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A Devil May Cry anime series is coming to Netflix soonSep 27, 2023 - PCGamesNDevil May Cry is a core video game series for many of us, allowing us to experience the forefront of battles against demonic hordes as Dante, a demon hunter looking to avenge his mother's murder by destroying the evil creatures. If you've played through the series yourself, then you also probably agree that Devil May Cry would make an incredible anime. Much like other Japanese classics such as Castlevania, Capcom's iconic series is getting an anime adaptation and it's coming soon to Netflix. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Latest Humble Bundle sees Sega, Capcom, and Atlus join forces Here's how Vergil, Trish and Lady kick demon butt in Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition Spawn Point: a guide to spectacle fightersMay 17, 2019 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun Welcome back to Spawn Point, where we take something wonderful from the world of gaming and explain what it is, why it s worth your time and how to get involved. This time, we look at Spectacle Fighters , or Character Action Games if you like your genre names vague and uselessly ambiguous. What s so spectacular about these fighters, then? It s Spectacle Fighters, a genre of mostly third-person action games that focuses on the visual spectacle of combat above all else. These are games designed to make you both feel and look like a badass through a huge range of freedom in combat options. They also tend to rate your performance with a score, rank or grade of some kind, usually from D through to S. (more…) Midweek Madness - Ninja Theory Developer Sale, 50-75% OffMay 14, 2019 - AnnouncementSave 50% to 75% on titles developed by Ninja Theory!* *Offers end May 17 at 10AM Pacific Time Midweek Madness - DmC: Devil May Cry, 75% OffDec 12, 2017 - Product ReleaseSave up to 75% on Devil May Cry games during this week's Midweek Madness*! *Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time Capcom Publisher Weekend - Up to 80% off!May 14, 2015 - AnnouncementThe Capcom Publisher Weekend is on now, with deals up to 80% off on great games and franchises like Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Dead Rising, Devil May Cry, Ducktales, Strider, and more! The Ninja Theory Of Everything: HellbladeJan 9, 2015 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunWhile the possibility of a second dose of delicious devil tears seems unlikely, we can at least console ourselves with the knowledge that Ninja Theory’s next release, Hellblade, will be coming to PC. The studio once teased a follow-up to their first game, Heavenly Sword, but the sequel never appeared. Could a Hellblade be from the same fiction as a Heavenly Sword? Leading theologians say YES. There’s a video below but nobody runs up the side of a building that is also a demon while attacking the physical manifestation of jazz with a gun-whip so I’m not sure you should bother watching it. … Have You Played DmC: Devil May Cry?Dec 15, 2014 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunHave You Played? is an endless stream of game recommendations. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. It’s a mark of how much I enjoyed ridiculously named reboot DmC: Devil May Cry that I’m absolutely gutted because there’s no sign of a sequel. It was the daftest game I played in 2013 and one of the deftest as well. Having alienated many fans of the series before release, by featuring a different brand of posturing pretty man than they were used to, Ninja Theory’s gloriously over the top romp seemed doomed to fail, but it’s a beautifully barmy concoction. … The week’s highs and lows in PC gamingMay 9, 2014 - PC Gamer Every Friday the PC Gamer team revisits the week that was, turning the wheat into delicious bread and the chaff into What even is chaff? Can it be burned? Anyway, you know the drill: good stuff on page one, less so on page two THE HIGHS Tyler Wilde: Justice! After a monument to the players of Eve Online was vandalized at Fanfest, damaging public property and targeting another player whose name was scratched out, the culprits have been identified and permanently removed from the game. Legal action may be on the table, too, judging from CCP s initial statements. Fanfest is a celebration. I went last year and loved it, and loved all the Eve players I met, and it s a shame such a friendly community is being cast in such a poor light. They take the game very seriously, but they also know it s a game, and that