Team Ninja split into two groups in Tecmo Koei reorganization
Parent company Tecmo Koei will restructure its flagship studio Team Ninja into two individual groups, Ichigaya Development Group 1 and Ichigaya Development Group 2. In a statement today, Tecmo Koei confirms Yosuke Hayashi will oversee Group 1, while Fatal Frame series alum Keisuke Kikuchi will get ...
PSN Tuesday: Persona sale, Dead or Alive 5 Plus, The Walking Dead
This week's PlayStation Store update is notable for its substantial subtractions, particularly to the price of the Persona series. The three PSP games are each discounted by $10 or more, while the massive Persona 4 Golden for PlayStation Vita is marked down from its regular $40 to $30. If you ...
Dead or Alive 5 Plus demo hits 'close' to launch
The Vita's Plus-enhanced port of Dead or Alive 5 gets hit with a demo "close" to the game's launch in North America on March 19. That may well mean it arrives after launch - Team Ninja was more concrete earlier this week about a Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge demo hitting before launch. As demos go, ...
Dead or Alive 5 Plus 'Touch Fight' mode exactly what it sounds like
As we originally learned last December, the "Touch Mode" in Dead or Alive 5 Plus places the player into a first-person environment that can either be oriented in portrait or landscape mode. Attacks are delivered by poking, pinching and/or flicking the opponent, all of which will result in jabs, ...
How Cross-Play works in Dead or Alive 5 Plus
For those of you who can't imagine a PS3/Vita matchup in Dead or Alive 5, Team Ninja has released additional information about the mechanics of cross-play. You'll be able to see via an icon whether your opponent is playing on Vita or PS3, a distinction that will also be shown in rankings. Team ...
Dead or Alive 5 Plus to support Cross Play, Cross Buy DLC
Dead or Alive 5 Plus for the PlayStation Vita will not only allow players to challenge PlayStation 3 owners during online play, but also save a bundle on their provocative-costume bill. Well, in-game at least. Team Ninja's coming portable adaptation of last September's Dead or Alive 5 will support ...
'Touch, flick, and pinch' to fight in Dead or Alive 5 Plus
Tecmo released more details, and some suspiciously great-looking screenshots, of Dead or Alive 5 Plus today, including information on the two available control schemes in the Vita fighter's weird first-person, vertically oriented fighting mode. In "Mode 1," you simply tap the screen where you want ...
Dead or Alive 5 Plus punches in March 19, 2013 in US
The PS Vita is getting its Plus port of Dead or Alive 5 on March 19, 2013. Team Ninja confirmed earlier this week that the fighter is due in Europe and Australia on March 22, but the developer revealed the US release date via the game's newly launched website. Dead or Alive 5 Plus is bringing few ...
Dead or Alive 5 Plus has a first-person mode
Dead or Alive 5 Plus for Vita includes a new first-person mode, in which you hold the Vita vertically and use the motion sensor for a "first-person, full-screen view of your opponent." The port also has new touch controls, which go beyond the expected touchscreen macros – "Simple taps, ...
Dead or Alive 5 Plus announced for Vita, coming early 2013
Dead or Alive 5 Plus, a PlayStation Vita port of September's Dead or Alive 5, has just been announced by Team Ninja head Yosuke Hayashi. Details are slim at the moment, although we do know that the port is expected to hit Sony's handheld sometime during the early part of 2013. An update to the ...
