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Joystiq impressions: HORI VF5 joystick for 360

At Sega's Virtua Fighter 5 360 demo station at E3, there were two shiny HORI joysticks, which are being released alongside the 360 release of VF5. While we were (barely) bested by Sega's employee in our matches, we definitely enjoyed the hardware on...

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VF5 preview: still the king of the world

Eurogamer has a preview up concerning the latest iteration of Sega's 3D fighting franchise proclaiming that, "for fighting game fans at least, the world revolves around Virtua Fighter." Suki, the preview's author, goes into why the changes ...

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Virtua Fighter 5 may not be on Japanese Xbox 360

GI.biz is reporting that Japan may not get Virtua Fighter 5 on the Xbox 360 because the console's install base is too low. Speaking with Tohru Murayama, lead designer on VF5, they were informed that the decision is not final at this point, but with...

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Virtua Fighter 5 tournament scheduled for AOU 2007

You can never have enough Virtua Fighter, as we've been reminded while playing the sublime PS3 version of VF5 over the past fortnight. It's a game that successfully caters for every type of player, from wide-eyed novices to sharp-eyed experts -- and...

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Deja Review: Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown

We're of the firm opinion that your time is too precious, too valuable to be spent reading a full review for a game that was already reviewed many, many years ago. What's the point of applying a score to a game that's old enough to be enrolled in the...

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Virtua Fighter 5 only for PS3 next spring

There was a time when Virtua Fighter 5 was considered a strong candidate for an arcade port to the Xbox 360, but that multiplatform hope's been dashed with the official announcement that VF5 will appear only on PS3 in the spring of 2007. Sega's tech...

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Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown arcade machine is Twitter-enabled

Sega recently announced a surprising feature for the Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown arcade installations which will soon populate Japanese arcades. According to Versus City's translation of the announcement, players will be able to link their VF.n...

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Gundam Musou PS3 bundle: a system-seller?

Pre-orders for the Gundam Musou PS3 hardware bundle were opened in Japan yesterday, with Amazon selling the 60GB console-plus-game-plus-stuff set for ¥72,000 (US$594). The stuff included in the package is pretty nifty, mind: arty cards, technica...

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Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown PS3 sticks show up in the US this summer

For those of you in need of a professional-grade accessory for a low-cost downloadable game, Hori announced plans to release an official Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown arcade stick for PS3 in North America this summer. Based on Hori's Real Arcade P...

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Rumor: Virtua Fighter 5 is 1080p

True HD, if you ask some people, is only 1080p. It's a shame, then, that few PlayStation 3 titles have yet to push resolution that high. Virtua Fighter 5, then, would be a great addition to the small library of 1080p games. According to a scan at IGN...

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Xbox 360's Virtua Fighter 5 slated for October 30th

Sega has given the inquisitive chaps over at Gamespot the heads-up on Virtua Fighter 5's Xbox 360 debut, officially set for October 30th. Released back in February on the PlayStation 3, Microsoft's version of VF5 features a first for the series: on...

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Virtua Fighter 5 won't offer fights online

Not only will the creators of VF5 not add online fights to its repertoire, but they also "feel that doing so would create something other than Virtua Fighter." (Er, maybe Virtua Fighter… Online?) According to IGN: "Instead of allow...

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Virtua Fighter 5 -- PS3 hands-on edition... verdict? Arcaderific!

The results are in: Virtua Fighter 5 is arcade perfect. You can check out the screenshots if you want, but they're not exactly the clearest or of the best quality. All the characters and stages were present for the test play, but there is a downside ...

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Tekken in PS3 Store this month

Tekken Dark Resurrection plops down in North America's PlayStation Store later this month, following its debut in Asia. Namco Bandai's downloadable fighter joins Sega's disc-based Virtua Fighter 5 in the waning weeks of February, as two high-profile ...

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IGN developing content for Sega? 1UP contributing too?

As much as you might cherish pummeling IGN-created Virtua Fighter 5 character 'Ryuutoushi,' the unprecedented pairing of press and publisher warrants investigation. A Sega-sponsored contest in which an IGN reader is selected to design a game characte...

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