Dead or Alive 4 slips?

By Tom Bramwell Published 14 November, 2005

Fortunately not too far.

Dead or Alive 4 has almost certainly slipped until December in the USA, while some European retailers have now moved the game into 2006. Amazon is quoting January 13th.

Last week US retailers EB Games removed DOA4 from one of its Xbox 360 launch bundles, replacing it with Activision's Call of Duty 2 - various retailers had already pegged it back to December 1st.

Tecmo has so far declined to comment on reports stemming from the retail manoeuvres, and Microsoft UK didn't respond to requests for comment last week.

It shouldn't slip much further away from the US launch, however - if the Japanese plan is anything to go by. Over there, the game's still aimed at the December 10th launch date, and Microsoft's been promoting it pretty heavily in anticipation.

We'll let you know if we hear any official confirmation.

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Comments (19) Latest comment 7 years ago

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  • space_ace #1 7 years ago

    tough question :)

  • Derblington #2 7 years ago

    They're shooting themselves in the foot for launch day but it'll work out better for me. It means I only pay the minimum on realease and then buy the games as they're released over the following weeks, giving me time to get more money and actually play the games :)

  • Blerk #3 7 years ago

    They should ship the 360 with a PSOne emulator. :-)

  • optimusprym8 #4 7 years ago

    well played Kameo, PDZ, PGR3, CoD2, DoA4 and Ghost Recon over the weekend and have to say that I am glad I cancelled my pre-order now. Made me go meh!

  • lennon #5 7 years ago

    Good good. Gives the rest of us a better chance of getting one!

  • tengu #6 7 years ago

    Peh. Only game I was going to get at launch and all.

  • The-Bodybuilder #7 7 years ago

    >" Ghost Recon"

    You played GR?

  • Furbs #8 7 years ago

    Played 'em yet then? ;)

  • optimusprym8 #9 7 years ago

    "You played GR?"

    Yeah and like CoD2, it's better on the PC :p

    I'm no PS fanboi, I was really looking forward to 360... I'm sure it will get better but nothing jumped out and shouted "NEXT GEN!" to me...

  • lennon #10 7 years ago

    Ahhh I hate that term next gen.

  • binky #11 7 years ago

    I've played Ghost Recon!!!!

    They had it on the pod at Multiplays iseries event this weekend. It was the very first showing of the multiplayer.

    It looked pretty enough, but as with all titles ive seen so far, it just looked like more of the same :(

  • optimusprym8 #12 7 years ago

    "GR has been pushed back so I doubt you can play it on any pod just now."

    as the man above says, it was on the demo pods, first showing to UK audiences and I played it. And Ghost Recon has been on PC, this is more of the same... And CoD2 is no-way better on 360 than it is on PC!

    All xBox 360 titles looked rushed and rough, except DoA4 which looked and played fantastic which makes no sense if it has slipped. I was *especially* disappointed with PGR3.
    Edited by optimusprym8 at 14/11/05 @ 13:13

  • kangarootoo #13 7 years ago

    And from the headline I was expecting news of some officially DOA licensed ladies undergarments.

  • kangarootoo #14 7 years ago

    @LeDilettante

    "GR has been pushed back so I doubt you can play it on any pod just now"

    Shouldn't you do a little reasearch before accusing people of lying? Just a thought. It might make you appear a little more mature...

  • The-Bodybuilder #15 7 years ago

    >"Yeah and like CoD2, it's better on the PC :p"

    How's that? I thought the PC and 360 version were different? And EVERY PIC AND VIDEO I've seen, shows that the 360 version is better.

  • Xerx3s #16 7 years ago

    Pantsu, pantsu!

    Next gen is a marketing boy's buzz word, sad that so many ppl buy into it. Is the pc yelling next gen in your ear whenever a new 3dcard or cpu is released?

  • crashVoodoo #17 7 years ago

    no, its yelling bankruptcy ....

    i was a big supporter of pc gaming but these days i'd rather play games on my console sat on the sofa infront of big ass tv instead of shelling out for the latest graphics card thats pissed all over by the next one in 6 months time.
    Edited by crashVoodoo at 14/11/05 @ 22:17

  • admir #18 7 years ago

    buy DOA4 or a porn
    i'll buy a porn

  • optimusprym8 #19 7 years ago

    well the level I played of CoD2 was the same level that was the PC SP demo... and yes I thought that the screenshots looked nicer as well beforehand... same with PGR3, the videos/screenshots look fantastic but in reality, jaggy-hell.

    The tech guy wasn't able to tell me whether the HD setup was 720 or 1080 i/p other than there was a component cable connecting the unit to the HDTV...