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Dead or Alive 7 Was in Development, But It Was Later Cancelled

Team Ninja's Hiroaki Morita via Twitter revealed that after the release of Dead or Alive 6 a small [...]

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Team Ninja's Hiroaki Morita via Twitter revealed that after the release of Dead or Alive 6 a small team was working on Dead or Alive 7 and on small updates for the sixth entry in the fighting series.

Morita said that just before the series director Yohei Shinbori retired the team working on Dead or Alive 7 was disbanded and the game ultimately cancelled.

Once the news was shared, Morita made his Twitter profile private

森田宏明 on Twitter

“DOA6発売後、規模を縮小したチームでDOA7、DOA6マイナーチェンジ版の開発を行っていたが、P/D新堀退職直前にチームの解散とプロジェクトの中止が決定。”

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Hugs for Marie Rose.

The best DOA was Ultimate for Xbox

 

[anthony2690]

Nothing off value was lost, DOA4 was the last good DOA game imo.

 

[nush]

The best DOA was Ultimate for Xbox

Truth. I'm glad they finally made it backwards compatible.

 

[ManaByte]

This is all because the US was denied a release of DOAX.

 

[nush]

This is all because the US was denied a release of DOAX.

I imagine it's more likely they ran out of whales to buy all the costumes. I'm sure that's where the series actually made it's real money in the end.

 

[01011001]

DOA was such a stagnating series it was sad to see new entries come out and simply be the exact same game yet again, with increasingly terrible monetisation schemes

honestly, anyone interested in the series should just buy DOA3/Ultimate on Xbox One or SX and you're good

 

[adamsapple]

Tekken still exists, so I'm not too sad about this.

 

[Kilau]

Dead or Alive?

 

[Gaelyon]

So, Dead On Arrival then ?

 

[BennyBlanco]

Sad to see how bad this series fell off. DOA2 was a legit great fighting game at the time. Now they just want to sell you literally thousands of dollars worth of DLC and the game itself took a backseat.

 

[Kacho]

Like most Koei Tecmo games these days, the series devolved into an MTX money pit. DOA7 would have been more of that so good riddance.

 

[STARSBarry]

Good...

I mean look at this shit.

461 pieces of DLC on top of a full priced game...

The only game that can compete with this shit is train simulator. This shit used to be unlockable for playing the game...

 

[Craig of War]

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Nothing off value was lost, DOA4 was the last good DOA game imo.

Marie rose and Honoka was the best new characters of DOA Without Itagaki

 

[anthony2690]

Marie rose and Honoka was the best new characters of DOA Without Itagaki

The series died once Itagaki left.

Even being free to play couldn't save doa5/6.

 

[March Climber]

If this franchise is truly over, I hope the series as a whole can be fondly remembered years from now, regardless of everyone's thoughts on the last two entries.

 

[eastcoastkody]

Good...

I mean look at this shit.

461 pieces of DLC on top of a full priced game...

The only game that can compete with this shit is train simulator. This shit used to be unlockable for playing the game...

The Sims

 

[clem84]

From DoA2 on DC, and DoA3 to DoA Ultimate, I would argue these were the best days for this franchise. after that, I'm guessing that it just stagnated and people just lost interest.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Damn, I wanted to spend 500 bucks on DLCs. What will I do with all the money now?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Or you are dead or you are alive. As simple as that.

 

[Synless]

God damnit! I considered DoA6 recently and held off because of figured a next gen sequel was coming… now I am full of sadness.

 

[.Pennywise]

And nothing of value was lost

 

[nush]

God damnit! I considered DoA6 recently and held off because of figured a next gen sequel was coming… now I am full of sadness.

Good news, they actually finished DOA 6 and you can still buy it.

 

[Bragr]

A shame, even though everyone like to berate 5 and 6, they were ok fighting games. With the worst story mode I have ever seen in any game ever.

