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Time to show other communities what we are really made of by making an impression with DOA5LR at EVO 2015! The event has been known about for a while now, but you can now RSVP on Big E's Facebook Invitational Thread. We already have 15 planning on going including: @Mr. Wah, @E-Mann, @Xcaliburbladez, @Crazy Steady, @NukNuks, @iHajinShinobi and other players from the community.

That roster alone should tell you how serious of a tournament this is. With a $1,000 pot bonus and help from Big E, we are advancing from our tournament last year, and improvement is always a good thing no matter how you look at it.

(2025 News Archive Update) The Downloadable North California Regionals 2015 Tournament is no longer available to download from Destruction Bomb. If you have a copy of this tournament preserved; please reach out to us so we can reestablish the link and download.

Thanks to community contributor @DestructionBomb we have the NCR 15 tournament recorded in better quality. Might be good for anyone scoping out the competition for SCR which is scheduled to happen in the coming months as a Battle Royal sponsorship match. Watch it on your PC, your phone, your laptop or your console; even offline if you want. Just remember to skip the first ten minutes of previews.

Are you ready for the SCR? After some super intense matches at NCR, I hope you are! We saw the return of one of DOA's finest competitors.... Requiem... aka... CJ... aka, uh Corposant... I guess he was living in the 16th century with that name, but alas he has won the major defeating Hajin in a very meticulous finale.


Every move was carefully thought through with this tournament, and the defensive zoning was great; the display of throw punishes was maddening. Also worth mentioning is the current point standings for Team NINJA's 20015 Battle Royal. You can take a look at the...

(2025 News Archive Update) Since the original playlist went missing; this is the last remaining footage from the ITG tournament that has been preserved.

IGT was South Korea's first Major tournament, but it also featured players from all around the world. I think this Top 8 looks fairly accurate and thanks to @CatzDaLegit for recording the event and posting it on YouTube. I know a lot of people missed it because of Easter weekend so now is your chance to scope out future competition. Congrats to Teru-Rock for winning an International Major with Leifang. Enjoy that $900 prize pot.

Semi-Finals we see McWild's Tina get dominated...

You wanted your tournament scene to hit the West Coast, and now you not only have a tournament, but a Battle Royal Tournament this weekend in Sacramento. Check out the invitational thread in our forum for full details.

After an unfortunate delay, and some terrible news the PC version of Dead or Alive 5: Last Round has finally been released. You can catch up with what's going on with the PC version at the information thread. That also might be a good place to post any problems you may be experiencing if any at all.

Also don't forget that Free Step Dodge has a Steam Group you're welcome to join.

Hasn't been long since E-Mann won his last tournament, and this time he wins it with Kokoro... and if I recall correctly this is Kokoro's first tournament win since DOA5 started. Top 8 was full of great stuff, and if you haven't seen it yet check out Team Spooky's Top 8 here at Free Step Dodge for the replay. Thanks for supporting Dead or Alive this weekend, Spooky!



Congrats to all players. Good job Black Moon for coming to this tournament and kicking all kinds of ass with your Leifang! I also forgot to bring up @hollow for his impressive Alpha...

We have concluded the first day of Last Round at Final Round 18 and when it comes to hype and clutch matches the community has definitely delivered today. The stream was cut short, but we got 3-4 hours of DOA stream time on Spooky, who also did the commentating all by himself. For not being a DOA regular it was good stuff from him! Thanks for the support, Spooky! You can watch Pools at Spooky's Official YouTube Playlist!


We see Crazy Steady rocking his belt from his Cali Crush victory last year, and he gets to work on his opponents. Despite some valiant...

Yes, one of our most hype tournaments is about an hour from starting, and what could make this even more exciting is not having a clue on what the pools are. I mean since we are affiliates and since Team NINJA is sponsoring this event I would expect to see them there, but alas they are not. This is Part 2 of Team NINJA's Battle Royal; Top 8 points will be awarded at the end of the event. Kwiggle currently leads the Battle Royal.

DOA is starting at 10AM EST and can be streamed at Team Spooky. Last Round has been out for a little over a month, so I hope to see at least one Raidou player. Fan favorites, Kwiggle and Sweet Revenge will be there as well as a wide array of new talent looking to show off what they have.

Pools (59 entrants): Pool 1 | Pool 2 | Pool 3 |...

So yeah... if you want the Steam version of Last Round you've probably already heard about the specs, and you've probably also heard that the new stages Crimson and Danger Zone as well as the Soft Engine will be missing from the game. We're going to document this information on the front page because it is certainly important news for anyone interested in this PC port.

There is also a rumor floating around that the game will be delayed on PC again. While this is not good news; there will be more information that will arrive to us from Team NINJA next week.

Minimum:

OS: Windows Vista / 7/8 / 8.1 (32bit / 64bit)
CPU: Core i7 870 or more
Memory: 2GB or more
Hard disk: 10.0GB or more of free space
Display: The display capable of displaying at 1280 × 720 pixels
Video Card: VRAM1GB more, more DirecX9.0c
Sound board: Sound board that supports more than DirectX 9.0c

Recommended:

OS: Windows Vista / 7/8 / 8.1 (32bit / 64bit)
CPU: Core i7 2600 or more
Memory: More...

