Our friends over at IPL have facilitated a grand announcement for PlayStation Vita fans: Dead or Alive 5 will be coming to PlayStation Vita in the form of Dead or Alive 5 Plus.

The news was revealed in the video below.In the video, Team Ninja’s Yosuke Hayashi notes that his team “will always back our DOA players and would also like to expand the entertainment of DOA5 furthermore,” and as such, they “plan to release Dead or Alive 5 Plus on the PlayStation Vita at an early stage of next year.” Players “can now practice and brush up their skills anywhere they want.”This news comes on the heels of the announcement that IPL will be the home of official Dead or Alive 5 competition in 2013 Keep it tuned to IGN for more on Dead or Alive 5 Plus as details develop.

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