

Multiplayer is officially added for the first time in the series (besides the small Easter Egg co-op with Vergil and Doppelganger in 3) with the Cameo system, letting players share ghost data or team up for co-op in several levels. New character V, who uniquely fights through the use of summoning demonic familiars, also joins the fray, leading to the story swapping between the three playable characters. Faust, a demonic cowboy hat that expends currency as ammunition. New to the series is Nero's Devil Breaker system, wherein he's equipped with an arsenal of disposable cybernetic arms that each pack different effects, such as granting highly mobile aerial attacks, brief time stoppage, or a launchable Rocket Punch, while most of Dante's innovations stem from his new weapons, such as the Cavaliere, a motorcycle that splits into two circular saw-like weapons, and Dr. Gameplay mostly serves as a refinement of the systems present in 4, with both Nero and Dante playing similarly to their incarnations in that game. In response, Nero makes a deal with a Gadgeteer Genius named Nico to have his arm replaced with a cybernetic one she dubs the "Devil Breaker", and follows previous series protagonist Dante and the enigmatic third Playable Character known as "V" into the metropolis of Red Grave City to stop a demonic infestation by an evil World Tree that V claims the hooded man has caused with the help of Nero's stolen arm.

Some time after DMC4, Nero, who's started his own demon hunting gig as a branch of Devil May Cry, finds his happy life with his girlfriend Kyrie shattered when a mysterious hooded figure comes looking for the quarter-demon demon slayer, beating Nero with ease and taking Nero's demonic right arm, the "Devil Bringer", for himself. It released worldwide on March 8, 2019, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Hideaki Itsuno, director of the main games since 2, returns as the director. The game is the fourth Numbered Sequel in the Devil May Cry series after 2008's Devil May Cry 4, and the first non- Updated Re-release since 2013's DmC: Devil May Cry. Devil May Cry 5 is an Urban Fantasy Stylish Action Hack and Slash game developed by Capcom.
