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Thursday, Apr 2
Pro Gamers Are Out Of A Job Too
The New York Times profiles some those ultra-hardcore gamers who made it their job—or "job," if you prefer—to play video games like Counter-Strike and Dead or Alive 4 better than 99.9% of the world's population, folks left without income after the closure of leagues like the Championshi...
Sunday, Jan 4
Japan's Best And Worst Sellers By Platform [Rumor]
1. Puzzle Series Vol.1 SUDOKU Total Sales: 482 7. Ryu Ga Gotoku KENZAN! Total Sales: 270, 438 PS3 Bottom Ten 3. Oblivion (PS3 Best Series — Reduced Price) Total Sales: 6,047 Xbox 360 Top Ten 1. Blue Dragon Total Sales: 203,740 6. Dead or Alive 4 Total Sales: 108,618
Tuesday, Dec 16
Tecmo Passes The Football Card [2008 Holiday Cards]
When I think of Tecmo, I think of a lot of games.You've got Ninja Gaiden. You've got Dead or Alive. You've got Super Swing Golf. And yes, you have Tecmo Bowl.... as seen depicted in this staff...
Monday, Nov 24
So, How Much Space Do Your 360 Games Installs Take Up? [New Xbox Experience]
The New Xbox Experience lets you install 360 games onto your HDD. Great news for anyone - like myself - who gets DISC READ ERRORS as often as the sun both rises and sets. But chances are, unless you splurged and bought yourself an Elite, or are new to the 360 world and own a 60GB unit, you have a 20GB...
Tuesday, Nov 18
Another Pro Gaming League Goes Under [Championship Gaming Series]
The CGS focused on competitive gaming in titles like Counter-Strike: Source, Dead or Alive 4, FIFA, World of Warcraft and more. It joins the CPL and World Series of Video Games as failed attempts to garner profitable interest in watching other people play games really, really, really wel...
Wednesday, Oct 8
NXE Really Does Make Your Xbox Better
I concluded that 360 Miis were a good idea and that having a game library page with all the content for a game right there to be seen was a good thing. But I’m still on the fence about installing games directing to your hard drive and about the use of XNA games.
Friday, Sep 19
A Week In Comments
There's still the Dragon Quest VI remake to be released. So . . . hmm. I also didn't notice any Mortal Kombat "Test your strength!" stories. To break diamond you make a fist and wipe your knuckles back and forth over the buttons until they bleed.
Tuesday, Sep 2
Arcade: Catch These Dead or Alive Figures!
Yes, you too can pick up Dead or Alive gals. WITH CLAWS. Sega's announced its U.F.O Catcher crane machines will be featuring Dead or Alive Xtreme figures of Kasumi and Ayane in Japan. They're about 18cm tall, designed by Shunya ...
Friday, Jul 25
First 4 Figures Does Ryu Hayabusa Right
First 4 Figures is thrilled to announce that they have been awarded a license from Microsoft and TECMO/Team Ninja to create high end 1/4 scale statues based on the characters from the Ninja Gaiden II video game exclusive to Xbox 360. The first statue release is the video game’s super Ninja w...
Thursday, Dec 27
Xbox 360 Games Don't Sell In Japan [Dead Horse, Beaten]
New numbers have come from Famitsu, who has broken down Japanese sales figures on the top 50 Xbox 360 games since launch. None of the results are good. While Blue Dragon, an RPG by famous Final Fantasy developer Hironobu Sakaguchi was indeed Japan's most successful 360 title, it only sold 20...
Tuesday, Oct 2
Feature: Second Hand Smoke With Team Ninja's Tomonobu Itagaki
Ninja Gaiden for the DS is a welcome surprise, one that plays well and uses the stylus in a totally unique way. Western audiences will probably snap it up, but what about something that will dominate Japanese sales charts. I asked Itagaki if Team Ninja has any plans to make a ninja training app...
Tuesday, Jul 24
Kotaku After Dark: Finally, A Somewhat New Kasumi Figure
It feels like it's been days since we were treated to a new Dead or Alive babe immortalized in polyvinyl chloride. The long, cruel drought is over, thank Lord Itagaki, as Max Factory has released the fourth repaint of its extremely popular (I suppose) Kasumi figure, this time to commemorat...
Friday, Jul 20
To The Xtreme: Finally, Dead Or Alive Toys With Removable Clothing
If you haven't had your fill of Dead or Alive babes in statue form, Kotobukiya has you covered with this extremely uncovered Ayane sculpt. Based on Team Ninja's Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 version of the indigo haired ninja, the "Venus on the beach!" figure features removable clothing for when y...
Wednesday, Jul 18
E307: E3 Best of Show: How it Works
Fighting: Games focused around hand-to-hand combat against another opponent (or group of opponents). Past examples include Dead or Alive 3, Virtua Fighter, etc. Role Playing: Games primarily focused around character advancement - Including single-player games and online games (i.e....
