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Ron Gilbert created classics such as The Secret of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion, cementing his legacy as one of adventure gaming’s founding fathers. On today’s show, Mr. Gilbert graciously joins us for a discussion on the origins of his upcoming PSN release The Cave (on PSN Tuesday!), the state of adventure gaming after the success of The Walking Dead, and a host of other fascinating topics. This one’s a can’t miss! We also lay out next week’s PSN releases for January 22nd, 2013, delve into new listener voicemails, discuss Ninja Theory’s new opus DmC Devil May Cry, share our all-time favorite gaming collector’s editions and much more. Listen in and let us know what you think!

Stuff We Talked About

• The Cave
• DmC Devil May Cry
• Dredd
• Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

Send us questions and tips: blogcast@playstation.sony.com

The Cast

• Sid Shuman – PlayStation Social Media Manager
• Nick Suttner – PlayStation Account Support Manager
• Aram Jabbari – PlayStation PR Manager
• Ron Gilbert – Creator of The Cave

[Editor’s note: PSN game release dates are subject to change without notice. Game details are gathered from press releases from their individual publishers and/or ESRB rating descriptions.]

• Thanks to Cory Schmitz for our beautiful logo and Dormilón for our rad theme song and show music. Special thanks to Astro Gaming headsets for providing audio gear.

Dante's new look is about to get even newer, and by "newer" we mean "old again." Capcom has revealed DmC's first batch of costume DLC over on its official Japanese website, with Dante's DMC3 coat and hair arrangement featured front and center.

The costume pack, which hits Japanese PS3s and Xboxen on January 30 for ¥400/320 MS Points respectively, also includes a fancy blue coat and an outfit not tremendously unlike the one worn by Derelicte fashionista Derek Zoolander.

When asked when the pack would be available in North America, a Capcom representative had no more information to offer. Until then, we recommend dressing yourself up in whichever outfit from Dante's past you most prefer.

Dante's new look is about to get even newer, and by "newer" we mean "old again." Capcom has revealed DmC's first batch of costume DLC over on its official Japanese website, with Dante's classic coat and hair arrangement featured front and center.

The costume pack, which hits Japanese PS3s and Xboxen on January 30 for ¥400/320 MS Points respectively, also includes a fancy blue coat and an outfit not tremendously unlike the one worn by Derelicte fashionista Derek Zoolander.

When asked when the pack would be available in North America, a Capcom representative informed us that there is no official information currently available regarding the release timing of Dante's new blue suit for this side of the planet. Until then, we recommend dressing yourself up in whichever outfit from Dante's past you most prefer.

#dmc If you're a console-owning hack 'n slash 'n juggle fan, you've probably already got Ninja Theory's DmC on Xbox 360 or PS3. (And good for you: It's a fun game.) But if you're holding off and can wait another week, you should strongly consider waiting for the PC version, which comes out on January 25, a week from tomorrow. More »

#devilmaycry Not everyone is pleased with Ninja Theory's take on the new Dante. That hair, that demeanor, that easy gameplay? These are some complaints I've heard from fans since the reviews started hitting for Capcom's latest entry in the Devil May Cry series, which released just yesterday. More »

Devil May Cry, under the new direction of Ninja Theory, has garnered positive responses - from reviewers, anyway. Our review found DMC "does action extraordinarily well and manages to make Dante look like the epitome of cool with every move."

• Giant Bomb (5/5): "Everything in this new game exists in service of making it a great game in its own right, not in stoking your nostalgia for the games you played over the last decade. As a character action game, it hits all the notes - fast, robust action, marvelous visual style, and a tremendous sense of attitude - you could want in this type of game."
• Game Informer (90/100): "I'm impressed by the sheer variety of Dante's moveset. Three guns, two angelic weapons, two demonic weapons, and one sword have unique abilities that you purchase. Because some moves are more useful than others (I still love the Stinger/Trillion Stabs combo), you can refund any spent points at no cost, encouraging you to experiment with the possibilities."
• IGN (89/100): "Long-time Devil May Cry fans unsure of Ninja Theory's treatment can abandon their fears. DmC hurls Dante into a newer, better world, complete with a glorious combat system and enough style to make old Dante proud. This is digital action at its finest, steeped in the blood of angels, spiced with gunpowder, and garnished with a middle finger."
• Edge (80/100): "DmC has a greater emphasis on story than the games that preceded it, then, which is just what you'd expect from the maker of the narrative-heavy Enslaved and Heavenly Sword. But its focus is absolutely where it should be: at the tip of Dante's sword. Playing true to its forebears' considerable strengths, DmC is still a game about crowd management and of making best use of its myriad systems to keep a combo going and maximise your style rating."
• GameSpot (80/100): "DmC succeeds both in its story and in its brilliant combat, and it looks the business too, despite a few minor glitches and the more color-soaked levels looking like they've spent a little too much time in an Instagram filter. Sure, you may baulk at Dante's trendy new haircut, or maybe even miss a little of that B-movie Devil May Cry insanity, but the heart of what makes the series so enticing and so much fun to play holds true here."

