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   The pervs from Tecmo are planning to bring their decade-old (yet always juicy) Dead or Alive franchise to one more platform. After the arcades and various consoles, it's finally the PC's turn to bask in the hotness of a new DOA game, revealingly titled Dead or Alive Online. The project is the result of an agreement with Chinese online gaming giant Shanda, with development currently being handled by Tecmo's Lievo Studio. Unfortunately, Shanda will only operate the DOA Online game in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao, where they hope to launch it before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (from August).

   Even though the announcement doesn't mention any specific plans for bringing the game to the Western world, it does give us plenty of hope with the following bit:
"As the first PC online game adapted from DOA series, DOA Online will be globally published and initially released in China."    So yeah, it's quite safe to assume that Tecmo will eventually share all those virtual pantsu with the rest of the world, too. Further comments about this online edition of DOA follow...
"DOA Online will be developed on both PC and Shanda's EZ Platform. Its gamepad support will deliver to users a fantastic console gaming experience", said Tianqiao Chen, Chairman and CEO of Shanda.

"DOA Online is not a simple replant from the console platform to the PC platform. It is a completely new game featuring the characteristics of a PC online game. (...) Additionally, we have the technical capability and actual achievement to implement worldwide online fighting matches in our competitive fighting game for the console platform", said Yoshimi Yasuda, president and CEO of Tecmo.    This final statement basically tells us that Dead or Alive Online will not be a MMO game, but a simple online fighting game. So, that's one less thing to be excited about.