It was a few years ago that Sega opted to bring Virtua Fighter 5 exclusively to the PlayStation 3 following its release on the market – well, for a few months anyway. It wasn’t long before an online-compatible version of the game – titled Virtua Fighter 5 Online to boot – came to Xbox 360, letting players challenge each other in matches. (The same couldn’t be said for the PS3 version.) That’s still a great fighting game, but it’s since been overshadowed by other efforts, packed with features. Well, hang on tight, because Virtua Fighter’s comeback is official. Sega has announced that it will be bringing Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown to Xbox Live Arcade next summer. It’ll pack all the fundamental features that made the original VF5 Online such a hit, along with other components to help make it one of the most addictive fighting games out there.
From Siliconera: "The latest Famitsu issue has special coverage to mark the release of Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown. It included an interview with chief producer Seiji Aoki from Sega. The interview revealed that Sega still has yet to make any plans for Virtua Fighter 6 as of Ultimate Showdown‘s release. "
Disappointing but I would think that the re-release of VF5 will play a large roll in if VF6 happens or not. Fighting games have went from "evergreen" coin eaters to e-sports competitions and I could see that making new titles difficult for the bean counters to justify. Still the current trends in fighters have me less then thrilled with the future of the genre. Way too much DLC, over priced season passes, $100 "day 1 editions" its all just become a bit ridiculous imo.
People want it, fighting games been releasing left and right these days. VF was like the only one that was a no show.
Well if they don't plan on using rollback netcode they might as well not bother. So far my VF matches have gone from "playable" to lag fests. I was really rooting for this game but they dropped the ball with the netcode.
Owners of Yakuza 6 can use this unlocker in order to play Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown without booting Yakuza 6.
Even though the Virtua Fighter brand has been a dependable one for Sega over the past few years, it doesn’t appear to be on the company’s agenda for the future -- at least, for the time being.
is it going to be sold for retail or is it going to be download game sorry i cant comment back since i only have 1 bubble left thanks in advanced.because i dont have my ps3 online thats all