{"id":676454,"date":"2025-08-23T14:48:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/season-6-devil-may-cry-4-video-gameography\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T14:48:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:48:21","slug":"season-6-devil-may-cry-4-video-gameography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/season-6-devil-may-cry-4-video-gameography\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 6: Devil May Cry 4 | Video Gameography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/season-6-devil-may-cry-4-video-gameography.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s rock, baby! Season 6 of&nbsp;<em>Video Gameography<\/em>&nbsp;gets stylish as we examine the Devil May Cry series! Over the next few weeks, we\u2019ll be covering the history and lore of Capcom\u2019s premiere action franchise, and this episode takes aim at the lauded yet somewhat polarizing Devil May Cry 4.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Devil May Cry 4 took the series to a new generation of hardware, including Xbox for the first time. That&#8217;s only one of the many firsts for this entry. Capcom moved Dante aside to place newcomer Nero in the starring role, who brought&nbsp;his demon arm Devil Bringer as the new centerpiece mechanic. Dante wasn&#8217;t completely shunned, however; players control him during the adventure&#8217;s questionably designed back half. In this episode, we&#8217;ll discuss DMC 4&#8217;s bizarre 2005 reveal, Capcom&#8217;s reasoning behind Nero&#8217;s conception, the fan reaction to the Xbox launch, and what it&#8217;s really&nbsp;like to visit Fortuna&#8217;s inspiration, Vatican City.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Join hosts Marcus Stewart (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcusStewart7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MarcusStewart7<\/a>) and the returning host of&nbsp;<em>The Great Game Debate<\/em> podcast Wes&nbsp;Bates (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreatGameDeb8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@GreatGameDeb8<\/a>), as we unpack Nero&#8217;s big debut.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to get in touch with the&nbsp;<em>Video Gameography<\/em>&nbsp;podcast, you can email us at podcast@gameinformer.com. You can also join our official&nbsp;<em>Game Informer<\/em>&nbsp;Discord server by linking your Discord account to your Twitch account and subscribing to the&nbsp;<em>Game Informer<\/em>&nbsp;Twitch channel. From there, find the&nbsp;<em>Video Gameography<\/em>&nbsp;channel under \u201cCommunity Spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2022\/08\/13\/season-6-devil-may-cry-4-video-gameography\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s rock, baby! Season 6 of&nbsp;Video Gameography&nbsp;gets stylish as we examine the Devil May Cry series! Over the next few weeks, we\u2019ll be covering the history and lore of Capcom\u2019s premiere action franchise, and this episode takes aim at the lauded yet somewhat polarizing Devil May Cry 4.&nbsp; Devil May Cry 4 took the series to a new generation of hardware, including Xbox for the first time. That&#8217;s only one of the many firsts for this entry. Capcom moved Dante aside to place newcomer Nero in the starring role, who brought&nbsp;his demon arm Devil Bringer as the new centerpiece mechanic. Dante wasn&#8217;t completely shunned, however; players control him during the adventure&#8217;s questionably designed back half. In this episode, we&#8217;ll discuss DMC 4&#8217;s bizarre 2005 reveal,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/season-6-devil-may-cry-4-video-gameography\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":676455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-676454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Season 6: Devil May Cry 4 | Video Gameography | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Let\u2019s rock, baby! 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