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By September 30, 2024, the Devil May Cry series has sold 32 million units worldwide; [1] each installment is a Capcom Platinum Title, selling over a million units. [117] As of September 30, 2024, Devil May Cry 5 is the best-selling game in the series having sold 8.7 million units worldwide. [118] The series has received generally positive reviews.
Devil May Cry has spawned a sequel, Devil May Cry 2 and a prequel, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening; both of which have sold more than two million copies. A fourth game, Devil May Cry 4, was released on February 5, 2008 in the United States for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. Total sales for all versions as of February 10, 2016 is well over 3 ...
Dante, the series' primary protagonist, is a mercenary specializing in the paranormal and the main playable character in the first three Devil May Cry games. [17] He is one of the twin sons of Sparda, a demon knight who sided with humanity and drove back an invasion of the human world by demons about 2,000 years before the series' events. [18]
Multiple composers worked together to produce the game's audio, creating three main themes centered around the playable characters. Devil May Cry 5 was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on 8 March 2019. The game received positive reviews from critics, who praised the gameplay, specifically the variety of techniques the three ...
Devil May Cry 3 was slated to release in December, 2004, but got pushed back to February in Japan and March, 2005 in all other regions. [34] Capcom promoted Devil May Cry 3 ' s release with a multi-million dollar television campaign and extensive advertising in video game magazines; both emphasized the game's plot and number of fighting styles ...
Devil May Cry 4 [a] is a 2008 action-adventure game developed and published by Capcom.It was released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows platforms. It is the fourth installment in the Devil May Cry series and is written by Bingo Morihashi and directed by Hideaki Itsuno.
Vergil is also a playable character in DmC: Devil May Cry through the Vergil's Downfall DLC. The DLC takes place after the events of the main game; it follows Vergil's quest for power following his defeat. [60] Vergil travels through Hell and replaces Mundus as the new Demon King. [61]
Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition was conceived by director Hideaki Itsuno after working on the action role-playing game Dragon's Dogma (2012) and the reboot DmC: Devil May Cry (2013). Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition received generally positive reviews; the addition of new content and new playable characters, as well as improvements in general ...