all the piracy and betrayal is just part of the fun until a few take it too far. Scratching an art installation might seem like a minor crime, but CCP s firm response sends an important message: taking in-game rivalries into the real world is never OK. I m glad the vandals aren t getting away with it. Evan Lahti: We fundamentally have no idea what it ll be like, because zero lines of code have been laid for it yet, but jumpin giblets Unreal Tournament is finally awaking from its seven-year slumber. Epic s plan to couldn t be more promising; I m outlining the genius of its collaborative roadmap later today on the site. It ll be a return to our favorite gun in PC gaming and one of our favorite modes (Instagib), but might also bring another viable competitive shooter to the PC alongside CS:GO, which essentially stands alone in that category at the moment. Wes Fenlon: It's been a great week. Unreal Tournament is coming back as an honest-to-god free, not free-to-play, game, as Evan has already said right there above me. But the highlight of my week has definitely been our exclusive first look at Killing Floor 2. I spent about 12 hours at Tripwire's offices talking to them about the game and seeing it in action, and it was a blast to write about. I love that they're focused on a fairly underrepresented genre, the co-op wave-based shooter. And they're doing it the old-fashioned way Killing Floor 2 is a simple game that harks back to the shoot first, ask questions never style of 90s FPS. Of course, the technology they've worked into the game for procedural gore and permablood is all new. We talked about so much stuff, I ended up writing a separate short feature on Tripwire's approach to weapon design and breaking out a separate interview with John Gibson. I just wish they'd told me when the damn game was coming out. I want to play it. Phil Savage: I've been without internet this week and, besides suffering the occasional itch of phantom websites, it's been a good excuse to dip into my Steam backlog. The biggest surprise has been DmC. I'm not going to say it's the best third-person brawler I've played Bayonetta but whenever I felt like I was done with i...Midweek Madness - Capcom DLC SaleFeb 11, 2014 - AnnouncementSave up to 75% on select Capcom DLC during this week's Midweek Madness!* Click here to see all the deals. Featuring additional game modes, costumes, weapons, and more from: *Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time Capcom 30th Anniversary Character Encyclopedia available now!!Dec 11, 2013 - Community Announcements If you're a Capcom super-fan, be sure to check out the Capcom 30th Anniversary Character Encyclopedia, available now on Amazon for less than nine bucks!  The book celebrates Capcom's thirty-year legacy of brilliant character design with more than 200 pages of lush art, character facts, statistics, and historical information. Characters major and minor, current and classic, all have representation, so there's something for just about every Capcom fan ever. Check it out! Capcom 30th Anniversary Character Encyclopedia available now!!Dec 11, 2013 - Community Announcementshttp://images.onesite.com/capcom-unity.com/user/gregaman/9f6046911b84e2fe9404f9344191c9be.jpg?v=156150 If you're a Capcom super-fan, be sure to check out the Capcom 30th Anniversary Character Encyclopedia, available now on Amazon for less than nine bucks!  The book celebrates Capcom's thirty-year legacy of brilliant character design with more than 200 pages of lush art, character facts, statistics, and historical information. Characters major and minor, current and classic, all have representation, so there's something for just about every Capcom fan ever. Check it out! Capcom 30-Year Anniversary Sale - DAY TWOOct 11, 2013 - AnnouncementThe Capcom 30-Year Anniversary Sale continues today, with more great deals on Capcom titles. Today's Daily Deal is DmC Devil May Cry at 75% off!