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SERIES · ESTABLISHED 1996
Dead or Alive
ActionAdventureArcadeFighting
COVERED BY 70 WRITERS
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Sammy Barker, Robert Ramsey, Kyle Hilliard and 67 more across 14 outlets
Writers indexed
70
Entries
12
Articles
72
Reviews
25
Outlets
14
12 ENTRIES
Every game in the series
Dead or Alive 6
2019·24articles
Dead or Alive 5
2012·14articles
Warriors All-Stars
2017·5articles
Dead or Alive 2
1999·3articles
Dead or Alive: Dimensions
2011·3articles
Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Fortune
2016·3articles
★ Flagship
Venus Vacation Prism: Dead or Alive Xtreme
2025·3articles
Dead or Alive 3
2001·2articles
Dead or Alive 4
2005·1articles
Dead or Alive
1996·0articles
Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation
2017·0articles
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2
2006·0articles
WRITER INDEX
Covering Dead or Alive
Each writer's count reflects their lifetime indexed pieces on any Dead or Alive entry.
LATEST COVERAGE
Across the series
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Virginia Glaze IGN·10 Sept
Dead or Alive 6 Last Round Project Manager Sparks Debate After Revealing Koei Tecmo is Dialing Back the Game's 'Sexy Costumes'newsonDead or Alive 6 Last Round
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Michael Cripe IGN·29 Jun
Dead or Alive 6 Last Round Pummeled by Negative Reviews as Koei Tecmo Asks Players to Rebuy DLCnewsonDead or Alive 6 Last Round
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Jody MacGregor PC Gamer·29 Jun
The original version of Dead or Alive 6 was delisted in favor of a rerelease that's currently at 70% negative reviews on Steam: 'Tecmo just sees this as the coomer franchise'newsonDead or Alive 6
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Lewis Parker Kotaku·28 Jun
Dead Or Alive 6 Last Round Releases With Over 400 DLCs And Forces Owners To Repurchase Content They Already OwnnewsonDead or Alive 6 Last Round
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Dustin Bailey GamesRadar+·26 Jun
Dead or Alive 6 returns with 440 pieces of DLC worth $1,700 and immediately gets blasted with 79% negative Steam reviewsnewsonDead or Alive 6
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Sammy Barker Push Square·1 May
SNK's Mai, Kula Diamond Return in Dead or Alive 6 PS5, But You'll Need to Buy Them AgainnewsonDead or Alive 6
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Robert Ramsey Push Square·24 Feb
Don't Worry, Team Ninja Split Doesn't Impact Nioh, Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive DevnewsonNioh 3+ 2 more
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Robert Ramsey Push Square·18 Feb
Dead or Alive 6: Last Round Is Sounding More and More Like a Rough DealnewsonDead or Alive 6 Last Round
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Robert Ramsey Push Square·12 Feb
New Dead or Alive Game Announced as Dead or Alive 6: Last Round Comes to PS5newsonDead or Alive 6 Last Round
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Wes Fenlon PC Gamer·12 Feb
Team Ninja is working on a new Dead or Alive fighting game after half a decade in hibernationnewsComparisononDead or Alive 6
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Michael Cripe IGN·12 Feb
Koei Tecmo Reveals New Dead or Alive Game and Dead or Alive 6 Last Round | Sony State of PlayCH
Charles Harte Game Informer·12 Feb
Dead Or Alive 6 Last Round Arrives In June, New Dead Or Alive In DevelopmentnewsonDead or Alive 6 Last Round
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Dom Peppiatt Eurogamer·12 Feb
Dead or Alive fans are eating well tonight: Koei Tecmo announces a new game is in development, and Dead Or Alive 6 Last Round launches this summernewsonDead or Alive
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Lan Pitts GameSpot·1 Dec 2025
Industry Mourns Tomonobu Itagaki, Creator Of Dead Or Alive And 3D Ninja GaidennewsComparisononNinja Gaiden
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Sammy Barker Push Square·16 Oct 2025
Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive Legend Tomonobu Itagaki Has Passed AwaynewsonNinja Gaiden 4
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Verity Townsend IGN·16 Oct 2025
Masahiro Sakurai, Katsuhiro Harada, and More Japanese Video Game Developers Pay Tribute to Dead or Alive Creator Tomonobu Itagaki, Who Has Died Aged 58newsonDead or Alive 2+ 2 more
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Darryn Bonthuys GameSpot·16 Oct 2025
Legendary Dead Or Alive And Ninja Gaiden Creator Tomonobu Itagaki Has DiednewsComparisononDevil's Third+ 1 more
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Connor Makar Eurogamer·16 Oct 2025
Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki has died, age 58newsonDead or Alive
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Sammy Barker Push Square·5 Feb 2025
Your Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive PS5 Imports Will Not Be Affected by US Postal Service ChangesnewsonDead or Alive
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Ashley Bardhan GamesRadar+·31 Jan 2025
Dev behind the legendarily horny Dead or Alive series politely cites "impact on safety" while requesting fans stop sending romantic gifts to fictional charactersnewsComparisononDead or Alive