In a year that brings Team NINJA's exciting and new tournament circuit, Battle Royal 2015, the pressure is certainly on the community to match up to the support the team has provided for it. Winter Brawl 9 (WB9) concluded a few weeks ago in Philadelphia, PA with 32 entrants - an improvement over Winter Brawl 8's numbers by 50%. However, many were disappointed in the turnout at WB9 regardless of the fact the game was released in the same week.


Larry "Shin Blanka" Dixon, organizer for Final Round 18, recently posted the pre-registration numbers on his facebook:

Team NINJA has announced today that the XBOX ONE and 360 patches are now live and are available for download. These patches fix not only the bugs that have been plaguing our save files but also prevents the game from crashing online so it can show off that fancier net code.

Also worth mentioning is that your costumes from Vanilla/Ultimate should be fully downloadable, BUT you might have problems downloading the bundles. Thankfully, you can download them through the singles on the marketplace. I only had problems downloading the Team DOA pre-order bonuses from Ultimate. Everything else has carried over for me.

Team NINJA's Last Round Version 1.01A Changes

Yesterday, the pools were pretty clutch, a great example being Sly Bass vs. Kwiggle in an exciting conclusion to Saturday's Pools at the Bifuteki stream. Today was no different! Over at Team Spooky we witnessed an exciting Top Eight that will not be soon forgotten!



It was too bad that Nestor was unable to attend, which might explain being last on this bracket, but the community was still treated to a great tournament despite this unfortunate circumstance. Sonic Fox defeated Jaeger in a rematch sending him to loser bracket where he won against Repoman, but was unsuccessful against Kwiggle despite the...

Tomorrow is Last Round's first major, and like almost always, our friends at Bifuteki will be streaming the event for spectators. The stream is planned to start at 2PM EST and will go until about 5PM. Sunday's stream will be about an hour long starting at 2PM EST once again, but this time on Team Sp00ky.

Let's pray as a community for awesome tech and something new to fight for!

Last Round has finally been released, and there are several ways to be involved with the game. We have Winter Brawl 9 this week, which is part of Team NINJA's 2015 Battle Royal, a Season Pass that you can buy to save on costumes for Last Round, and a new Get Ready Fight video from Team NINJA which pertains to Quarter Circles, Dashes and Hold Buttons.

Sony is hysterically celebrating the 14th with a fighting games sale, and among the games listed is Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate for the low, low price of ten dollars. If you've been too busy to try Ultimate or have been on Core Fighters, now might be the time to upgrade, because you will also get the free Last Round patch.

There are other great games on sale so now is the time to expand your fighting game library. What better way to spend Valentine's Day than beating the shit out of your significant other? This sale will go through the 16th.

Be sure to check out the new Last Round FAQ from Team NINJA if you have any questions about how the online will work, how long you can be expected to wait for the initial load (30 minutes), and of course how to carry over your DLC on all platforms.

NOTICE: The PS3 version has been delayed until the 24th of this month due to an unexpected issue on the PS Store. Please disregard the PS3's dates until they are updated.

With Last Round's release in the coming days, it is no surprise that Creative Director, Tom Lee has been busy day after day with fresh press, interviews and statements for the community. This time he's being interviewed by News 10 at ABC news discussing how Last Round is not milking the franchise and more.

It almost seems like the game is a franchise all on its own within the DOA brand. Dead or Alive 5 has four versions of the game that were released more than two years since the original DOA 5 game, and there have been loads of additional paid DLC content that's been released over the years - most of which being costume packs. Some might see this as Team NINJA and developer KOEI Tecmo milking the franchise. Lee, on the other hand, sees it a bit differently saying it's all because that's what DOA fans want.

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"Our DLC program is really based on our interactions with our fans and consumers," he said. "If they...

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In a recent article on Dead or Alive 5 Last Round by Siliconera, Tom Lee is interviewed and discusses some of the reasoning for Raidou's return and Honoka's selection. Be sure to read the whole article for full details, but here are some notable quotes by the Creative Director of Team NINJA:

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I asked Lee why Team Ninja brought Raidou back. "Raidou was brought back because he is a fan favorite. Team Ninja definitely wants to see more villains in the line up. I personally love seeing more characters like this it brings balance to the cutesy girls [in Dead or Alive]," Lee replied.

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Lee explained Team Ninja looks at stats and player feedback when creating new Dead or Alive fighters. Team Ninja’s data says in the Western market people have been playing wrestler type characters...

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In this episode of Team NINJA's official tutorial, the player is taught the importance of directional inputs, and that mashing single buttons mindlessly, and with little strategy will often result in a loss. This new tutorial series caters to the newer players of Dead or Alive 5 and perhaps fighting games in general. Subscribe to Team NINJA's official YouTube for more updates, and future tutorials in their GRF series.

While you must not forget to check out Team NINJA's "Battle Royal 15" we also have the Winter Session replays from the European scene. This was a great tournament that was put on last month, and saw @Gehaktbal as the winner. If you're interested in Ein be sure to watch Jaycee Chris get to work. Good tournament, guys!




I know that there have been some of you waiting for these replays, and they are finally here and the tournament definitely lived up to the hype. Take a look at the results, after-thoughts from Gehaktbal and more at the Winter Session event thread.