

However, given the £31.99 full game isn't on the Store, you have to buy characters individually. This is designed to allow people to buy characters and features piecemeal, rather than the full game. The fighter has a free-to-play version, subtitled Core Fighters. ORIGINAL STORY 3.01pm: Team Ninja's fighting game Dead or Alive 5 Last Round launched in the UK today, and it's off to a pretty poor start.Ī number of readers got in touch to let us know the digital version of the full PlayStation 4 game failed to pop up on the PlayStation Store. Please continue to check Mad Catz social media for further updates.” It is our understanding that at this time NO specialty controllers / arcade FightSticks from other manufacturers will work on the Xbox One version of DOA5: Last Round.

Now that this issue has been brought to all our collective attention, we will do everything we can on our side to ensure that our FightStick will offer full compatibility with the game. It should be noted that controller compatibility is something that is largely out of our hands and needs to be implemented on the developer side. Mad Catz would like to assure the fighting game community that we have contacted Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja, and we are all working to find a solution. “Mad Catz have been made aware that our Xbox One Tournament Edition 2 Arcade FightStick is not currently compatible with the Xbox One version of Dead or Alive 5: Last Round. Unfortunately, it says the onus lies primarily with the developer on this one, though it's happy to work with Team Ninja on a solution. UPDATE 20/02/14 6.49pm: Mad Catz has confirmed that its Xbox One Tournament Edition 2 Arcade FightStick doesn't work with Dead or Alive 5 Last Round, but that it's working on a fix.

So, probably best to hold off on buying all the characters individually if you're going digital only. UPDATE 23/02/15 2.30pm: Publisher Koei Tecmo has told Eurogamer that the full version of Dead or Alive 5 Last Round will be available to buy from the PlayStation Store this Wednesday, 25th February. We apologise for any inconvenience caused." "We will provide an update for the PlayStation 3 version shortly. "We are pleased to confirm that Dead or Alive Last Round for PlayStation 4 will be available on PlayStation Store from Wednesday," a Sony UK spokesperson told Eurogamer. The game's PS4 edition will arrive tomorrow as previously promised, however:

UPDATE 24/02/15 11.05am: Sony has explained that the PlayStation 3 version of Dead or Alive 5 Last Round will take a little while longer to appear on the PlayStation Store.
