Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (abbreviated to DOA5 Ultimate or DOA5U) is a fighting game in the Dead or Alive series, developed by Team Ninja, and released by Tecmo Koei for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in September 2013. It was followed by an Arcade edition later in 2013. It is the first arcade game to be released by Koei Tecmo since Dead or Alive 2 Millenium in 2000.
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| Developer(s) | Team Ninja |
| Publisher(s) | Tecmo Koei |
| Director(s) | Yohei Shimbori Tom Lee |
| Producer(s) | Yosuke Hayashi Hiromasa Inoue |
| Designer(s) | Takeshi Omori Takayuki Saga |
| Programmer(s) | Yuki Satake |
| Artist(s) | Yutaka Saito |
| Series | Dead or Alive |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Arcade |
| Release | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Sega RingEdge 2 |
DOA5 Ultimate is an expanded edition of 2012's Dead or Alive 5, incorporating some features from the PlayStation Vita's Dead or Alive 5 Plus as well as additional content, including five characters that are new or returning to the series (including two Ninja Gaiden characters), a comprehensive story mode, as well as gameplay system tweaks and expansions, many of them in the online multiplayer tag team mode (including an introduction of two-on-two tag team battles). The game received generally favorable reviews.
A free-to-play cut version of DOA5 Ultimate, titled Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate: Core Fighters, was released on the PlayStation Store alongside the retail game. The arcade edition Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate: Arcade was released on 24 December 2013, distributed by Sega. 5 Ultimate was followed by Dead or Alive 5 Last Round in 2015.