Capcom is still interested in bringing their ‘shelved' franchises, Devil May Cry and Ace Attorney, back to the drawing board, and the possibility of remaking the first two Devil May Cry games is becoming more real by the day.
Earlier this week, Capcom released its 2025 Integration Report, revealing key insights into its future projects and profit margins since the company’s inception. It showed new sales figures from its growing franchises, with the top three being the usual suspects: Resident Evil at 170 million copies, Monster Hunter at 120 million, and Street Fighter at 56 million.
Among the other prized IPs from Capcom are the Ace Attorney, Mega Man, and Devil May Cry franchises, and in a weird twist of fate, they are still interested in these old franchises. Capcom COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto states in the report that, “We aim to expand our user base and improve our performance through new releases, remakes, and ports of titles in these series to new hardware. By enhancing brand power and cultivating loyal fan bases, we will grow these into core IPs. “
It is typical corporate speak, but it is still a pretty good sign that Capcom hasn’t given up on its old franchises that didn’t soar as high as its big three. They did not explicitly state that they are developing a new Devil May Cry or Ace Attorney game, but given the company’s plans moving forward, this is a likely scenario.
Despite Devil May Cry ranking fifth in Capcom’s impressive slew of IPs, it has sold over 33 million copies since the franchise’s first game in 2001. What was meant to be a Resident Evil successor turned out to be a worthy pivot into hack-and-slash territory. Now, the Devil May Cry franchise has amassed a loyal community of fans craving for more character-action.
The latest entry, Devil May Cry V, sold over 10 million units. Players were happy to see the iconic characters like Vergil, Nero, and Dante back in the limelight. But that was 6 years ago, and no Devil May Cry has been released since. Now everyone is hungry for more content from the sons (and offshoots) of Sparda.
The 2025 Integration Report by Capcom looks into a positive future. The company is clearly proud of the franchises and IPs it has cultivated over the years. Their renewed interest in their old IPs means that we will probably see a RE Engine version of the first two (or three) games in Dante’s story.
Either way, I just want Capcom to fix Devil May Cry 2.
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