Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate is coming to Japanese arcades sometime later this year, Tecmo Koei recently announced. Discuss… 7/09/13 5:40am 7/09/13 5:40am

A new Dead or Alive 5 project is "coming soon" to the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Yosuke Hayashi, Team Ninja's leader, recently announced that the "newest work" (最新作) for Dead or Alive 5 was "currently in development" and showed a very brief trailer. It sounds like a stand-alone title, so it might be a revamped or tweaked version … Discuss… 4/29/13 5:30am 4/29/13 5:30am

Despite feedback from Tecmo's overseas offices to "tone down the sexuality" of Dead or Alive 5's female fighters, the game's developers bravely pressed ahead in the name of fan service. Read… 9/29/12 2:00pm 9/29/12 2:00pm

Unless we're talking about Persona 4 Arena, stories in fighting games tend to be pretty awful.They usually boil down to a series far-fetched excuses for random characters to beat the tar out of each other. Read… 9/25/12 5:30pm 9/25/12 5:30pm

Dead or Alive 5 is getting a downloadable version. PS3 version at launch; Xbox 360 ver. hits 3 months after launch. Discuss… 9/19/12 6:25am 9/19/12 6:25am

Japanese fighting game Dead or Alive features a bevy of curvy ladies punching and kicking each other in the face. For years now, the DoA's have been talking up two things: Fighting game mechanics and boob physics. Read… 9/14/12 5:30am 9/14/12 5:30am

With her two-toned hair, spunky attitude and part-time job at a diner (free food!), Mila might be my favorite Dead or Alive fighter yet. The up-and-coming MMA fighter makes her debut in Dead or Alive 5. Read… 9/11/12 2:15pm 9/11/12 2:15pm

You're late for your job at the secret underwater lab. Dashing through the lobby you see two women step into the facility's sole elevator: the beautiful blonde heiress to the DOATEC fortune and that dark and mysterious scientist you've always expected has a hidden wild side. Do not get in that elevator. Read… 8/23/12 3:30pm 8/23/12 3:30pm

There's only one way a meal between the boisterous Brad Wong and boyish Eliot in Tecmo Koei's Dead or Alive 5 can possibly end. Or they could fight I guess. That works too. Read… 8/15/12 5:30pm 8/15/12 5:30pm

I don't get it, Tecmo Koei. This is supposed to be the "Sexy Costume" trailer, but it only shows Zack for all of 10 seconds, padding the rest with female characters dressed like some sort of rabbits. What gives? Read… 7/27/12 8:30am 7/27/12 8:30am

With Tina and Jann Lee returning to the ring in Dead or Alive 5, there are just too many pretty characters in the game to choose just one. Luckily there's Tag Mode. Read… 7/19/12 3:00pm 7/19/12 3:00pm

In today's flora and fauna focused Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Troublehalf shares a short but sweet comment about this particular image from Dead or Alive 5, which we can only assume was referring to the best damn flamingos in the business. Read… 6/29/12 5:30pm 6/29/12 5:30pm

Now that all talk of misogyny, mistreatment and objectification of women has been put to rest; now that we've all decided to live together in perfect harmony and treat each other as respected equals; now is the time for preorder bikinis and shots of half-naked video game characters sparkling with rivulets of shimmering … Read… 6/25/12 7:30pm 6/25/12 7:30pm

These days, it's impossible to make a fighting game without the awareness that the community surrounding those games is going to put it through its paces. The fact that there's a dedicated group of players who'll be picking apart movesets and stun durations isn't daunting to fighting game creators, though. For some,… Read… 6/15/12 9:00am 6/15/12 9:00am

You know how it goes when you're facing another person in a fighting game round: both players have whittled off some chunks off the other's life bar and the match seems up for grabs. That's where I was while playing Dead or Alive 5 at Tecmo's booth today. The person manning the display already whupped me a few times … Read… 6/06/12 9:00am 6/06/12 9:00am

Fighter Dead or Alive 5 gets a new trailer—one that's covered in cherry blossoms and drapped in kimonos. It features lots of kicking and lots of punching. There's also a Virtua surprise at the end (well, it's not that big of a surprise). Read… 6/05/12 10:30pm 6/05/12 10:30pm