The illegitimate child of Resident Evil joins the PlayStation Plus Games catalog
Sony just announced the newest additions to PlayStation Plus Games Catalog; these will be available on January 17, 2023.
Nine new games are joining the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium Game Catalog, including the outstanding Devil May Cry 5, the zombie slaying co-op shooter Back 4 Blood, and the vibrant single-player explorer Omno.
Those who use PlayStation Premium will be treated to some marvelous PS1 classics as well. These include Star Wars Demolition, where you can choose over ten iconic vehicles and battle it out across various arenas, Syphon Filter 3, and Hot Shots Golf 2.
While some big hitters are joining the roster in PlayStation Plus, such as Life is Strange and Dragon Ball FighterZ, the stand out for me is Devil May Cry 5.
When I dropped into the boots of demon hunter Dante and started carving up monsters in Devil May Cry 5, the world felt so familiar despite not playing the earlier games in the series. The hellish creatures and the foreboding atmosphere were like old friends. It all clicked when I realized that the Devil May Cry franchise was the rejected offspring of one of my all-time favorite horror games.
Devil May Cry came to life thanks to a rejected proposal for Resident Evil 4 in 1999. Initially developed for the PS2, producer Shinji Mikami requested director Hideki Kamiya to revamp the iconic series and try to take Resident Evil in a different direction.
Under the name ‘Team Little Devil’, early research began, including a trip to Spain to examine various castles as a basis for the game’s environment. Sadly developer studio Capcom ultimately decided that this idea would be too far of a departure from the series, so it was abandoned.
Luckily, the premise was tweaked to become the first Devil May Cry
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