#capcom Capcom's downloadable content policy? Not super-great. Capcom's policy of remembering January exists and actually releasing games in a month that most big game companies ignore? Pretty awesome. More »

Which version of Devil May Cry stands out? Watch our graphic comparison and decide for yourself.

PS3 Full Games DMC Devil May Cry ($59.99) In a society corrupted by demons only The Order can see the world for what it really is. Join Dante in the ultimate experience of stylish action chain together combo after combo with panache and dispatch demonic spawn back to hell. Call upon unimaginable powers combined with Dante’s epic arsenal of weapons: sword, scythe, axe, pistols and more. Face your demons…
ESRB: M // File Size: 6.5 GB Angry Birds Trilogy ($39.99) Angry Birds is taking flight for the first time ever and crashing on PlayStation 3 systems everywhere! Includes: 3 Best-Selling Angry Birds games and 19 exclusive levels.
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• Corpse Party: Book of Shadows (PSP game)
• Disney Pixar A Bug’s Life (PS1 game)
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ESRB: E10+ //File Size: 1.2 GB PlayStation Store Highlights

This week on the Store you can purchase the newest version of Devil May Cry — DmC. The ever-popular Angry Birds also launches onto the Store with Angry Birds Trilogy, which comes with 19 exclusive levels. If you enjoyed the PSP game Corpse Party you’ll be happy to hear that Corpse Party: Book of Shadows is now available for you to download on either your PSP or PS Vita.

PS Plus members will receive Darksiders for free this week along with a discount on Stardrone Extreme.

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PS Vita Add-ons Wake-Up Club

• Color Theme Pack ($0.25)

PS3 Add-ons Borderlands 2

• Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt ($9.99, free for Season Pass holders) – In Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt, players will enter an uncharted territory deep in the swamps of Pandora where a massive Hyperion ship has crashed. The wreckage is rumored to have stockpiles of loot. But watch out, mutated creatures, and armies of savages also have an interest in the ship.

Dance Magic

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Far Cry 3

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• High-Tides Co-Op (Free) – The co-op story is far from over. The High Tides DLC pack includes two new story chapters for Far Cry 3 co-op. Hoyt’s privateers have ambushed the four survivors and taken them hostage. It’s up to you and your friends to escape an underground prison and find a way off this island of insanity. Also includes four new character skins.

Gran Turismo 5

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Rock Band 3

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Wallpapers

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PS3 Avatars

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• Sound Shapes Record Player Avatar $0.49

Game Videos (Free)

• Battlefield 3: Aftermath Launch Trailer
• Battlefield 3: Aftermath Premiere Trailer
• Fuse Trailer ‘The Dalton Rules’
• The Cave Character Trailer
• XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Slingshot Trailer

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NCAA Football 2013

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Real Steel

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• Real Steel Trial: Juggerjuice Supra — $1.99
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• Real Steel Trial: Picket Fist Lv.5 (L) — $1.99
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• Real Steel Trial: Power Reprocessor — $1.99
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• Real Steel Trial: Real Steel: Monster Fist Lv.5 (R) — $1.99
• Real Steel Trial: Scrapheap Arm Lv.5 (L) — $1.99
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• Real Steel Trial: Scrapheap Body Lv.5 — $1.99
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• Real Steel Trial: Scrapheap Lv.5 Full Parts Set — $1.99
• Real Steel Trial: Super Power Reprocessor — $1.99
• Real Steel Trial: Titantrol 2.0 — $1.99
• Real Steel Trial: Weevil Head Lv.5 — $1.99
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• Real Steel Trial: Zelezo Hand Lv.5 (R) — $1.99
• Real Steel Trial: Zelezo Head Lv.5 — $1.99
• Real Steel Trial: Zelezo Legs Lv.5 — $1.99
• Real Steel Trial: Zelezo Lv.5 Full Parts Set — $9.99

Rock Band 3

• I’ve Done Everything For You ($0.99) – Pro Guitar – Rick Springfield
• Jessie’s Girl ($0.99) – Pro Guitar – Rick Springfield

Brad's looking for a soul to steal, and this one is just too good to pass up.

Devil May Cry: Devil May Cry is a reboot, designed by a new studio and starring a new character with an old (old) name. Dante’s back with a new attitude, a new haircut and a new voice. He loves the ladies but he really hates The Man, and when he settles into the rhythm of demon-killing and corporate takedowns, he’s surprisingly good company. Here’s wot I think.

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There is a fine, bleached line between "trying too hard" and "confident in your own skin." The two descriptors can look disturbingly similar: Some people use hair dye, awkward yet fashionable clothing and violent curse words as a mask for their insecurities, while for others these are outward expressions of the very personality quirks that the first group attempts to hide.

