Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate Gets Free Version for PS3
Temco Koei Games announced earlier this week that they are releasing a free version of Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate on the PS3 and 360. The free version of the game has four characters; Kasumi, Ayane, Hayate, and Ryu Hayabusa. The game also comes with an online fighting mode, and access to an offline mode that doesn't have story mode. The extra's are going to cost some money, extra characters cost around $3.99 each and story mode will cost around $14.99. Expect the game to hit North American shelves by the 3rd of September.
"Free game!" I screamed, until I noticed there are only four characters to fight with, along with having to pay extra money for the other characters. Then I have to pay $14.99 for story mode! F----k that! Then I calmed down, thought on it for a bit and realized "this could a brilliant move." You bring in gamers with the free game, and if they like what they see they could purchase some extra characters or perhaps the story mode if their interested in the DOA world. This could also turn out bad. Gamers could download the game and be satisfied with the bare bones offering or worse hate it. We'll just have to wait and see but you can bet I will downloading this as soon as it becomes available.
The creators of Ghost in the Shell: Arise annouced that Microsoft is streaming two crossover commercials with the Window's Surface and the anime. The commerical displays the words "Ghost in the Shell, One more story of a begining. Ghost in the Shell Arise is set in 2027 after the fourth non-nuclear world war. New Port City is still recovering from the aftermath of a bombing caused by a self-proclaimed mine.
Talk about your advertising.If couldn't get anymore blunt then that I would hit you over the head with the darn device itself. There is some good out of this like, there's a new ghost in the shell anime, and due to product placement meaning they might have a bigger budget. I'm excited, yet thrown off because of the way it's presented but I'll just take it for what it is.
