Capcom and Ninja Theory's upcoming DmC: Devil May Cry is releasing worldwide next week for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game will be a reboot for the franchise, but will be set in an alternate reality from the original series.
The game has sparked a lot of controversy due to the redesign of the franchise's main protagonist Dante with most of the blame being directed at the game's developer Ninja Theory.
But in a recent interview with VG247, Capcom US producer Alex Jones and Ninja Theory's communications manager Dominic Matthews explained that the game was created by a collaborative effort that combined the skill-sets of both companies.
"These guys have been amazing," Jones told VG247. "Like most developers would had three or four random guys from Japan show up at some point and start lecturing them about how to do stuff, and it might not have gone as well."
Jones added, "But the Japanese guys are super-open about knowing what Ninja Theory did well and leaving them alone to do that, and the Ninja Theory guys were really good about knowing that there is almost 30 years of fighting game experience at this table and thinking, 'We should probably listen to them.'"
Matthews said that both sides are talented and that working with Capcom was a humbling experience.
"It's humbling for us to work with these people who know these things so well, Matthews told VG247."But what we bring to the table is a different set of skills - story telling, visuals, action gameplay that we've shown in out previous games - and there is huge mutual respect. The partnership between Capcom and Ninja Theory is very strong, and actually we're quite similar in many ways because we have such high standards on both sides that we both know we're pulling in the right direction."
You can check out the full interview on VG247 here. DmC: Devil May Cry arrives on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on Jan. 15, 2013 across North America and Europe with a PC version shortly after. The game will be available for digital download for Windows PC on Jan. 25, 2013.
Capcom released a demo of DmC on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on Nov. 20 and you can check out our review of the demo here. Don't forget to view the six new images for the game in our slideshow above and tell us what you think about the screenshots and Bloody Palace Mode in the comment section below...
