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Dead or Alive 5 to be a fighter even newbs can enjoy

In a new developer diary for Dead or Alive 5, project manager Kohei Shibata confesses that's he's not very good at fighters - which is why Team Ninja's new effort is so much fun to watch even if you have no idea what a throw-counter-break-cancel is. Or whatever.

That's not to say the game is a button masher at heart; just that Team Ninja took the "fighting entertainment" motto seriously, and made busy, interactive arenas which are as much a spectacle as the fight itself. Something to look at while you slap your hands uselessly on the control pad and die over and over again, then.

Dead or Alive 5 is due on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in September, and has been in the works (or at least, pre-production) for seven years.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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