Dead or Alive 6, originally due out on February 15, will now be released worldwide on March 1, publisher Koei Tecmo have announced. The delay is so the team can “further polish its balance, gameplay, and expressivity”.

Dead or Alive is back! The latest entry in Team Ninja’s fighting game series Dead or Alive 6 is slated for release early next year on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki is stepping down as Representative Director and Chief Technical Officer at Valhalla Game Studios. Instead, he will become the studio’s Prime Advisor and also work with other studios. Most recently, Itagaki directed Devil’s Third. 

Arc System Works is collaborating with Dead or Alive 5 Last Round for “collaboration costumes” from BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, and Guilty Gear Xrd Sign. The DLC is slated for a March release in Japan. No word yet about an international release, but perhaps simultaneous.