Yosuke Hayashi was recently interviewed by VG247.com with a few words to say about Fighting Entertainment, balancing the game and its characters, and sharing the game early in development with fans and the media. Its an interesting read out of Hayashi for once. Kudos go out to VG247 for asking questions that seemed to take Hayashi off his normal interview answers.


You'll find some choice quotes below, but be sure to hit the full interview to get Hayashi's take on the Wii U and stepping back into the Metroid series:

Dead or Alive 5 is set to drop in all regions during the final full week of September, with North America leading off the releases September 25. While our friends across the pond will be looking forward to the game's release on September 28th, those tournament-going players in North America will have their choice of two post-release tournaments that begin that same day. Best of all, the Director of Dead or Alive 5 himself, Yohei Shimbori, will be on hand to witness the events of Season's Beatings personally!

Season's Beatings: Ascension will begin September 28th in Cleveland, Ohio. For more information on the event, head over to the tournament thread by...

Here's a piece that I've been working on over the past few days. It's something that I've been thinking about ever since Dead or Alive 5 was confirmed for the PS3 last year. I wanted all DoA fans to realize the importance of the series making a return to the PlayStation console. This was also my motivation as to why I plan on getting the game on both platforms. There's not much in here that most of you guys don't already know, but it's still a good read nonetheless. I also gave a shoutout to a special website in my article. Enjoy.

Read full article: Examiner.com.

Prominent community member and hype man Gill Hustle has posted up a thread with a relatively thorough write-up on the entire experience of DoA5 at Summer Jam 6. It's great to see how our community reacts to events and the posts serve to show people who couldn't make it exactly why they should try to make the next one. I've excerpted a few standout passages below. Seriously guys, get involved as soon as you can.