DEAD OR ALIVE Xtreme - Venus Vacation PRISM announced for PS5, PS4 and Steam (2025)

Some new game details via Automaton:

On the switch to the new Katana Engine they're using for Venus Vacation Prism:

In a recent interview with AUTOMATON, the producer of Venus Vacation Prism –Dead or Alive Xtreme–, Yasunori Sakuda revealed that the upcoming romance game will use the Katana Engine to give the game a tropical sexiness that goes beyond what we've seen in the Dead or Alive series so far.

The Katana Engine is a proprietary game engine developed by Koei Tecmo. It has been used for various games made by its in-house studios, including Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, numerous Atelier titles, and Dynasty Warriors 9. However, Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation (DOAXVV), Venus Prism's spiritual predecessor, did not use this engine. Instead, they used the Yawaraka Engine, focusing on expressing the softness of skin in DOAX3 and emotional elements like blushing in DOAXVV.

"For Venus Vacation Prism's visual concept, we are focusing our attention on a sexiness where you can feel the humidity." Sakuda explains. "We want players to feel not only the wetness of the girls' skin at close quarters, but also the temperature of their breath." In other words, the devs are striving to up the sensory immersion through visual improvements – to make sure that DOA girls like Honoka and Misaki look and "feel" real even in close-up situations.

This switch to the Katana Engine for Venus Vacation Prism is all part of increasing the realism and sense of intimacy in the game between the player and the six DOA girls that they can romance. Unlike DOAXVV with its big cast, events and gacha system, Venus Vacation Prism is a one-time purchase romance game that focuses on allowing the player to get up close and personal with a smaller group of DOA series girls, promising a deeper experience.

The Katana Engine will also allow Venus Prism Vacation to have more varied weather than the sunny Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation. As well as making the girls look more enticing, "The Katana Engine is also overwhelmingly superior in terms of expressiveness when it comes to changes in the environment," Sakuda states. "To be more specific, we often received requests from players to make it rain in DOAXVV." He explains that the developers were unable to fulfill these requests as it is not possible to depict rain and its effects on the environments and characters in DOAXVV, as the game was not designed for this. "However, thanks to the power of the Katana Engine, we were able to express this immediately in VVP," Sakuda adds. It seems we can expect some sultry rainy scenes in Venus Vacation Prism.

On the Photo Mode:

However, that's not all. Venus Vacation Prism's camera will be able to go places you couldn't in DOAXVV. "If you clear one of the girl's stories, you will unlock a time-stopping watch." Sakuda reveals "This will allow you to stop time at any point during a conversation with a girl during an episode and take photos of her in that moment from your preferred angle."

Venus Vacation Prism will also bring the beautiful Venuses closer to the player. In DOAXXV, the girls are usually in front of you, but in Venus Vacation Prism, they will sit beside you and move around more. "In this game, you will be able to feel physically closer to the girls and enjoy a closer relationship," Sakuda reveals.