{"id":87382,"date":"2026-08-10T14:29:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=87382"},"modified":"2026-08-10T16:40:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:40:24","slug":"hideki-kamiya-gives-fans-hope-that-he-will-direct-another-devil-may-cry-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=87382","title":{"rendered":"Hideki Kamiya Gives Fans Hope That He Will Direct Another Devil May Cry Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>It\u2019s been over twenty years since Hideki Kamiya directed the very first Devil May Cry game, and his latest tweets are hinting that he might make a long-awaited return to the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Kamiya\u2019s X\/Twitter account is a goldmine. When he\u2019s not clapping back at trolls or blocking fans for tweeting at him in English, he\u2019s gushing about Gunpla and occasionally providing insights on his projects, both past and present.<\/p>\n<p>While he normally blocks fans who ask him questions about franchises he\u2019s no longer involved with (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/resident-evil-2\">Resident Evil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/devil-may-cry\">Devil May Cry<\/a>), he actually opened up about his work with DMC in a rare moment of goodwill \u2014 and it\u2019s sending players into a frenzy.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"slideshow\" data-slug=\"devil-may-cry-5-special-edition-playstation-5-showcase-screenshots\" data-value=\"devil-may-cry-5-special-edition-playstation-5-showcase-screenshots\" data-type=\"slug\" data-caption=\"\">\n<p>On August 9, 2026, a fan asked him a lore-specific question regarding the final boss in the first Devil May Cry game, innocently tagging Kamiya and tempting fate that the director would make his usual liberal use of the block button.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m playing through DMC1 right now and always wondered: What is the lore behind the DT dragon in the fight against Mundus? Is it the same as Vergil creating swords with his aura, or is it a familiar? Something else? Can you elaborate on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been over twenty years since Hideki Kamiya directed the very first Devil May Cry game, and his latest tweets are hinting that he might make a long-awaited return to the franchise. Kamiya\u2019s X\/Twitter account is a goldmine. When he\u2019s not clapping back at trolls or blocking fans for tweeting at him in English, he\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":199,"featured_media":87384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87382"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87386,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87382\/revisions\/87386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}