Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate
| Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate | |
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Japanese cover art | |
| Developer | Team Ninja |
| Publisher | Tecmo Koei |
| Directors | Yohei Shimbori Tom Lee |
| Producers | Yosuke Hayashi Hiromasa Inoue |
| Designers | Takeshi Omori Takayuki Saga |
| Programmer | Yuki Satake |
| Artist | Yutaka Saito |
| Series | Dead or Alive |
| Platforms | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Arcade |
| Release | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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| Genre | Fighting |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Sega RingEdge 2 |
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate is a 2013 fighting game developed by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo Koei for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was followed by an arcade edition later in 2013. It is the first arcade game to be officially released by Koei Tecmo since Dead or Alive 2 Millennium in 2000.
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.