Dead Or Alive: Code Chronos (DOA:CC) was the code name

Code name

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 for a cancelled video game that was in development by Team Ninja for the Xbox 360

Xbox 360

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In a February 2005 interview with Kikizo

Kikizo

Kikizo is a B2C web publisher and B2B design & content solutions partner founded by Adam Doree in 2003. The company publishes the entertainment and lifestyle website Kikizo.com, and is traditionally known for its original 2003 property of the same name, which rebranded as Video Games Daily in 2009...

, Tomonobu Itagaki

Tomonobu Itagaki

is a Japanese video game designer who created the Dead or Alive fighting game and beach sport simulation series and also revived the Ninja Gaiden franchise in 2004...

 stated that Code Chronos will in fact be a prequel

Prequel

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 to the Dead or Alive series and will relay the story of characters Ayane

Ayane (Dead or Alive)

is a player character in the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden fighting game series by Team NINJA and Tecmo Koei. Ayane has also a complex relationship with Kasumi, the leading heroine of the Dead or Alive series, ever since they grew up together...

 and Kasumi

Kasumi (Dead or Alive)

is a player character in Dead or Alive fighting game series by Team Ninja and Tecmo. Kasumi has served as the main character of the Dead or Alive franchise since its beginning in 1996, being the official protagonist in the first two main games in the series, and playing very important roles in the...

 before the first tournament

Dead or Alive (arcade game)

Dead or Alive is a fighting game and the first entry in the long-running Dead or Alive series. It was released in 1996 in arcades, followed by home ports for Sega Saturn in 1997 and Sony PlayStation in 1998 .-Gameplay:Dead or Alive was unique in its debut that featured fairly different choices in...

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As of November 2008, the game's development status had been unknown. Team Ninja founder and Dead or Alive series creator Itagaki filed a lawsuit against Tecmo for unpaid royalties and damages concerning harsh words from the company's president. On July 1, 2008, he officially resigned from Tecmo, thus leaving the Ninja Gaiden

Ninja Gaiden

is a series of video games by Tecmo featuring the ninja Ryu Hayabusa as its protagonist. The series was originally known as in Japan. The word "gaiden" in the North American Ninja Gaiden title means "side-story" in Japanese, even though the Ninja Gaiden series is not a spinoff of a previous series...

and Dead or Alive franchises.

On November 5, 2010, Yousuke Hayashi, head of Team Ninja, confirmed in an interview with Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu

Famitsu

is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Enterbrain, Inc. and Tokuma. Currently, there are five Famitsū magazines: Shūkan Famitsū, Famitsū PS3 + PSP, Famitsū Xbox 360, Famitsū Wii+DS, and Famitsū Wave DVD...

that the project has been "officially cancelled".