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An unofficial side tourney for Virtua Fighter 5 will be hosted in the BYOC room by FeliciaTFighter!
Combo Breaker takes place in Illinois between the 22nd and 24th May, 2020.

For more information and to register, click through to the event thread!

Sega is once again doing a marathon charity stream, this time to raise money for Special Effect!

Sega will be playing Virtua Fighter at 4PM GMT Saturday.
That's 8PM Friday PST, and 11PM Friday ET.

Tune in and help raise money for a good cause at Sega's Twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/sega/

Ed Boon, the co-creator of Mortal Kombat & Injustice and creative director at NetherRealm Studios, recently echoed what the entire VF and perhaps the greater Fighting Game community have been wanting, needing, requesting and even demdaning: "Someone needs to reboot VIRTUA FIGHTER".

On 25th January 2020, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown was held as a Side Tournament at Evo Japan 2020. This community event was organised by @Tetsuko_Yamada and saw entries capped at 64 players, comprised of Japanese locals and a few international competitors as well. Read on for full results, brackets and videos.

On Sunday, 12th January 2020, the 2020 Pre Beat-Tribe Cup took place at Game Newton Ooyama. This 5-on-5 character-specific tournament saw a total of 57 teams (275 players!), and was streamed live via the Game Newton Ooyama channels on various platforms simultaneously. The original 12 hour archive has been timestamped in this post, along with some interesting stats and a highlights package for your enjoyment.

Virtua Fighter's Pai Chan has been added to Sega's all-star crossover mobile game Sega Heroes! Read on for more details and pictures of Pai's new style.

Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown will be featured as a side tournament at Evo Japan 2020, and registrations are now open! The tournament will take place on Saturday 25th January 2020. Read on for rules, registration information, prizes and other details.

Yuzumo Design's next project is a fan book called "SEGA60" to celebrate SEGA's 60th Anniversary. You may remember Pin from Yuzumo Design when he reached out to the international VF community during the production of Virtua Fighter Heatwave - a fan book celebrating VF's 25th Anniversary - which included interviews from a number of VFDC members. This time around, Pin is now reaching out to any and all fans of SEGA to help with this next project with stories, photos, cosplay, fan art, and more!

Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown has been confirmed as a side tournament for Evo Japan 2020! Confirmed by @Tetsuko_Yamada in the tweet below. As advised, please stay tuned for more details!

Another Virtua Fighter tournament was contested in Detroit on November 3rd, at the Youmacon Battle Opera! Run by @Saito, the event pulled together old and new faces from the community alike.
Hit the jump to see the top 3 results!