The kick slams into your midsection and you double over in pain. You should have seen it coming. A thin smile traces across your opponent's face as you shake the stars from your vision. Fully recovered, you grit bloody teeth and form your best power stance. Your opponent charges. You sidestep and slash a powerful blow between his shoulder blades. He crumbles to the ground. This is hand-to-hand combat.Dead or Alive 4 raises the bar on the digital fighting experience and encompasses all that Xbox 360 has to offer. High-definition 3D graphics and dynamic sound capture both the brutality of the combat and the visual beauty of the characters and environments. Online play via Xbox Live offers large-scale global tournaments, worldwide simultaneous online play and even an interactive lobby area featuring voices and available text chat. Discover new characters and reacquaint yourself with old favorites. Develop those fighting skills. You just might earn the right to be called the best of the best.