* *Check back each day for new deals until Monday at 10AM Pacific Time. Weekend Deal - DmC Devil May Cry, 40% OffMay 30, 2013 - AnnouncementSave 40% on DmC Devil May Cry as part of this week's Weekend Deal*! In this retelling of Dante's origin story which is set against a contemporary backdrop, DmC Devil May Cry™ retains the stylish action, fluid combat and self-assured protagonist that have defined the iconic series but inject a more brutal and visceral edge. The Dante of DmC is a young man who has no respect for authority or indeed society in general. Dante knows that he is not human, but also that he is not like the demons that have tormented him throughout his life. Caught between worlds, he feels like an outcast. Thanks to his twin brother Vergil, leader of the anti-establishment group called “The Order”, Dante is now discovering and coming to terms with what it means to be the child of a demon and an angel. This split personality has a real impact on gameplay with Dante being able to call upon angel and demon abilities at will, transforming his Rebellion sword on the fly to dramatically affect both combat and movement. *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time New DLC Available - DmC Devil May Cry: Vergil's DownfallMar 5, 2013 - Product ReleaseDmC Devil May Cry: Vergil's Downfall, all new content for DmC Devil May Cry is Now Available on Steam. Play as Vergil in a brand new chapter of the DmC Devil May Cry adventure. With fierce new weapons, combos, and never seen before content, don’t miss out on your chance to unravel the enthralling, untold story of Dante’s twin brother Vergil... PC Gamer UK Podcast: Episode 85 – Horse Parking Simulator 2013Feb 28, 2013 - PC Gamer After a break, we're back. Chris, Tom Senior and Marsh discuss Antichamber, DmC, The Witcher, Destiny, the inner workings of Valve and a game called Half-Life 2 that is pretty good aparrently. Also featuring an ass palace, places where one may or may not take a horse, the playground circular saw craze of the 1990s, a wonderous squirrel experience, and possibly the most inept attempt to begin a podcast since the last time we tried to begin a podcast. We also talk about Rome II, Aliens: Colonial Marines, and the games of David Johnston. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, or download the MP3 directly. Follow PC Gamer UK on Twitter to be informed when we're putting the call out for questions. Alternatively, follow us as individuals: Tom Senior - @pcgludo Marsh - @marshdavies Chris - @cthursten Show notes Our review of Antichamber. Smudged Cat games. Half-Life 2 is a good computer game! Who knew. No link here: just registering my surprise. Again. Our review of the petition-tastic DmC: Devil May Cry. Some pictures of Destiny, Bungie's game about a magic space ball or something. A blurry screenshot of whatever Respawn Entertainment are doing. Via Eurogamer: the PS4 will not block used games. MAXIMUM SQUIRRELS "Nine out of ten." - Martin 'Marsh' Davies Our Aliens: Colonial Marines review, Kotaku's report on its troubled development, and a xenomorph with a tiny little invisible piano. Someone call a doctor. Chris has a case of not-really-thinking-this-through. DMCLC: Devil May Cry Adding Free Challenges, VergilFeb 21, 2013 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunIn spite of an amazing White House petition to have its non-Capcom-developed impurities cleansed from this Earth, DmC Devil May Cry was actually pretty excellent. As Adam pointed out, it proved exceedingly adept at blending gloriously bizarre environments with weapon-switching combat that put even the most demonically possessed of Swiss army knives to shame. And it was a solid PC port to boot. So the new Dante’s a-okay in my book, and he’s quite welcome to hurl more insanity (and masterfully long-form pun jokes) our way if he so pleases. For now, though, it’s actually his brother Vergil who’ll be snagging the spotlight. In an all-new 3-5 hour-long story expansion, no less. (more…) Reimagining Evil: Ninja Theory On DmC’s Cultural SatireJan 30, 2013 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunThere was an unexpected element to DmC: Devil May Cry. It was always going to be about smashing up demons. It was always going to feature weapon-switching, combo-building, score-chasing, and combat tech-fests. What was possibly more of a surprise was it being an outlandish political satire which takes aim at consumer culture, finance and banking, surveillance society, and right-wing media. Ninja Theory’s Dominic Matthews explains the role satire plays in DmC’s cultural commentary on evil. (more…) DmC: Devil May Cry reviewJan 29, 2013 - PC Gamer This was supposed to be terrible. One of Capcom Japan’s most revered third-person action game series handed off to Ninja Theory, the Cambridge studio behind PS3 stinker Heavenly Sword. Dante’s white-haired anime cool was ditched, the new model all surly and (gasp!) Western-looking. It was bound to be a stinker, this most hardcore of hack-and-slashers in this most Japanese of genres, passed to a UK studio with an average track record, focus-tested on idiots and dumbed down beyond recognition. An insult to a beloved series. DmC: Devil May Cry, however, is