<P> A free digital version of the game, titled Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate: Core Fighters, was released on the PlayStation Store alongside the retail version . Hayashi said he wants to introduce more people to the genre and make them interested, hoping it might help to bring back the fighting games' golden era of the 1990s . Soon after the announcement of Core Fighters, Namco Bandai announced and quickly released Tekken Revolution, their own take on a concept of a free - to - play fighting game . </P> <P> Core Fighters features four playable characters (Ryu Hayabusa, Kasumi, Hayate and Ayane) and almost all of the game's modes, whilst additional playable characters (for $4 each) and the game's Story Mode (for $15) may purchased separately as DLC (Core Fighters is compatible with DLC costumes from DOA5, but comes with no free additional costumes). The digital version has only been announced for PlayStation 3, with an Xbox 360 release slated as' possible' . </P> <P> Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate: Arcade was the first DOA arcade game since Dead or Alive 2 Millenium in January 2000 . Arcade was released only in Japan December 24, 2013, running on Sega RingEdge 2 hardware and using use Sega's ALL.Net P - ras MULTI Ver. 2 content digital distribution platform . Arcade introduced new characters Marie Rose, Phase - 4 and Nyotengu . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Reception </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Aggregate scores </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Aggregator </Th> <Th> Score </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> GameRankings </Td> <Td> 77.38% (PS3) 73.33% (360) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Metacritic </Td> <Td> 77 / 100 (PS3) 75 / 100 (360) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Review scores </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publication </Th> <Th> Score </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> EGM </Td> <Td> 7.5 / 10 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Famitsu </Td> <Td> 34 / 40 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Game Revolution </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> OXM (US) </Td> <Td> 8 / 10 </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Award </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publication </Th> <Th> Award </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> PlayStation Universe </Td> <Td> Gamescom 2013 Awards: Best Fighting Game </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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