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DmC Devil May Cry Gets January 15, 2013 Release Date, PC Version

Capcom has finally pinned a release date onto DmC Devil May Cry, the upcoming entry in its long-running hack and slash series, confirming that a version of the game for the PC is also in development at studio Ninja Theory, while showing off a supporting character, in the form of Kat. The Devil May Cry series has ent...

22 May 2012
11:11 GMT

Hand-Created DmC Combat Animations Add to Character

Video game developer Ninja Theory has confirmed that it is using animations created individually by members of the development team for each of the combat moves that main character Dante can perform in the upcoming DmC: Devil May Cry. This comes after the team has also announced that motion capture is used to power ...

18 April 2012
02:30 GMT

Devil May Cry Combat Will Not Compete with Bayonetta

The new Devil May Cry, created by developer Ninja Theory and publisher Capcom, has created some pretty strong reactions from the fan community but the main developer working on the game says that the game should be judged on its own terms and not via comparison with other games. Speaking to CVG about the Devil May C...

22 March 2012
17:31 GMT

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West Had a Multiplayer Mode Planned as DLC

Ninja Theory has revealed some more details about its most recent game, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, confirming that the game was scheduled to receive quite a lot of downloadable content, including a full-on multiplayer mode centered around races on Monkey’s unique cloud. Enslaved: Odyssey to the West was a ...

17 February 2012
03:05 GMT

Dante’s Design in DmC Devil May Cry Is Influenced by Western Culture

Ninja Theory, the UK-based studio behind the upcoming DmC Devil May Cry hack and slash title, went into further detail about the game’s development process, attributing the pretty big changes in design to influences from Western culture, not just Asian one. The Devil May Cry series was originally created by Ca...

30 January 2012
18:21 GMT

DmC: Devil May Cry Will Blend New Features with Classic Elements

Seeing as how Devil May Cry fans aren’t particularly thrilled with the upcoming DmC reboot, its developer, Ninja Theory, has once again highlighted that it’s carefully blending classic elements of the series with all-new things to deliver a great experience. The Devil May Cry franchise has been around fo...

9 January 2012
18:41 GMT

DmC: Devil May Cry Developer Received Death Threats Over Dante’s New Looks

Ninja Theory, the developer of the upcoming DmC: Devil May Cry reboot, has confirmed that the decision to drastically change Dante’s looks made fans of the protagonist so upset that some even sent death threats to the UK-based studio. Capcom’s Devil May Cry series is popular all around the world, thanks ...

6 January 2012
14:31 GMT

New Devil May Cry Will Try to Top Bayonetta Spectacle

Developer at Capcom have said that one of their aims with the new, rebooted Devil May Cry video game is to deliver a better action title than Bayonetta, the surprise hit that developer Platinum Games and publisher SEGA launched in late 2009 in Japan.Alex Jones, who is a producer at Capcom United States working on the...

6 January 2012
04:51 GMT

Devil May Cry Developer Backs Digital Move

We're seeing more and more big games launched via digital distribution on consoles at the moment, with the original Crysis just arriving on Xbox Live and on the PlayStation Network, but at least one development studio believes that the move towards digital needs to happen quicker.Speaking to Gamasutra as part of...

7 October 2011
13:41 GMT

Ninja Theory Believes AAA Titles Block Innovation

The developers of Enslaved and Devil May Cry see the AAA video game development model as a problem for the teams who are aiming to bring massive innovation to their titles.Speaking to Gamasutra as part of a bigger interview Tameem Antoniades, who is the Chief Creative Officer at Ninja Theory, has stated, “If yo...

7 October 2011
09:59 GMT

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West Isn't Getting a Sequel

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, the great third person action adventure title from developer Ninja Theory and publisher Namco Bandai that came out last year won't be getting a sequel, according to the UK-based studio due to low sales.Enslaved was one of the most surprising titles of the end of last year, managing...

26 September 2011
04:00 GMT

Enslaved Might Be Turned Into a Franchise, Namco Bandai Says

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, the third-person action game developed by Ninja Theory and Namco Bandai, might still be turned into a franchise, according an executive from the Japanese company. Enslaved was released last year and impressed a lot of people through its sharp graphics, great story and believable char...

