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Store Update 19th March 2013 (North America)

Short and sweet

You can almost hear the crickets hidden amongst this week’s North American PlayStation Store update. Sure, the likes of Dead or Alive 5 Plus, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, and Hogs of War (remember that one?) are vying for your attention – but there’s not a lot else worth mentioning. As such, let’s get this show on the...

• Wed 20th Mar 2013
• Store Update
• North America
• PSN
• Vita
• PSP

News Tecmo Koei Undresses Dead or Alive 5 Plus Footage

Real knockout

Dead or Alive 5 Plus may not be garnering quite the same attention as Killzone: Mercenary and Tearaway, but it probably should be – and not just because it sports ladies in skimpy outfits. The portable fighter looks set to be a real technical masterpiece, boasting some seriously impressive visuals in this brand new gameplay trailer...

• Fri 15th Feb 2013
• Tecmo Koei
• Vita
• Trailers

News Touch Your Favourite Fighters in Dead or Alive 5 Plus

Your heartbeat next to ours

If you’ve always been eager to tickle Kasumi into submission, then Dead or Alive 5 Plus should be right up your alley. The portable PlayStation Vita remake features a brand new ‘Touch Fight’ mode, which allows you to attack opponents using simple taps and swipes of the touch screen. In this option, the action takes...

• Thu 14th Feb 2013
• Tecmo Koei
• Vita

News Your Bikinis Will Be Compatible with Dead or Alive 5 Plus

Fill your boots

If you’ve already acquired a healthy wardrobe of skimpy Dead or Alive 5 costumes, then you may be delighted to learn that they’ll all be compatible with the fighter’s upcoming PlayStation Vita port, Dead or Alive 5 Plus. That brand new first-person mode may have a purpose after all. In addition, according to

• Wed 16th Jan 2013
• Tecmo Koei
• Vita
• DLC

News Dead or Alive 5 Plus Will Allow You to Poke Your Rivals

Not like that

Tecmo Koei has finally decided to furnish us with some screenshots of its upcoming PlayStation Vita fighter Dead or Alive 5 Plus. While the images look great, we can’t help but feel that they look a little too great. After all, it’s not like publishers are always honest about the appearance of their games. Alongside the suspicious...

• Thu 20th Dec 2012
• Tecmo Koei
• Vita
• Screens

News Dead or Alive 5 Plus Gets Jiggy on 19th March in North America

Shake it all about

Tecmo Koei may be doing little more than porting its console titles to PlayStation Vita, but at least it’s releasing something on the platform. Sadly, that’s more than we can say for most other third-parties at the moment. Speaking of which: the company’s just announced a 19th March release date for Dead or Alive 5 Plus in...

• Fri 14th Dec 2012
• Tecmo Koei
• Vita

News Dead or Alive 5 Plus Picks a Fight with Europe on 22nd March

Put 'em up

European gamers will be able to engage in a spot of first-person fighting next year, when Dead or Alive 5 Plus attacks store shelves on 22nd March. Thus far, we've seen very little of the handheld port – well, aside from a few off-screen photographs – which makes the impending release date somewhat surprising. Still, despite the...

• Thu 13th Dec 2012
• Tecmo Koei
• Vita
• Release Dates
• Europe

News Dead or Alive 5 Plus Features a First-Person Mode

Up close and personal

Dead or Alive 5 Plus for the PlayStation Vita will boast a brand new first-person mode that will allow you to inspect your opponents with the system's accelerometer. The nifty feature will prompt you to hold the platform vertically in order to get a “full-screen view” of your foe. We can’t imagine why you’d possibly...

• Thu 6th Dec 2012
• Tecmo Koei
• Vita

News Dead or Alive 5 Plus Is Punching onto PlayStation Vita Next Year

Are you a fighter?

Tecmo Koei has already pledged plenty of support to the PlayStation Vita – but it’s not finished yet. Speaking at the IGN Pro League, Team Ninja gaffer Yosuke Hayashi has confirmed that Dead or Alive 5 Plus is punching its way onto the PlayStation Vita. Specific details are scarce right now, but Hayashi states that the title...

• Sun 2nd Dec 2012
• Tecmo Koei
• Vita
• Announcements