Team Ninja have released a version 1.03A patch for Dead or Alive 5 on the PlayStation 3, with an Xbox 360 version of the patch to follow later this month. One of the changes in 1.03A is that Team Ninja have disabled stagger escapes for certain Criticals, in order to make Tag Mode better suited to aggressive play. Here are some of the new combos you can pull off in Tag Mode now:
You can find a list of patch notes for the 1.03A patch on this page.