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In the second episode of RedBull's Playing Fields documentary series, the focus switches to the Japanese Arcade Culture. As many of you will know, Virtua Fighter has its history deeply rooted in the Arcade scene so it's with no real surprise that this episode shares an anecdotal, and somewhat troubling(!!!), story relating to Virtua Fighter. Additionally, there are interviews with arcade managers, pro gamers and industry reps on their thoughts of the current state of the arcade scene in Japan. Highly recommended!

I've been working on this little "AWSVF" project over the past few days, taking the lead from the Marvel community. I've finally have been able to test it both on the West Coast and on the East Coast (well, Ohio) and it works pretty well. I put together a little FAQ to get you up to speed!

SEGA have just announced a new mini game console, the Astro City Mini! The Astro City was a popular arcade cabinet model back in the early 90s, which was commonly found throughout arcades in Japan, and most of Asia. The Astro City was in a long line of "City" branded arcade cabinets by SEGA, so it's only fitting that the first "mini" homage also includes another first -- the original Virtua Fighter! Read on for more details on the Astro City Mini and a list of games so far!

Sega is gearing up to celebrate their 60th anniversary this year, having already launched a website and new mascot in Sega Shiro. Now, they are asking fans to contact them and share what they love about Sega, and share their thoughts!

As fans of Sega's Virtua Fighter franchise, let's tell Sega how much we love the series and how much we'd love to see the games on more platforms and more from the franchise in the future!

Read on to find out how!

If you've watched any tournament streams from Japan, then chances are you've enjoyed the services provided by Game Newton -- a popular arcade in Tokyo, Japan which is the home of many strong Fighting Game communities including 3rd Strike, and of course our beloved Virtua Fighter. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent isolation and shutdown laws in Japan, Game Newton's future is looking bleak! But there's something you can do to help...

As a part of SEGA's 60th anniversary, something is being teased that's seemingly fighter related. The announcement will be made on the 25th of March 2020. What could it be?

To celebrate the final Virtua Fighter addition to Sega Heroes, Sega UK will be streaming from the original Virtua Fighter through to 5 Final Showdown on their channel!
Read on for the full details of time and channel!

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".