Effectively, nicely, nicely… it seems Sega has lastly determined to bless us with new Virtua Fighter info. On Friday, the corporate introduced {that a} new Virtua Fighter Direct presentation is scheduled for Sunday, Might 11 (the ultimate day of Evo Japan), and shall be broadcast on Sega’s official Virtua Fighter YouTube channels.
Sega mentioned it’s going to “reveal new developments within the Virtua Fighter sequence” throughout Sunday’s VF Direct.
Apparently, Sega pulled its announcement from social media — possible as a result of the YouTube channels it was selling aren’t dwell but and the beginning time for the VF Direct was unclear.
The occasion might present extra particulars in regards to the long-awaited Virtua Fighter 6. Or it may very well be about one other Virtua Fighter 5 port, now working on the most recent LG good fridge as a result of all the things is an Xbox now. Sega hasn’t shared any extra info on the brand new presentation, so regardless of the (prematurely spoiled?) direct has in retailer for followers is anybody’s guess.
gamexplore has since contacted Sega for clarification relating to the VF Direct 2025 Spring occasion. A rep for the corporate offered a press release relating to the deleted submit, assuring us that the present will go on. “[We] can verify that the VF Direct remains to be occurring on Sunday,” the spokesperson mentioned. “And a brand new submit shall be dwell later this night (Friday, Might 9). Keep Tuned!”
We’ll replace this submit with new info when Sega confirms the VF Direct begin time.
The unique Virtua Fighter took a really younger preventing sport neighborhood by storm in 1993. Virtua Fighter is a pioneer within the FGC for being the primary commercially profitable 3D fighter on the scene. The success of Sega’s technical fighter set the tone and paved the best way for preventing video games, particularly for the 3D preventing sport style.
VF has since develop into synonymous with revolutionizing a extra grounded and skill-based type of play that influenced different preventing video games like Tekken and Useless or Alive, and even inspiring different long-forgotten, ill-fated imitators like Battle For Life and Fighter’s Future (which was truly tremendous dank).
Sega’s final brand-new entry into the Virtua Fighter franchise was 2006’s Virtua Fighter 5. The sport began out on the Lindbergh arcade system earlier than being ported to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2007. Sega launched up to date variations of the sport for nearly 20 years with the most recent model of the sport, Virtua Fighter 5 REVO, lately arriving on Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection X (however not your LG good fridge… but).
Sega beforehand confirmed off VF6 through the 2024 Video Sport Awards in 2024. The trailer confirmed off a brand new inventive route for the sport, with a number of characters trying a bit completely different. We’re taking a look at you swagged-out Akira.