 

[Sleepwalker]

They still made DOA? lol

 

[Kuranghi]

The one I played on OG Xbox was the peak, clearly. You guys know the one. Setting 99 for age, good times:

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Too bad, enjoy DOA6 quite a bit, in fact I'd call it my favourite entry; so maybe it's not so bad, I can just play 6 forever.

 

[N0S]

Dead franchise. Just like Gravity Rush.

 

[Elios83]

The genre in general is stagnating, this is not the 90s golden era anymore.
At this point it's always new stages, characters, DLC costumes, f2p bullshit and some useless overcomplications to claim there are gameplay changes.
Under these circumstances only the biggest brands can survive and those are Tekken and Street Fighter.
Too bad because my most beloved memories with fighting games are with Tekken3, Soul Calibur 2 and DOA2.

 

[Synless]

Good news, they actually finished DOA 6 and you can still buy it.

I likely will, the issue I had is I was looking for a shiny new next gen experience…. I’ve been over ps4 era for a long time.

 

[TLZ]

I always read DOA as Dead On Arrival.

Well, it is now. Before arrival.

 

[Punished Miku]

I checked out after 4. I like fan service but they just seemed to stop getting attention for anything related to the actual fighting gameplay. Need to strike a better balance of both if they bring it back some day.

 

[Ladioss]

Hard times for sexy Japanese games.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

 

[PsyEd]

Marie rose and Honoka was the best new characters of DOA Without Itagaki

Whoa...just like watching that amber heard thing that's going on. Sure we'll see something like ex-TN crew doing a similar game as some indie studio...a spiritual bouncy successor!

 

[SSfox]

I was a fan, but the franchise started losing it a bit post doa4, if a new doa will come thru need to bring it back to the level of doa2/doa3

 

[Pantz]

Some time off could be good for the series. Hope it will come back one day better than ever.

 

[Hoppa]

The series sucks so that’s OK. Since the volleyball games started the DOA games have just felt like a front

 

[TGO]

I actually love the DOA series and enjoyed DOA6.
wasn't a fan of the £75 season pass.
And I believe there was 7 of them
Greed ruined it sadly

 

[Aion002]

They're just using all their resources on the new Ninja Gaiden... Right? Right?

 

[Ezquimacore]

people saying these series suck are mindless sheep, these game have amazing mechanics, characters and lore. koie tecmo's ways of doing bussines with the franchise after DOA4 is the only problem here.

 

[nush]

people saying these series suck are mindless sheep, these game have amazing mechanics, characters and lore.

Right up there with "You only play it because of the boobs". We've all got real porn anytime we want so that's a stupid assessment. I remember playing the first one, in the arcade on the Sega model 2 hardware, way back in the late 90's. Shame there was no perfect port of that.

 

[Ezquimacore]

Right up there with "You only play it because of the boobs". We've all got real porn anytime we want so that's a stupid assessment. I remember playing the first one, in the arcade on the Sega model 2 hardware, way back in the late 90's. Shame there was no perfect port of that.

DOA 3 was the reason to have my first xbox, that with Ninja Gaiden were the best looking games of that whole gen.

 

[Space Runaway]

Whew. Close one. Our core values will remain intact.

 

[SNG32]

Let’s see Virtua fighter does better.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

.

 

[Punished Miku]

They're just using all their resources on the new Ninja Gaiden... Right? Right?

They prototyped and reworked Nioh for literally 10 years, and then it came out as one of the best action games ever made.

They've probably been prototyping Ninja Gaiden 4 this entire time until they get a killer idea worthy of returning to the series. They already said publicly it is their most important series and will one day return.

 

[ReBurn]

DOA6 just wasn't fun. It was one of my favorite fighters through DOA4. DOA5 was mostly OK. Too much emphasis on making it a T&A dress up simulator killed it.

 

[nush]

Let’s see Virtua fighter does better.

DOA characters can now appear in Virtua Fighter.

 

[rkofan87]

Nothing off value was lost, DOA4 was the last good DOA game imo.

it was 5 for me but 6 was trash