will be including exclusive features in the PS3 version of Devil May Cry 4. Some of these new features include; 5.1 LPCM audio, PSN support, and the option to install data to the hard drive. Apparently though, game data takes up 5GB of storage, but on the bright side of things, it removes all load times in the game.
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PlayStation 3 isn't the only system getting some bundle love from Capcom. Microsoft Japan announced today the Xbox 360 Devil May Cry 4 Premium Pack, a hardware bundle that combines the 360 with the latest installment of Capcom's dramatic action hack-n-slasher.

The Japan-only bundle includes a Xbox 360 Standard Model, which is the Japanese version of America's Premium Pack, complete with a 20 gigabyte hard disk, wireless controller, media remote, HD AV cables and LAN cable. All hardware units in the bundle will have HDMI ports, so you'll get to experience the included retail copy of DMC4 in digital bliss.

All this in a special DMC4-themed box, for just 37,800 yen ($ 331, € 230)! In addition to being a 4,000 ($ 35, € 24) yen discount over buying the system and game separately, this price is exactly 10,000 yen ($ 88, € 61) less than the recently announced PS3 bundle, providing some incentive for DMC fans to jump in.
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1UP Staff, 12/23/2007:

"We really should hate attending the Jump Festa videogame and comic show. But the promise of Square Enix titles making their playable debut is way too much to pass up."

"At this year's event, open to the public on Saturday and Sunday, Square Enix was once again the main attraction for the videogame crowd. With the promise of playable debuts for the Final Fantasy fighting game for PSP, Final Fantasy: Dissidia, the new DS Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, and the new mobile Final Fantasy IV spinoff, Final Fantasy IV: The After."

"This year's showcase had Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy XIII sandwiching short clips of the Parasite Eve mobile sequel and the Blu-ray version of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children."

In addition, Sega, Capcom, Bandai Namco, Nintendo, and Microsoft all have booths at the Jump Festa this year. 1UP's report briefly covers all of them.
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Devil May Cry 4 represents a series evolution rather than anything truly new but for many, that will be more than enough to generate excitement - after all, it's one of the most stylish, intense combat action games around & to add to the anticipation there are 46 achievements with a total of 1000 points:
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Dec 21, 2007 A couple weeks ago, we ran a preview of Devil May Cry 4 that mentioned offhandedly that the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game, based on our brief time with them, looked and played identically. Unsurprisingly, this prompted a few readers to crawl slowly out of the woodwork, chanting in arcane rhythms about "framerate" and "processing power" and "memory" and generally calling bullshit on our assertion. Having finally received near-complete versions of the game from Capcom, ... » Read More