great. Admittedly, if you’re one of the vocal few who took to the internet all foam-gobbed to make clear your displeasure at every new screenshot and trailer reveal, you’ll find plenty here to back up your argument. While the premise is the same as ever – Dante clears screen after screen of gnarly-looking demons with balletic, stylised combo attacks, before facing down super-sized ultra-monsters – this is, on default difficulty, an easier game than its predecessors. But there are seven difficulty levels in all, and from the fourth onwards things get insane. DmC also properly, patiently explains its systems and mechanics, but not in an overly hand-holdy way. It just wants to make sure you know what you’re doing. It even has a decent story, although it’s a little hamfisted at times. With this being a reboot it’s only fitting that it tells Dante’s origin story, as he battles with his long-lost brother Vergil to save humanity from Mundus, king of the demon world and antagonist in the first Devil May Cry. Here he’s doing his demonic thing from his desk at the head of the Silver Sacks investment bank, seeking to control the world through debt. Subtle stuff, eh? It’s told, of course, with tongue very much in cheek, in keeping with the series’ schlocky, B movie feel. As with its forebears, DmC’s story is mere set dressing, the backdrop to the real star of the show: the combat. This isn’t a game of winning alone, but of doing so with panache, of mixing up your use of the numerous tools at your disposal to maximise your style rating in pursuit of a coveted SSS rank. That’s more straightforward here by simple virtue of there being more toys than before. In addition to his trusty sword and pistols, Dante now has angelic and demonic weapons. Angelic strikes are fast and good for managing multiple foes; demonic attacks are slower but tougher, and able to break through enemy shields. By the end of the game you’ll have two of each type of weapon, and can switch between them at the tap of a button. These twin powers are also used to pull enemies and objects towards you (demonic pull) or you towards them (angelic lift), good for extending combos, escaping danger, and as Dante’s principal means of traversal. These platforming sections are the game at its worst, with little in the way of challenge, a simple matter of looking around for a blue (angelic) or red (demonic) glow and pressing a couple of buttons. The rea...Now Available - DmC Devil May CryJan 24, 2013 - Product ReleaseDmC Devil May Cry is Now Available on Steam. In this retelling of Dante's origin story which is set against a contemporary backdrop, DmC Devil May Cry™ retains the stylish action, fluid combat and self-assured protagonist that have defined the iconic series but inject a more brutal and visceral edge. The Dante of DmC is a young man who has no respect for authority or indeed society in general. Dante knows that he is not human, but also that he is not like the demons that have tormented him throughout his life. Caught between worlds, he feels like an outcast. Thanks to his twin brother Vergil, leader of the anti-establishment group called “The Order”, Dante is now discovering and coming to terms with what it means to be the child of a demon and an angel. This split personality has a real impact on gameplay with Dante being able to call upon angel and demon abilities at will, transforming his Rebellion sword on the fly to dramatically affect both combat and movement. Pre-Purchase Now - DmC Devil May CryDec 18, 2012 - AnnouncementDmC: Devil May Cry is Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam. Pre-Purchase now and receive the free DmC Costume Pack! In this retelling of Dante's origin story which is set against a contemporary backdrop, DmC Devil May Cry™ retains the stylish action, fluid combat and self-assured protagonist that have defined the iconic series but inject a more brutal and visceral edge. The Dante of DmC is a young man who has no respect for authority or indeed society in general. Dante knows that he is not human, but also that he is not like the demons that have tormented him throughout his life. Caught between worlds, he feels like an outcast. Thanks to his twin brother Vergil, leader of the anti-establishment group called “The Order”, Dante is now discovering and coming to terms with what it means to be the child of a demon and an angel. This split personality has a real impact on gameplay with Dante being able to call upon angel and demon abilities at will, transforming his Rebellion sword on the fly to dramatically affect both combat and movement.