Could a Devil May Cry 4 demo be coming to the Xbox360 and Playstation 3 in December? Two days ago JeuxFrance.com reported that a demo would be coming out exclusively for the Xbox360, since this was the only console mentioned in the latest issue of Famitsu. However, a known Capcom representative has posted on the Capcom forums stating that this is untrue.

The Capcom representative replied to a comment along the lines of “Why the hell won’t it be on PSN!?” with this:

“Wait a little while longer and the demo strategy will be clear.
I’ll say this: The information printed above and in that article as written is incorrect.
The news you’re looking for is not far off... a little more patience please.”

The implication here seems to be a simultaneous release of a demo on both the PSN and XBLM in December. Exciting stuff, since we’ve been waiting for this beauty for so long. At least Playstation3 owners have, for the game was only revealed to be coming to the Xbox360 earlier this year.

Whether the demo will just be released in Japan like the original article suggests, we can’t say. Still, this wouldn’t be a problem for PS3 owners, since they are able to download content from other countries.

The Official DMC4 website is said to be updating on December 5th with news of this demo, so we shall keep you posted. In the meantime here are some pictures of the demo mission from the PS3 version, alongside some notes about the mission.

(Please click on the images to enlarge: Source Ruliweb.com)

Notes on the demo:

*90% chance the demo will be the same demo as seen since January. A quick walkthrough of Fortuna. After you beat that area you get to go straight to the icy level and fight a group of Frosts. The final mission in the demo will be the fight with Berial. This type of pacing/level design is not at all a representative of the final game as the demo seems to be snippets of 3 missions worked into one package as a bare bones demonstration of Nero’s capabilities.

*These mini-missions are selectable from the start and you can choose whatever you want. The first image illustrates this.

*Do not expect Dante to be playable and do not expect the new jungle areas with Blades and Echidna or the new Lucifer/Gilgamesh weapon.
*No story driven cutscenes will be shown in the demo aside from perhaps the first cutscene of the game. Capcom is keeping the story underwraps very heavily.
*Nero will not have any abilities outside of Snatch, Buster, Exceed, his gun and sword combos.

Via Neogaf. Thanks goes to LordMe.

Tags: demo, Devil-may-Cry, DMC4, Playstation-Network, PSN, XBLM, Xbox-Live-Marketplace

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