Article by Matt S. $60. If you’re going to buy the complete set of optional downloadable costumes available for Dead or Alive 5 (that being all the costumes released for the previous versions of the games, Dead or Alive 5 and Dead or Alive 5 + on the Vita), you’re…
Read MoreAside from the big guns, there was one publisher that I was always going to pay close attention to. That publisher is, naturally, Tecmo Koei. First cab off the rank is the third version of the rather excellent Dead or Alive 5. Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate features new characters…
Read MoreAn interesting little story over at Polygon hints as a possible future for the fighting game genre – the Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate game, due for release later this year, will release in Japan with a free-to-play option. The free-to-play version will come with four characters and all of…
Read MoreYosuke Hayashi has had the ultimate trial by fire. Taking over one of the most popular game development teams within the Tecmo Koei group from Tomonobu Itagaki – that’s Team Ninja for the uninitiated – was always going to be a challenging mission. Itagaki is, after all, one of the…
Read MorePocket Rocket Tecmo Koei has given us a download code for the excellent Dead or Alive 5 Plus to give to one of our loyal readers! It’s for the European/ Australian PSN (sorry, American readers), and to be in the running it is very simple – answer the following survey…
Read MoreEvery so often I have to admit that I get a review wrong. When I reviewed Dead or Alive 5 on the PlayStation 3, I’d plugged about 30 hours into it, and while I enjoyed it, it didn’t quite hook into me like I wanted it to. But this was…
Read MoreThe games industry’s newest controversy: EA said that it has big plans for its games to all feature microtransations. The response to that announcement is of course predictable; a panic about games becoming pay-to-win, gloating over statistics that suggest that Dead Space 3 – the first game to adopt this…
Read MoreYou can’t keep a good thing down. No doubt Tecmo Koei is making a killing from its DLC costume packs for Dead or Alive 5. Round eight of DLC has just hit, and there’s a distinctive theme to this one. For starters, there’s a free new stage to download. Zack’s…
Read MoreAs voted by you! Through the month of November, we asked for you to vote for your favourite games of the year. You did (and in incredible numbers – thank you for that), and now it’s time to announce the finalists and the winners. Each day we’ll be revealing a…
Read MoreDead or Alive 5 has had a steady stream of DLC costumes since it was released earlier in the year, and so I don’t think anyone will be surprised to see some Christmas-themed DLC packs pop up on the XBLA and PSN services. Every single character gets a Santa costume.…
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