Wednesday, Jul 11
E307: Rock Band To Feature Full Albums, Metallica
Harmonix, MTV Games and the Superstar Band Bring Multiple Tracks to Rock Band Videogame MTV Games & Harmonix Announce Upcoming Rock BandTM To Become First Videogame Ever to Offer Digitally-Distributed Game Levels Based On Full-Length Albums
Monday, Jul 9
Clip: Dead or Alive Online Trailer
Here's a look at Dead or Alive Online, featuring that big-headed, freakazoid Kasumi — just to give you nightmares. The game will feature a style of fighting unique to online and customization for more embarrassing costumes and panty shots. Deep shame. Out Next Year [Siliconera]
Tuesday, Jul 3
Gallery: Dead Or Alive Online Screens
Yesterday's announcement of Dead Or Alive Online for the Chinese PC gaming set posed more questions than answers. Is it a fighting game? No, not really. Why isn't Team Ninja working on it? Dunno. Frankly, we're not even sure how the game is going to work when it's released in Asia next year. Toda...
Monday, Jul 2
Tina And Bass At The Olympics: Dead Or Alive DDs Coming To PCs
Team Ninja's 3D fighter series Dead or Alive is making the jiggly jump from consoles to PCs in the form of Dead or Alive Online scheduled to hit sometime between now and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. DOA Online won't simply be a port of an existing console or arcade release, instead it will b...
Tuesday, Jun 26
Death Watch: Dead or Alive Flick Continues Box Office Free Fall
At final tally, DOA: Dead or Alive eeked out a mere US $260,713 at the box office during its opening weekend. And during its second weekend, it puttered out $21,029. Peanuts! For those keeping score, that means the film plummeted 92 percent since last weekend. Only 98 theaters continued show...
Friday, Jun 22
Wtf: Elf Bowling: The Movie... The What?
Our coverage of the Elf Bowling series is admittedly quite light, but I'm sure most of you have at least cursory awareness of the PC, Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance games. If not, I believe the Wikipedia description "In Elf Bowling, Santa gets revenge on his striking elf employees by using...
Friday, Jun 15
Rotten Tomato: Dead Or Alive Movie Actually In Theaters
Ain't It Cool News called it, showing they really know their video game based movies. Cory Yuen's film version of Dead Or Alive amazingly did make it to theaters. Despite rumors that the film was destined for a DVD only release in the U.S.—after opening in Europe in 2006 and having a great run on G...
Thursday, Jun 7
Opinion: Ninja: Itagaki Talks Motivation, Cabbage
Team Ninja's chief ninja and Dead or Alive mastermind Tomonobu Itagaki is one competitive dude. He says that the projects he's currently working aren't just good, but good. So much so that they'll destroy the hopes and dreams of other developers. Itagaki explains:
Friday, Jun 1
Mashing: EGM To Drop Soul Calibur Bomb
Paper mag Electronic Gaming Monthly has the inside dope on Namco's new Soul Calibur fighter. Not just regular inside dope, but exclusive inside dope. Here's teaser: If you're hankering for a virtual fistfight, top-quality options about — the Virtua Fighter, Tekken, and Dead or Alive fra...
Thursday, May 31
Rumor: Dead or Alive Theatrical Release
For the three readers who actually care, the Dead or Alive move DOA is supposedly getting a theatrical release. Last we heard, the game was slated for a straight-to-DVD release. Over at movie site Ain't It Cool News, they're saying: Seems the movie is headed for a June 15 release, despite per...
Wednesday, May 9
Lucky Europe: DOA Movie Still MIA
Out of all the gaming things Europe gets first, one had to be DOA: Dead or Alive. The film was based on Itagaki's Tecmo fighting games and stunk up the box office. The movie was so horrible that the film studio didn't screen it for some of the actors. So, the burning question: When will we see an Ame...
Monday, Apr 2
Opinion: DOAX's Kasumi Paint Job Studied
If you're going to drop nearly 8200 yen (about $70 American) each on Kotobukiya's Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 Kasumi PVC figures, you're entitled to see how that paint job turned out. Kotobukiya DEAD OR ALIVE XTREME 2 Kasumi "Virgo" and "Southern Cross" Sample Review [Moeyo]
Wednesday, Dec 28
DOA4 Hits Tomorrow
About Dead or Alive 4 Dead or Alive 4 also boasts incredible new interactive stages, an all star line-up of old and new favorite characters, and the most complex DOA countering system yet, all adding up to the must-have video game to own along with Xbox 360.
Monday, Jul 25
Japan Backs Xbox 360 [Xbox 360]
A slew of top-notch Japanese developers pledged their undying loyalty to Microsoft at the Xbox 360 Summit 2005. The companies included Square Enix, Taito, Tecmo and Bandai, which announced it is making three exclusive Xbox 360 titles.
