Retro Quick Look:- Dead or Alive 2

With the release of Dead or Alive 5 almost upon us, the newbreview.com team have decided to go back and play (arguably) the best entry in the series, Dead or Alive 2 on the Sega Dreamcast.When it was released back in the year 2000 it was a true breath of fresh air for 3D fighting [...]

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Wed, September 12 2012 » Articles, Retro Quick Look, Retrospectives, Videos » No Comments

Secret 26th Character in DoA: Dimensions

The Newb Review has become privy to an ultra secret unlockable character in Team Ninja’s sublime Dead or Alive Dimensions for the Nintendo 3DS.  The character in question is Shiden, the father of Kasumi and Hayate. Those that have played the game may recall finding it strange that he featured fairly prominently in the Chronicles [...]

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Sun, June 19 2011 » Gaming News » No Comments

Review: Dead or Alive Dimensions

Game: Dead or Alive Dimensions Format: Nintendo 3DS Developer: Team Ninja Publisher: Tecmo Koei When it comes to fighting games, debate has raged for decades over which series is the best, Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat. However, there are more high quality fighting game franchises out there that could give those two titles a run [...]

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Mon, May 23 2011 » 3DS, Reviews » 1 Comment

Ganbatte Nippon: Gaming After The Disaster

Unless you have been in some sort of game-induced coma for the last couple of months, a certain piece of world news won’t have escaped your notice. On March 11th at 14.46pm a 9.0 earthquake hit off the Eastern coast of Honshu. This quake that would later be called the Great East Japan Earthquake and [...]

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Fri, April 29 2011 » Articles » 3 Comments

Preview: Dead or Alive: Dimensions

Team Ninja and Tecmo’s Dead or Alive franchise has garnered something of an uneven reputation, with a series of bad games over the years (Dead or Alive Beach Volley Ball anyone?). When the features you advertise your games on are the kinds of features that only people like our very own Adam Radcliffe can appreciate (I’m [...]

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Mon, March 14 2011 » 3DS, Previews » No Comments