Capcom has reiterated its plan to expand on some of its dormant franchises like Devil May Cry, adding a few more names to the list to boot.
Last year, Capcom explained that it aims to revitalize some of its dormant IP, with COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto specifically name-dropping Mega Man, Devil May Cry, and Ace Attorney as some series it aims to bring back and make them as core to the company as Street Fighter, Resident Evil, and Monster Hunter are.
Soon after he said this, the first Mega Man game in a long time was announced, with Mega Man Dual Override being confirmed at The Game Awards days later, while Devil May Cry had a new version of DMC5 rated for Switch 2.
In its latest financial reports, Capcom added a few more names to the list of IP it plans to "nurture" with "sequels, remakes, ports, etc" with Mega Man, Devil May Cry, and Ace Attorney joined by four more titles. Onimusha and Okami are in there – but given that there are already new sequels coming out for those, that's not really a surprise.
What's really interesting is the inclusion of Dragon's Dogma and Dead Rising, neither of which have any official plans. However, fans thought they saw a teaser for DLC for Dragon's Dogma 2 in some recent artwork, while Dead Rising had a rumor emerge last year about Frank West hanging about a zombie-infested Hollywood.
Devil May Cry in particular feels like a given. Devil May Cry 5 brought the series back after a 10-year hiatus (or six, given the edgy reboot), and it received critical acclaim and became one of the best-selling Capcom games ever, only for the series to go right back into hibernation aside from an animated series on Netflix. Hopefully we won't need to wait much longer for it to emerge.
Also, shout out to my poor brethren in the Dino Crisis, Breath of Fire, and Darkstalkers camps. Maybe one day.