At first glance, it's difficult to tell which category DMC: Devil May Cry belongs to. In the marketing leading up to DMC's launch, publisher Capcom released videos of a naked Dante sailing through the air, manly bits covered by slices of pizza, and infused its material with metal songs and f-bombs. It had reason to put forth such a ridiculous effort following backlash from the game's radical style shift: Dante's hair black rather than white-blonde, his body decked out with new clothes and his personality given a modern twist.

With such a rabid fanbase, the only thing that could redeem DMC from reactionary internet infamy was to turn that unique, new styling into an homage to a beloved series. To be confident in its skin and own all of its style choices unapologetically, while still retaining the crux of the series, the combat.

DMC does this in spades - er, scythes.

There's a lot of bosses in the Devil May Cry series and we picked the best. Find out who made the cut as IGN counts down the 10 best bosses of Devil May Cry.

The time to face your demons has arrived! DmC Devil May Cry for PlayStation 3 is in stores now, and downloadable from PSN in a day-and-date digital release. We’re really delighted with the final project and I think Ninja Theory did an amazing job of combining existing elements of previous DmCs, while injecting their own flavor into the franchise. Players can definitely expect to see both radically new elements and returning staple elements from past Devil May Cry games.

New to the gameplay are the Demon and Angel powers, which allow (and demand) Dante to switch fluidly between separate sets of abilities and weapons. The Demon side delivers heavy-hitting but slower attacks, while the Angel side unleashes swift area attacks that are relatively low damage. Dante can now also use grappling chains to propel himself, enemies, and other objects between two points, allowing for a new emphasis on positioning, crowd control, aerial combat, and some flashy traversal.

As far as the gameplay experience, you’ll see a return to the series’ trademark mixture of gunplay and swordplay and an emphasis on improvisation. While the old games may have had a gothic metal aesthetic and the new game may place thumping electronic music in the spotlight, let’s not forget that Devil May Cry has always been the improv jazz of video games, celebrating on-the-fly creativity, improvisation, and adaptation. This is still very much the case, and while the design changes Dante has undergone may be obvious, you’ll still see more-than-subtle shades of the wise-cracking, confident demon slayer we’ve come to know up until now, along with many of his previous signature combat moves.

For this version of DmC, we really wanted to put Dante in a grittier, more realistic world. Very early on in the project we asked Ninja Theory to think about what Devil May Cry would be like if it was a contemporary movie, and that is a mindset that has stayed with us throughout development. You may notice more than a few nods to various cult films as you’re playing the game, as well as a more Western cinematic approach to the narrative. While the game carries on Devil May Cry’s penchant for the bombastic, Ninja Theory’s legacy of highly nuanced storytelling continues here. The team harnessed cutting edge performance capture technology, allowing a single actor to simultaneously perform the voice, motion capture, and facial capture for a given character, which in turn has allowed them to convey deeper, more subtle states of emotion with less overt explanation—perhaps more than most games, DmC Devil May Cry sticks to the great storytelling mantra, “show, don’t tell.”

It’s been an incredible time working on this game, and we genuinely can’t wait to hear about people’s experiences with it, not to mention the inevitable flood of excellent combo videos. Keep it stylish, guys!

#devilmaycry Game developer Hideki Kamiya of Platinum Games and recent Bayonetta fame will field just about any question on Twitter, whether he's well-versed on a topic or not. Something he knows a ton about? Devil May Cry games. Kamiya was the director on the original Devil May Cry back in 2001 and a very good authority on what makes a Devil May Cry game great. More »

We show you how to get the A Man With Guts And Honor Achievement / Trophy.

We show you how to get the Where Does The Time Go Achievement / Trophy.

We show you how to get the Looks Like It's Your Lucky Day Achievement / Trophy.

We show you how to get the It's Only Rain Achievement / Trophy that you can get in the first level of the game on the tilt-a-whirl thing.

We show you how to get the Now My Coat's All Charred Achievement / Trophy.

We show you how to get the Every Hero Has A Weakness Achievement / Trophy that you can get on Mission 16 of DMC: Devil May Cry.

Se an extremely easy way to pass the Divergent Slaughter Secret Mission.

Obviously this is spoiler heavy. Watch the ending of DMC: Devil May Cry.

Watch as the credits on DMC roll and you get a sneak peek at the team that made the game.

Destin takes you through his DMC: Devil May Cry Walkthrough Part 20 Mission 20 The End. The Vergil Boss Fight Set to Nephilim difficulty.

Destin takes you through his DMC: Devil May Cry Walkthrough Part 19. The Mundus Boss Fight Set to Nephilim difficulty.

Destin takes you through his DMC: Devil May Cry Walkthrough Part 18 Mission 18 Demon's Den. Set to Nephilim difficulty.

Destin takes you through his DMC: Devil May Cry Walkthrough Part 17 Mission 17: Furnace of Souls. Set to Nephilim difficulty.

Destin takes you through his DMC: Devil May Cry Walkthrough Part 16 Mission 16: The Plan. Set to Nephilim difficulty.

Destin takes you through his DMC: Devil May Cry Walkthrough Part 15 Mission 15: The Trade. Set to Nephilim difficulty.