Capcom Aims to Release New Games in Devil May Cry, Mega Man, Ace Attorney Franchises
While Capcom doesn’t have any shortage of hits when it comes to game releases, it’s usually the usual brands the past few years: Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, and Street Fighter.
Oddly enough, the publisher’s wide range of game franchises in their catalog have remained dormant, though that might be changing real soon.
While no new game has been announced, Capcom’s latest statement indicates where the company is going when it comes to some key brands it owns.
Capcom Aims to Revitalize Devil May Cry, Mega Man, Ace Attorney Franchises
In Capcom’s Integrated Report for 2025, COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto’s has commented on some of the company’s key franchises, which should give fans hope when it comes to actual new game releases.
Again, nothing has been announced, but Tsujimoto’s quote basically confirms Capcom aims to release new entries in the three franchises and build them into “core IPs.”
Tsujimoto’s quote reads (via Rockman-corner), :At Capcom, we aim to sustain our KPI of 10% or better annual operating profit growth along with our long-term goal of annual software sales of 100 million units. To improve our chance of success, we are working to resolve business challenges, issue by issue. Our efforts are focused on core IP such as the Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, and Street Fighter franchises, and mapping out mainline series entries and sequels, remakes, new IP, and ports of content to the latest hardware. We consistently release two to three major new titles each year, but recognize the need to grow our pipeline going forward. Capcom owns a wealth of globally popular brands, such as Mega Man, Devil May Cry, and Ace Attorney. 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.”
For reference, the last Devil May Cry game released was Devil May Cry 5, which saw the light of day in 2019. With no new entry announced, it means it’ll be at least seven years of no new game in the franchise has been pushed out.
As for Mega Man (Rockman in Japan), the last release for the franchise that wasn’t a collection or re-release was Mega Man 11, which was released in October 2018.
Here’s to hoping we get announcements of these franchises getting a new entry soon.
In other Capcom news, we recently reported that a new Dead Rising game is in development, with the first gameplay details revealed.
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It would be fun if DMC became an action-RPG like FF15 was because FF16 ruined the franchise by becoming a generic DMC clone.