Devil May Cry 4 & Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition Have Just Been Delisted From Steam

Capcom has yet to give a reason why they were removed

by Jack Yarwood Thu 1st Feb 2024

As recently highlighted by Wario64 on Twitter, Capcom's Devil May Cry 4 and Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition have both been delisted from Steam.

The news comes just days after another company 2K had to remove its cult-military shooter Spec-Ops: The Line from the popular storefront over expired partnership licenses, leading people to criticize the idea of an all-digital future.

It's unknown, in this case, why Devil May Cry 4 and Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition were picked for removal. We've reached out to Capcom for clarification and will update you once we hear back.

Fortunately, at the moment, it's still possible to buy Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition on the storefront. Devil May Cry 3, meanwhile, seems to only be available on the platform as part of the Devil May Cry HD Collection.

[source twitter.com]

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SuntannedDuck2
Fri 2nd Feb 2024

Unfortunate but lucky I got the PS4 collection of 1-3 and 4 Special Edition on 360 physical.

PC may be a fair platform but unless people want to look for abandonware sources (or GOG/Epic/other legit sources to still buy the games if they are available that is) just go console physical or whatever old PC support physical there is left. Or find someone who is willing to let you play the games on your Steam account.

Or yes DRM in their controlled PC offerings now which is sad.

1-3 are easy to find in collections for PS3/360/PS4/Xbox One at this point. 4 may be trickier as it's likely still PS3/360 I think unless they did port it I don't know I haven't checked.

Same way I did for apps for That's You and Hidden Agenda in archival Android APK sites (done for a few and is pretty easy to do sideload them ah the greatness that is Android in that way, sure security but hey if I'm sideloading safe apps it's fine) the Google Play store (I know it doesn't I checked) and Apple Store likely don't have them and who is going to jailbreak a phone to access them or somehow get the app on older iPhones/Android.

I did buy the Playlink titles physical from EB Games and just had to find the Android APKs for the apps to play was easy to do.

I don't see a need to downgrade my Android to do it, so on Android 10 I still got it to work no problem didn't have to alter anything, other apps sure I have them in an isolated space app to test some but otherwise they work fine had no issues playing the games with the apps to make choices in the games the apps worked like they did back in 2017 thanks to the power of Android sideloading and why I use Android is to do things like that.

PC as well if people can get them to work from certain legit stores like GOG or Epic or others that may have them that do sell the games or 'other methods' if that's all it takes, good luck if desperate to.

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smoreon
Fri 2nd Feb 2024

Seeing as it's only certain packages being delisted, with the games still being available in some form, I wonder if Capcom just decided to consolidate their back catalogue a bit.

As for why... my best guess is fewer SKUs for them to inject their sketchy new DRM into, but who knows?

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