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DOA4 ships December 29th (USA) [PR]

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DrDogg said:
TECMO ANNOUNCES SHIP DATE FOR DEAD OR ALIVE 4
Boasting a lightning fast fighting engine, worldwide online capabilities, and unsurpassed visual beauty, Dead or Alive 4 will be the premier title when it explodes onto store shelves on December 29, 2005

TORRANCE, Calif. December 28, 2005— Tecmo proudly announced today that Dead or Alive® 4, the highly anticipated next installment in its hugely popular fighting series, will ship to major retailers nationwide on December 29, 2005. The highly awaited title for the next-generation Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft will set the new standard for fighting games, boasting the most advanced online fighting system in the world via the Xbox Live ® online game service. Dead or Alive 4 will break new ground on Xbox Live featuring simultaneous 4-player tag battle for the first time in the series, up to 16-players online at one time, and a stylized and accessible online lobby system that allows players to choose an avatar and a “theme” for their house which will serve as their online lobby that other players can visit to get matched up for a fight.

Featuring the most fast and furious fighting engine to ever grace a video game, Dead or Alive 4 is positioned to not only take the fighting community by storm but to raise the bar for the fighting genre when it blasts onto store shelves later this month only on Xbox 360. An impressive line-up of new, old, and unlockable secret characters, breathtaking, “Hollywood Style” cinematic ending movies, and in-depth interactive stages round out the list of Dead or Alive 4 features poised to make the game a “must buy”.



“Dead or Alive 4’s unsurpassed visual beauty, worldwide online capabilities, and finely tuned fighting engine make it the game to own on Xbox 360,” John Inada, Tecmo’s General Manager, said. “No other fighting game on the market today will be able to match its depth, strategy, and awe-inspiring visuals. Dead or Alive 4 will be a force to be reckoned with.”




About Dead or Alive 4

Taking advantage of the superior technology of the new Xbox 360 system, Dead or Alive 4 will be the defining gaming experience on the next-generation console as it will encompass all that Xbox 360 has to offer, giving players one of the most rewarding digital fighting experiences to date on a video game console.

Dead or Alive 4 will be the leader in fighting games as it once again raises the bar in both online and offline fighting. By utilizing the advanced technology of the new Xbox 360 hardware, Dead or Alive 4 will redefine 3-D graphics as the attention to detail is astounding from each strand of the character’s hair to each cherry blossom falling from the sky, creating the most visually beautiful and realistic looking video game to date.

Dead or Alive 4’s unsurpassed online capabilities via Xbox Live® online game service will set the stage for all online 3-D fighting games to follow as more players will be able to play Dead or Alive 4 simultaneously online to compete in larger more impressive Xbox Live tournaments around the globe. Dead or Alive 4’s online world will also include innovative and interactive online lobbies featuring voice and text chat, detailed online scoreboards, and a unique online lobby system that allows players to choose an avatar and a “theme” for their house which will serve as their online lobby that other players can visit to get matched up for a fight.

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.

For the most up to date information and newest action-packed fighting screens showcasing all the new DOA characters for Dead or Alive 4, check out the newly relaunched and super cool Tecmo website at www.tecmogames.com . Dead or Alive 4 will be the premier holiday title when it hits retailers nationwide on December 29, 2005, only on the new Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

About Tecmo
Tecmo®, Inc., located in Torrance, California, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo based Tecmo, LTD, a publicly traded company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Tecmo, Inc. is a leading publisher of video games for next generation consoles, handheld hardware, and mobile devices including those manufactured by Microsoft, Sony Computer Entertainment America, and Nintendo. Tecmo has gained worldwide recognition with product lines such as Tecmo Bowl™, Ninja Gaiden ®, Gallop Racer®, Fatal Frame®, Monster Rancher®, TRAPT™, Tokobot™ and Dead or Alive®. More information on Tecmo can be found at www.tecmogames.com



Xbox 360 and Xbox Live are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/ or other countries.

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Source: GAF's very own DrDogg @ DOACentral
 
“No other fighting game on the market today will be able to match its depth, strategy, and awe-inspiring visuals. Dead or Alive 4 will be a force to be reckoned with.”
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Wow, them's fightin words.
 
how about no other developer actually cares enough to put their 3D fighting game online? infact, aside from MK, is there another 3D online fighting game? its bullcrap that sega, namco, etc. can't dedicate enough people to get at least a bare minimum online system up and running after all these years. unacceptable!

