Capcom have released their plans for future fiscal years and they have name dropped DMC series as one of the titles that they plan on releasing between now and the end of 2017's fiscal year.
http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/annual/2015/annual_2015_01.pdf
This is as close to a confirmation we could get before they make the actual announcement. Note that lots of their other series such as "Lost Planet", "Mega Man", "Darkstalker" and many others didn't actually get name dropped while DMC did.

http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/annual/2015/annual_2015_01.pdf
This is as close to a confirmation we could get before they make the actual announcement. Note that lots of their other series such as "Lost Planet", "Mega Man", "Darkstalker" and many others didn't actually get name dropped while DMC did.