Dead or Alive 6, the latest installment in the long-running fighting series, came out to mostly positive reviews (you can read our take on the game here), but the Koei Tecmo-published and Team Ninja-developed title had a surprising omission in its base release with a lack of lobbies. They’re fixing that now with the newest 1.05 update, which is available now across all platforms.

The update is a small one, only a few megs big, but the lobby system is a big update for fighting fans jumping online to face off against veterans and newcomers to the franchise alike. For the PC version, there’s also a slight graphics optimization feature for online play.

The game is available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The fighter also recently saw the release of a free-to-play version with Dead of Alive 6: Core Fighters across all three platforms, similar to the previous game in the series. You can get more info on the Core Fighters version of the fighter through here.

We’ve known for a while now that Koei-Tecmo would be releasing a free-to-play version of Dead or Alive 6, like they did with Dead or Alive 5: Core Fighters. And now, with the base game itself having been out for just two weeks, its free-to-play version has been made available on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC.

Dead or Alive 6: Core Fighters will allow players to play through several modes, including DOA Central, Time Attack, Arcade, Versus, Training, a few DOA Quests, as well as the introduction of the story mode. While the selection of modes is impressive, players will be restricted to a much more limited roster of playable characters, with only four – Kasumi, Bass, Hitomi, and newcomer Diego – being available.

For those who want to try out the core systems of the games and dabble in some of the modes on offer, this presents a good chance to test the waters and judge whether or not the game is worth a full purchase. You can also read our review for it through here for more information.

Team Ninja’s upcoming Dead or Alive 6 will have a free to play version after the base game launches. This will be similar to Dead or Alive 5, which had a Core Fighters version that only featured a handful of fighters. Director Yohei Shimbori recently addressed rumours of a Dead or Alive 6 Core Fighters after a listing for the same appeared on the Microsoft Store (and has since been removed).

Speaking to Siliconera, Shimbori said, “First of all, about the listing on the Microsoft Store, that was a mistake from the development team. We do have plans to make a free-to-play version, but we haven’t announced when it will be available. We can promise it will be out post-launch of the full game. We can’t talk about it yet since we don’t have concrete details about what will be included yet. But, it will be similar to what we had with Dead or Alive 5: Core Fighters.”

Dead or Alive 6 is slated to release on March 1st for Xbox One, PS4, and PC after being delayed from its initial February 15th release date. This was to assure more time had been spent on polish and balance. The game itself does a few things differently from previous entries, like Fatal Rush, which performs combos from pressing a single button multiple times.

Players can also perform powerful Critical Blow-like attacks after a Fatal Rush if the Break Gauge is full. Counters are still part of the game, including the Fatal Reversal, which causes the fighter to reverse their opponent before moving behind them. Dead or Alive 6 will have 25 playable fighters at launch, including newcomers like Diego and NiCO.