Koei Tecmo’s latest batch of DLC costumes for its endless cash-cow, Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, have landed. This bunch are a result of a collaboration with the folk behind Senran Kagura, and they’re perhaps the most interesting costumes yet. As the above paragraph no doubt suggests, these costumes…
Read MoreWe’ve got some good news to share regarding two recent Koei Tecmo games, that will make fans very happy (we assume). First up is Atelier Shallie. A game that I awarded a well-deserved 5/5 score to sadly shipped with a major bug that meant that going into a certain menu…
Read MoreDead or Alive 5 has been a complete commercial success for Koei Tecmo. And, among those critics that can look past its hyper-sexualisation, it has also been regarded well as the edition in the series that took the franchise and injected it with enough depth that it works both as…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Ahead of the game’s official release in a few weeks, I had the opportunity to set down and really put Dead or Alive 5: Last Round through its paces, including testing the newest character, Honoka, in full. I came away even more excited for the game…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Koei Tecmo is going out of its way to try and convince fans of Dead or Alive 5 that the next-gen upgrade is worth the price of admission (and it’s succeeded, as far as we’re concerned). The latest addition to the ever-growing Dead or Alive 5…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. I’ve been deservedly punched on the side of my head a couple times in my life (for being too handsome, I guess), but none of those hits registered with quite the impact or playfulness as Team Ninja’s flurry of news: Dead or Alive 5 Last Round…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. Whether you prefer strategy, tactical-action, or an all-out war of fast, elegant, and presumably pleasant smelling ninja fists, Koei Tecmo Europe has you comfortably covered. Although there’s limited information available concerning when these titles will be available in the West, Bladestorm: Nightmare, Dead or Alive 5…
Read MoreImpressions by Matt S. I’m a big, big fan of Dead or Alive 5. I started relatively ambivalent with the original release, but it seems I just needed to spend a few hundred hours with the new vision for the series to fall fully in love with it, because with…
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