From where?
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gamestop.com. there is no deal, i just had to pay the $9.99. the good thing is that they don't tax me, so the way i justify paying the extra $10 is by saying "well, you aren't getting taxed, so there's $5 you would've spent, plus the time and gas money you saved from not having to go out and buy it" and after having that conversation with myself, i see it is a good decision
 
FrenchMovieTheme said:
gamestop.com. there is no deal, i just had to pay the $9.99. the good thing is that they don't tax me, so the way i justify paying the extra $10 is by saying "well, you aren't getting taxed, so there's $5 you would've spent, plus the time and gas money you saved from not having to go out and buy it" and after having that conversation with myself, i see it is a good decision
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Cool. Just asking to see if they had a different ship date since both EB and GS say shipping 12/30 which would mean we wouldnt have it on Friday.
 
Excellent!

DOA4 is one of the first 360 games to render 1080i natively rather than scale it from 720p so should look sweet on my 1080i direct-view TV.
 
FrenchMovieTheme said:
how about no other developer actually cares enough to put their 3D fighting game online? infact, aside from MK, is there another 3D online fighting game? its bullcrap that sega, namco, etc. can't dedicate enough people to get at least a bare minimum online system up and running after all these years. unacceptable!
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VF will be playable online when we somehow violate several laws of physics.

edit: I wasn't trying to turn this into a VF/SC/DOA pissing match btw, I'm eagerly awaiting (and buying) DOA4 to see what they did with it. Itagaki sounds like they really tightened this one up, but whether it can compete with VF remains to be seen. The point above is that traditionally 'less tight' games like MK and DOA with fewer actions that require timing of frames in the single digits are infinitely more receptive to play under conditions with latency.
 
Amir0x said:
Friday. Shipdate is almost never the arrival date.
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No offense, but games arrive in store on the ship date fairly often. Usually the store manager needs to make special trip to a UPS/DHL/etc. distribution center, but it does happen.
 
shantyman said:
No offense, but games arrive in store on the ship date fairly often. Usually the store manager needs to make special trip to a UPS/DHL/etc. distribution center, but it does happen.
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This is also a special case. I really think the pressure was on Tecmo to get this out by the end of the year. The decision to release it now instead of next Tuesday was more about taxes and write-offs.
 
shoplifter said:
VF will be playable online when we somehow violate several laws of physics.
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Your in luck! Go play ridge racer 6!

But seriously, its more of a case of a shitty backbone to the internet then distance.
You could live in the same state, but the connection could still jump 6 times, causing enough lag to be noticed.
 
shoplifter said:
VF will be playable online when we somehow violate several laws of physics.

edit: I wasn't trying to turn this into a VF/SC/DOA pissing match btw, I'm eagerly awaiting (and buying) DOA4 to see what they did with it. Itagaki sounds like they really tightened this one up, but whether it can compete with VF remains to be seen. The point above is that traditionally 'less tight' games like MK and DOA with fewer actions that require timing of frames in the single digits are infinitely more receptive to play under conditions with latency.
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oh no, there's quite a bit of preciseness offline that can't be replicated in online DOA, as seen with DOAU... that's where terms like "lag tactics" and "online safe moves" came from...

nobody who's serious about fighting games expects online to be the same as offline, it's just that it's better than nothing...
 
shantyman said:
No offense, but games arrive in store on the ship date fairly often. Usually the store manager needs to make special trip to a UPS/DHL/etc. distribution center, but it does happen.
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a.) why would that offend me
b.) 9/10 cases, I would say that isn't so. I pre-order all the time, so I'd say this is the exception to the rule rather than the case. But DoA4 is probably a special case, so it may be one of those times.
 
you all. will be. destroyed.


*stands on soap box*

I AM KINGJ2002!

AND I TAKE ON ALL CHALLENGERS!

THIS WEEKEND!

I WILL RETURN TO THE RING AND COMPLETELY!!!

ULTIMATELY!!!!

BEAT AND DESTROY EVERYONE THAT STANDS IN MY PATH!!!


the king.... has... spoken!
 
Dammit why couldn't it ship today/yesterday? This means I probably won't be able to rent it till next week
 
Let's celebrate by playing a game ooooof..... Guess the boobs!

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