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Wed, Sep 19, 2012 | 14:24 BST

Dead or Alive 5 trailer preps you for next week’s release

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Dead or Alive 5 isn’t out in the US or UK until next week, but Koei Tecmo has released the launch trailer anyway. It’s below. Dead or Alive 5 launches in the US on September 25 and in the UK on September 28.

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Thu, Mar 28, 2013 | 00:47 GMT

Ninja Gaiden Z revealed, is Inafune’s ‘Yaiba’, Spark Unlimited developing

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Team Ninja has revealed Ninja Gaiden Z, a collaboration between Team Ninja, Spark Unlimited and Keiji Inafune. It’s a cel-shaded Ninja Gaiden with zombies basically, and is the full name of Inafune’s ‘Yaiba’ project. The studio also unveiled a new Ninja Gaiden smartphone game, free Wii U DLC and more. Get it all here.

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Tue, Sep 18, 2012 | 06:14 BST

Dead or Alive 5, Ken’s Rage 2 headed to TGS with Tecmo Koei

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Tecmo Koei has released its Tokyo Game Show 2012 line up, just days before the annual event kicks off in Chiba.

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Wed, Sep 12, 2012 | 21:32 BST

Dead or Alive 5 – Pai Chan and Gen Fu announced via Famitsu

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Dead or Alive 5 will be graced with Virtua Fighter’s Pai Chan, Famitsu has revealed. Gen Fu, the bookstore owner and a master of Xinyi Liuhe Quan in the DoA series, was also confirmed. The game is out at the end of the month on PS3 and Xbox 360. Famitsu shots are below, and they are a bit small. Koei Tecmo will likely release them to the masses in a higher resolution this week sometime. Thanks, Siliconera.

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Tue, Sep 11, 2012 | 23:53 BST

Dead or Alive 5′s Mila gets official video debut

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Dead or Alive 5′s second all-new character, Mila, is now officially a thing – so see her in action and learn about her story through the break.

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Tue, Sep 11, 2012 | 15:05 BST

Dead or Alive 5′s Mila gets the screenshots treatment

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Dead or Alive 5 shots and character renders for Mila have been released by Koei Tecmo. Mila was outed a bit earlier than planned this week via an escaped trailer, so the firm has apparently decided to go with it, and sent out some media to accompany the oopsie. Have a look at her below. Dead or Alive 5 launches at the end of the month on PS3 and Xbox 360.

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Tue, Sep 11, 2012 | 00:10 BST

Dead or Alive 5′s Mila revealed in leaked footage

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Dead or Alive 5 has at least one unrevealed character, but whoops-a-daisy; she’s not a secret any more.

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Thu, Sep 06, 2012 | 16:33 BST

Dead or Alive 5 interview: Hayashi on fight “entertainment”

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Dead or Alive 5 developer Team Ninja believes its concept of ‘Fighting Entertainment’ will further the genre as a whole. VG247′s Dave Cook speaks with director Yosuke Hayashi to find out why.

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Wed, Aug 29, 2012 | 09:13 BST

Dead or Alive 5 dev video: ‘we wanted to make it much sexier’

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Dead or Alive 5 is teetering on a tightrope between making its characters sexier than ever and making them grounded and real. The latest dev diary video from Team Ninja talks about wanting to do both. There’s also new gameplay, behind the scenes design and Virtua Fighter love. Watch the clip below.

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Tue, Aug 28, 2012 | 12:01 BST

Dead Or Alive 5: Leaked shots show new character Mila

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Dead or Alive 5′s newest fighter Mila has been snapped on camera by an unnamed source. It’s unclear who took the shots, but AGB has kindly released them into the wild. See Mila in action here.

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Thu, Aug 23, 2012 | 14:52 BST

Dead or Alive 5 character roster expands with Helena and Lisa

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Dead or Alive 5′s roster continues to expand with today’s announcement of two new fighters.

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Wed, Aug 22, 2012 | 14:48 BST

DOA 5′s ‘Japanese approach to women won’t change’

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Dear or Alive 5 director Yosuke Hayashi has stated that Team Ninja’s approach to making the series’ leading ladies as attractive as possible stems from Japanese culture, and that the studio will never change its approach to the game’s sexual overtones.

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Sun, Aug 19, 2012 | 23:56 BST

Dead or Alive 5 roster to expand further before launch

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Dead or Alive 5′s line-up of combatants isn’t yet complete, Team Ninja boss Yosukle Hayashi has confirmed.

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Fri, Aug 17, 2012 | 08:08 BST

Dead or Alive 5: Director wants more cameos, ‘Ryo from Shenmue would be ideal’

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Dead or Alive 5 director Yosuke Hayashi would like more cameos in Dead or Alive 5 after launch, and revealed to VG247 that his ideal cameo would be Ryo from Shenmue. He also explained the relationship between Team Ninja and Sega in greater detail.

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Fri, Aug 17, 2012 | 03:41 BST

Dead or Alive 5 boss dodges sexism query with “the cutest chicks in video games”

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Dead or Alive 5′s controversial female character designs meet Team Ninja’s goals, according to producer Yosuke Hayashi.

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Wed, Aug 15, 2012 | 18:00 BST

Two more Dead or Alive 5 fighters revealed

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Team Ninja has confirmed another couple of combatants for the upcoming beat ‘em up, and sent along screenshots to show ‘em off.

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Wed, Aug 15, 2012 | 05:01 BST

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

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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.

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Mon, Aug 13, 2012 | 01:47 BST

Dead or Alive 5 site offers explanatory character chart

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Dead or Alive 5 seems to be no exception to the cardinal rule of fighting games, which is that the plots have to be batshit insane to explain why thirty people are smacking each other up and all of them can win. Understanding your bafflement, Tecmo Koei has released a flowchart explaining how the main characters relate to each other. Welcome to gaming in 2012. Dead or Alive 5 arrives on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in late September.

Thanks, Siliconera.

Wed, Aug 08, 2012 | 18:35 BST

Dead or Alive 5 “Opening Declaration” trailer calls fighters to battle

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Tecmo has dished out a new trailer for Dead or Alive 5 (via Gamespot), in which the various fighters you’ll be doing battle with later this year are called to compete in the next DOA tournament.

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Tue, Aug 07, 2012 | 03:34 BST

Dead or Alive 5 Collector’s Edition includes swimsuits

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Dead or Alive 5′s famously disproportionate women can be viewed in even scantier clothing than usual in the screenshots through the break.

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