The August issue of Famitsu Wave DVD features Lei Fang from Dead or Alive Extreme 2. If you've got a region 2 or region-free DVD player, then you can enjoy watching game videos, interviews, and Famitsu antics on your TV. For Dead or Alive fans, the trailer shown at E3 is presented in DVD quality, not to mention the lovely DVD's themselves, which have some nice images of Lei Fang and Hitomi printed on their surface.

So take a gander at the images by accessing this dandy flash-driven gallery HERE.

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Mon-Sieur Bome Collection Vol. 14 and 15 have been revealed as C1 and C2 Kasumi from Dead or Alive!  Set to ship in late August, each figure will cost Y4500 (around $49). For those who don't know, the Mon-Sieur Bome Collection is a collection of pre-painted, pre-assembled PVC figures. These are basically aimed towards those who like garage kits but don't have the skills or time to paint and make them. The collection is known for it's nice sculpts and reasonable prices, and is perhaps the most well-known PVC figure maker. While I like the fact that Bome is doing Kasumi figures, I'm not quite sure I like the pose. Ah well, I'll probably get them anyway.

Continue reading for preorder info, better photos and info about a third version of the figure (Kasumi's black costume, anyone?)!

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Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball fans may want to get in their preorders for an upcoming Hitomi figure. Due on August 31, 2006, this 1/6th scale figure features the cute karate master in her Reticulum outfit. The likeness to her virtual counterpart is pretty good, though her hair seems a little too dark and it's hard to tell if she's wearing her trademark hairband.

Interested parties can preorder the figure at CDJapan.co.jp and will eventually be charged around $70 when it ships (not including shipping). I don't know who is producing this figure and I haven't found another website with more info on this fig. Kotobukiya is the company behind this figure, which should have been obvious to me because of their history with Tecmo creating PVC figures of Ninja Gaiden characters, and producing some DOAX "One Coin" trading figures. Follow the link to preorder this figure and check out some additional photos. You can also preorder it from Hobby Link Japan.

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Three words: IMPROVED BREAST PHYSICS.

Three more words: INSANE FAN SERVICE.

Check out the trailer HERE!

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Yes, it's another magazine cover featuring a character from Tecmo's Dead or Alive series. This time it's Kasumi in her Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (DOAX) bikini costume in Dead or Alive Ultimate(DOAU). Confused? Dead or Alive Ultimate is basically an updated Dead or Alive 2 (DOA2) for the Xbox. Even though the events of DOA2 occured before the events of DOAX, Tecmo threw in some costumes from DOAX just for the fun of it. DOAU also includes an Xbox version of the Sega Saturn version of Dead or Alive 1, although I tend to forget that since I never play it. I've also wondered why they just didn't port the arcade version for the Xbox. Sure, Saturn conversion is great, but the arcade looks so much better. Perhaps they didn't want to have to recreate all the extra goodies that were present in the Saturn version for a new arcade port, and simply chose the easier path. I think I would have played it though, had they gone through all that trouble. Plus, I never saw the arcade version all too much, so it would have been nice to have a totally accurate home version of it.

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I'll admit it. I'm a Dead or Alive fan. Maybe even a bit fanatical. In fact, my fanatisicm has led to me buying any magazine that features Dead or Alive characters on the cover, this being the first of many covers that I will be posting here on this website o' mine.

This cover of Famitsu features the runaway shinobi, Kasumi, along with the American wrestler/model/rockstar Tina Armstrong both cuddling up to the Famitsu mascot on a large Xbox 360. I've always liked the art that often adorns the covers of Famitsu Weekly and this issue is no exception.

The issue itself covers plenty of Xbox 360 stuff, along with games like Kingdom Hearts II, Tales of the Abyss, Mario Kart DS, Biohazard 4, and Metal Gear Acid 2 among others. This issue also comes with a Rogue Galaxy booklet that contains walkthroughs, character data, and more.

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