1 February 2011
02:35 GMT

GOTY 2010: Biggest Surprise - Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

There have been a lot of big surprises this year in terms of video games, but for me, personally, the biggest one was Ninja Theory's Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. Up until its release, I only heard fragments of its premise: a third person action adventure, with elements borrowed from Prince of Persia and vis...

14 December 2010
06:25 GMT

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is one of the few original games that have appeared this fall season, in the midst of blockbuster franchises like Halo, Fallout, Call of Duty and other such things. But even if it doesn't have some sort of number or subtitle attached to it, it doesn't mean it shouldn't be ...

22 October 2010
05:07 GMT

Redesigned Dante Made Devil May Cry Remake More Visible

Capcom's Christian Svensson recently talked about the redesigned Dante from the next Devil May Cry games, entitled DmC, and how the character's new look made the title much more visible.Devil May Cry already holds a special place for hack and slash game fans, and its main character, Dante, is extremely love...

21 October 2010
15:51 GMT

Quick Look: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is one of the few original properties that were released during the extremely busy holiday season, promising to deliver a mix of Prince of Persia acrobatic gameplay, God of War combat and Uncharted visuals.Did it succeed? Let's have a quick look.The beginning of the game starts off ...

11 October 2010
14:21 GMT

New Devil May Cry Will Use Unreal Engine 3 Tech

Ninja Theory has confirmed that the upcoming DmC: Devil May Cry, which looks like a wholesale reboot of the series, will be powered by the Epic Games made Unreal Engine 3 and not by the widely used MT Framework that Capcom has used on most of its current generation would be blockbusters.The new Devil May Cry has been...

5 October 2010
03:14 GMT

Enslaved Developer: Story Takes Precedence Over Gameplay

One of the more heated debates in the recent history of video games has been the apparent conflict between story and gameplay. The main point of contention has usually about which of these two elements should take precedence in the process of development. Tameem Antoniades, the co-founder of Heavenly Sword's dev...

28 July 2010
03:32 GMT

Capcom Will Increase The Output of Its Big Franchises

A recent report states that Capcom will try to increase the output of titles in its major franchises. The Resident Evil series is the main target here, but Capcom is aiming to get out three or four games per year from all of its big franchises, as opposed to the current two per year. It seems that the Japanese g...

27 July 2010
14:21 GMT

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West Dated for North America

A launch date has been announced by Namco Bandai for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West for North America. Ninja Theory's latest title will hit United States store shelves on the 5th of October 2010. The United Kingdom will see the release of the game a bit later, that is on the 8th of October. It will be available o...

12 July 2010
05:49 GMT

Heavenly Sword's Ninja Theory Makes Postapocalyptic Game

Namco Bandai and Ninja Theory announced back in August, during GamesCom, that they would be working together on a mysterious project. The project, in all its mystery, still received a release date scheduled for 2010. The cat finally came out of the bag today, when Namco Bandai officially announced the game. Ninja The...

30 September 2009
08:36 GMT

Heavenly Sword

It gives me the greatest of joys to be the one and only reviewer to benefit from this great title, well at least its demo version. I may not be the first, but it doesn't matter since the gaming experience that Heavenly Sword provides is a reward in itself. The game is probably the most anticipated PS3 title of ...

1 August 2007
10:13 GMT

New Heavenly Sword Screens - Nariko's Scar

After seeing that Ninja Theory changed Nariko's looks dramatically, fooling us with an image that should have been hers but looks more like Alyx from Half Life 2, these screens emerged. The fact that they look worse than what E3 in-game footage had to say about the game, doesn't come as a surprise; Ninja T...

19 April 2007
03:46 GMT

Leading Character in Heavenly Sword Has Changed Dramatically

Remember the beautiful Nariko screenshot earlier this month? Ninja Theory's Heavenly Sword, a game in development for Sony's PS3, has Nariko as the leading character in the game, so naturally they had to emphasize on her looks. Thing is, Ninja Theory kind of exaggerated with their emphasis on the leading la...

16 March 2007
11:55 GMT

New Heavenly Sword Screenshot. WOW!

In the picture, you'll see Heavenly Sword's protagonist Nariko, in high definition and amazingly well captured to show just how great of a title the PlayStation3 is getting. Or is it? Not that the game isn't going to hit the console, 'cause that's a fact (it launches some time in this year�...

12 March 2007
05:33 GMT


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