According to the Official Xbox Forum, Dead or Alive 4, the high anticipated Xbox 360 fighting game, has finnaly shipped to stores all over Japan. The logo of Dead or Alive 4 has also appeared in several gamertags on Xbox Live. This can only comfirm the December 30 releasedate set for the US and also the European release that will follow soon. So it seems Dead or Alive 4 will be a 2005 game after all.