<s>
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Valhalla	O
Game	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
most	O
regions	O
in	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
December	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
online	O
multiplayer-only	O
version	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
titled	O
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
Online	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Korean	O
publisher	O
Nexon	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
June	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
version	O
also	O
supports	O
voice-chat	O
,	O
which	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
version	O
lacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
receiving	O
positive	O
reviews	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
version	O
received	O
negative	O
reviews	O
internationally	O
upon	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
29	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
at	O
1PM	O
Japan	O
Standard	O
Time	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
shut	O
down	O
the	O
servers	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
version	O
of	O
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
produced	O
by	O
Valhalla	O
Game	O
Studios	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
founded	O
in	O
2008	O
by	O
former	O
Tecmo	O
staff	O
including	O
Tomonobu	O
Itagaki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
slated	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
departure	O
from	O
Itagaki	O
's	O
previous	O
genres	O
,	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
and	O
fighting	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
began	O
life	O
as	O
an	O
intended	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
exclusive	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
Game	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
partnership	O
fell	O
through	O
,	O
Itagaki	O
met	O
with	O
Danny	O
Bilson	O
,	O
then	O
employed	O
at	O
THQ	O
,	O
who	O
would	O
share	O
his	O
vision	O
of	O
the	O
title	O
and	O
agreed	O
to	O
publish	O
it	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
and	O
PC	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
THQ	O
intellectual	O
property	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
other	O
publishers	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
were	O
given	O
back	O
to	O
Valhalla	O
Game	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Doobic	O
partnership	O
also	O
promised	O
a	O
multi-platform	O
release	O
,	O
including	O
mobile	O
platforms	O
and	O
PCs	B-Device
;	O
however	O
,	O
Doobic	O
eventually	O
went	O
out	O
of	O
business	O
,	O
setting	O
back	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
even	O
further	O
,	O
and	O
leaving	O
Valhalla	O
Game	O
Studios	O
again	O
to	O
try	O
and	O
find	O
a	O
partner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
Valhalla	O
Game	O
Studios	O
CEO	O
Satoshi	O
Kanematsu	O
approached	O
then-Nintendo	O
president	O
Satoru	O
Iwata	O
,	O
who	O
agreed	O
to	O
publish	O
the	O
title	O
for	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
.	O
Itagaki	O
stated	O
that	O
Nintendo	O
published	O
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
because	O
"	O
they	O
do	O
n't	O
have	O
enough	O
strong	O
online	O
games	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
n't	O
"	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
Nintendo	O
could	O
make	O
internally	O
,	O
so	O
we	O
came	O
in	O
as	O
their	O
mercenaries	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
strong	O
online	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
was	O
re-revealed	O
as	O
a	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
exclusive	O
at	O
E3	O
2014	O
via	O
IGN	O
following	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
E3	O
Digital	O
Event	O
and	O
released	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
switched	O
engines	O
during	O
its	O
development	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
company	O
responsible	O
for	O
making	O
its	O
original	O
engine	O
closed	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
was	O
not	O
confirmed	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Itagaki	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
run	O
perfectly	O
fine	O
on	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
now	O
uses	O
Unreal	O
Engine	O
3	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
23	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
online	O
portion	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
version	O
will	O
be	O
discontinued	O
on	O
December	O
28	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
only	O
16	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
initial	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
anticipation	O
,	O
and	O
prior	O
confirmation	O
of	O
the	O
Japanese	O
and	O
European	O
region	O
release	O
dates	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
not	O
featured	O
at	O
E3	O
2015	O
however	O
,	O
and	O
prior	O
to	O
this	O
its	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
listing	O
disappeared	O
without	O
explanation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
no	O
official	O
reasons	O
were	O
given	O
,	O
game	O
journalist	O
Liam	O
Robertson	O
,	O
whom	O
originally	O
tipped	O
the	O
public	O
about	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
dropping	O
publishing	O
duties	O
for	O
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
,	O
stated	O
the	O
subsidiary	O
"	O
lost	O
faith	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
title	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
title	O
Disaster	B-Application
:	I-Application
Day	I-Application
of	I-Application
Crisis	I-Application
,	O
which	O
never	O
saw	O
a	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robertson	O
claims	O
this	O
information	O
comes	O
from	O
an	O
anonymous	O
insider	O
source	O
while	O
investigating	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
cancelled	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
title	O
Project	O
R	O
..	O
On	O
July	O
11	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
revealed	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
sharing	O
more	O
information	O
in	O
regards	O
to	O
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
soon	O
,	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
state	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
publishing	O
the	O
title	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
21	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
officially	O
announced	O
they	O
are	O
publishing	O
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
in	O
the	O
region	O
,	O
releasing	O
the	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
fourth	O
quarter	O
of	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
from	O
Valhalla	O
as	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
game	O
,	O
albeit	O
in	O
limited	O
form	O
by	O
comparison	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EBay	B-Application
vendors	O
began	O
selling	O
factory-new	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
very	O
high	O
prices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
exclusive	O
to	O
Amazon	B-Application
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
sales	O
were	O
n't	O
available	O
for	O
tracking	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
game	O
received	O
a	O
mostly	O
positive	O
reception	O
from	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
its	O
original	O
Japanese	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
international	O
release	O
of	O
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
received	O
negative	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
received	O
an	O
aggregated	O
score	O
of	O
43/100	O
on	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
based	O
on	O
54	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
Life	O
gave	O
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
5/10	O
summarising	O
that	O
"	O
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
is	O
tricky	O
to	O
recommend	O
,	O
ultimately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
's	O
undoubted	O
fun	O
to	O
be	O
had	O
online	O
,	O
but	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
this	O
is	O
an	O
action	O
game	O
that	O
sells	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
gamers	O
short	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kirk	O
McKeand	O
of	O
Digital	O
Spy	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
just	O
1/5	O
stating	O
"	O
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
is	O
an	O
offensively	O
bad	O
-	O
sometimes	O
actually	O
offensive	O
-	O
action	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
sub-standard	O
melee	O
combat	O
and	O
fiddly	O
gunplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
Polygon	O
,	O
Itagaki	O
stated	O
that	O
his	O
team	O
is	O
interested	O
in	O
doing	O
a	O
sequel	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
Devil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Third	I-Application
was	O
envisioned	O
as	O
a	O
trilogy	O
.	O
</s>
