Rumor: Capcom is working on a Devil May Cry 1 remake
Devil May Cry 5 just had its best sales year ever — seven years after launch — and now a rumor says Capcom is building a full remake of the 2001 original. The claim comes from insider MajorPlayeix on X, who says development is in "advanced stages" but a release is still years away. There's no official word from Capcom, and the leak comes with significant caveats.
The claim
MajorPlayeix says the DMC1 remake is well underway at Capcom. The source has some history of accurate SEGA leaks but lacks the track record of established gaming insiders. More telling: Dusk Golem, one of the more reliable Capcom leakers, publicly distanced himself from the DMC1 remake claims entirely. Original series creator Hideki Kamiya also stated he knows nothing about any such project.
That said, Capcom's May 2026 investor presentation did list Devil May Cry as an IP with expansion potential — though it deliberately left open whether that means a remake, sequel, or additional ports.
Hearing it's pretty far along actually but I'll have to see for myself before making any release/trailer date bets. https://t.co/Rr969ft1Ci
— just your average leaker (@MajorPlayeix) June 22, 2026
Why the timing makes sense
The franchise is genuinely hot right now. DMC5 sold 2.7 million copies in fiscal year 2026, per VGC — its highest single-year total ever, beating even its 2019 launch year figure of 2.1 million. The spike tracks directly to Netflix's animated DMC series, which launched in April 2025 and pulled a large new audience into the franchise. In Q1 FY2026 alone, 1.78 million units moved.
On top of that, Devil May Cry 5: Devil Hunter Edition arrives on Nintendo Switch 2 on June 23, 2026 — the first DMC title ever to land on a Nintendo platform. That expands the addressable audience further still.
A game worth remaking
The original Devil May Cry came out of a scrapped Resident Evil project. Designer Hideki Kamiya's ideas were too wild for the RE framework, so producer Shinji Mikami let him build a standalone game instead. The result redefined the action-slasher genre and spawned four sequels over two decades.
A remake would have obvious commercial logic given current momentum. But until Capcom makes an announcement, MajorPlayeix's claim is just a rumor — and a contested one at that.
Source: @MajorPlayeix
