Hideki Kamiya Gives Fans Hope That He Will Direct Another Devil May Cry Game

It’s been implicit 20 years since Hideki Kamiya directed the precise archetypal Devil May Cry game, and his latest tweets are hinting that helium mightiness marque a long-awaited instrumentality to the franchise.

Kamiya’s X/Twitter relationship is simply a goldmine. When he’s not clapping backmost astatine trolls oregon blocking fans for tweeting astatine him successful English, he’s gushing astir Gunpla and occasionally providing insights connected his projects, some past and present.

While helium usually blocks fans who inquire him questions astir franchises he’s nary longer progressive with (Resident Evil, Devil May Cry), helium really opened up astir his enactment with DMC successful a uncommon infinitesimal of goodwill — and it’s sending players into a frenzy.

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On August 9, 2026, a instrumentality asked him a lore-specific question regarding the last brag successful the archetypal Devil May Cry game, innocently tagging Kamiya and tempting destiny that the manager would marque his accustomed wide usage of the artifact button.

“I'm playing done DMC1 close present and ever wondered: What is the lore down the DT dragon successful the combat against Mundus? Is it the aforesaid arsenic Vergil creating swords with his aura, oregon is it a familiar? Something else? Can you elaborate connected this, please?” the instrumentality asked.

Surprisingly, Kamiya gave them a morganatic reply — 1 that shed immoderate long-awaited airy connected the imaginable aboriginal of the franchise.

僕が再びDMCシリーズを作る時に明らかになるでしょう… https://t.co/H3cu0bgqWf

— 神谷英樹🍀 Hideki Kamiya🍀 (@HidekiKamiya_X) August 9, 2026

“It volition go wide erstwhile I marque the DMC bid again…” helium said, simply and mysteriously. He hasn’t offered immoderate important follow-ups to this remark (only hitting backmost astatine a professional for explaining his ain crippled to him), leaving the doorway wide unfastened for speculation that helium mightiness instrumentality to Devil May Cry successful the adjacent future.

Of course, fans person wasted nary clip taking his station and moving with it, sparking an endless flood of memes and excited, all-caps quote-retweets. (My idiosyncratic favourite has to beryllium the meme of Dante getting injected with a elephantine syringe afloat of Hopium, but the 1 of Kratos pleading with Ares is besides beauteous good.)

https://t.co/hz0qK7n29y pic.twitter.com/VIC21B84hD

— 🐮 yutaliban 🐮 (@nappingbitch) August 9, 2026

https://t.co/M0h3oR0ULs pic.twitter.com/sK3kLku8ST

— SRM | Le’Mon (@EJ_The_Lemon) August 9, 2026

“He said, ‘When I instrumentality to doing DMC,’ alternatively of, ‘If I instrumentality to doing DMC,’’ 1 instrumentality speculated. “Kamiya knows something, but I can't beryllium it… As agelong arsenic helium comes backmost for thing much than a purely hypothetical Remake of DMC1, there's nary problem.”

“Kamiya is truly talking astir DMC1!? So helium hasn't wholly forgotten astir his licence aft all,” different wrote.

“Bro did not accidental ‘If,’ helium said ‘When!’” different pointed out.

As antecedently mentioned, Kamiya is mostly combative erstwhile fans inquire him questions astir his erstwhile works that are nary longer nether his purview. Resident Evil and Devil May Cry beryllium to Capcom, aft all, a institution helium hasn’t worked for successful implicit a decade. However, helium has struck up a concern with them again for the forthcoming Okami sequel, arsenic told successful our exclusive interrogation with him successful February 2025.

For now, the aboriginal of Devil May Cry is looking conscionable a small spot brighter. This, combined with the Netflix amusement getting renewed for a 3rd and last play (resulting successful a important boost successful crippled sales), fans are much hopeful than ever that the agelong DMC drought volition soon beryllium over.

Virginia (she/her) is IGN’s News Editor. With 10 years of acquisition reporting connected games and entertainment, she’s got a storied inheritance successful the warring crippled community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her connected Twitter astatine @TheeMissGlaze.