Dead Or Alive 5 Collector's Edition, pre-order bonuses from Amazon, GameStop

Written by Matt Swider on July 10, 2012

DOA5 News: The DOA5 release date is September 25, 2012, meaning you have up until that date to pre-order for the Amazon and GameStop bonuses.

dead or alive 5 collector's edition and pre-order bonuses

Dead Or Alive 5 Collector's Edition was announced along with pre-order bonuses from Amazon and GameStop and, yes, they all included what Tecmo Koei calls ?sensual in-game swimsuits.? You'll be able to check out voluptuous female fighting characters in these skimpy outfits on the Dead Or Alive 5 release date, currently scheduled for September 25, 2012.

Here's the breakdown of the Dead Or Alive 5 Collector's Edition and DOA5 pre-order bonuses for Xbox 360 and PS3:

Pre-ordering Dead Or Alive 5 from Amazon will net you an exclusive set of in-game bunny-style swimsuits for three female characters and a set of three ?DOA Devils' black swimsuits for Christie, Tina and Ayane. Meanwhile, the GameStop pre-order bonuses also comes with the exclusive set of in-game bunny-style swimsuits for three female characters, but mix up the second half of Amazon's promotion with a ?DOA Angels' set of white swimsuits for Kasumi, Leifang and Hitomi.

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The DOA Collector's Edition in the US, only available through GameStop, has an embossed steel case, premium swimsuit costumes for DOA5's full cast of playable female fighters, a hardcover art book and the game's soundtrack CD. As if that wasn't enough, there's a a full-color poster of the DOA5 cast in the collector's edition

Dead Or Alive 5 costs the usual $59.99, while DOA 5 Collector's Edition ups the price to $79.99. Tecmo Koei went on to say that DOA5 ?incorporates a variety of martial arts fighting techniques into its distinctive fighting style to create a new generation of intense Dead Or Alive combat.? But really, unless you're in the pro circuit, are you playing this game for the fighting or the wonderful, bouncy physics wrapped in swimsuits? We thought so.

We'll have more on updates over the next two months as gamers prepare for the Dead or Alive release date at the end of September.