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On Sunday June 30th RCG are hosting Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown & King of Fighters XIII tournaments

Doors open 12pm – 9pm
Check in: 12pm – 5.45pm •
Tourn: 6pm. FREE ENTRY By invitation only. We need 16 TOP VIRTUA FIGHTER 5 players to compete but spaces are limited! To be included please email ” I want in! ” by CLICKING HERE

Platform: XBox 360

Controllers: NOT SUPPLIED – BAC
[ Bring a Controller ]

Screens: Iiyama PROLITE E2273HDS-1

Headsets: Razer Carcharias

Format: Round Robin Groups into Double Elimination • Matches will be best of 3 • G.Finals best of 5

Free entry to venue, free for casuals & spectators.

Since the Final Battle Audition in 2012, it has been relatively quiet on Japan's official Virtua Fighter website. Announced on June 5th, 2013 (for those living on the Eastern hemisphere), a VF.Talk Live and Kumite Event will be held on June 22nd, 2013, starting ~ 7 PM JST. The event features Asapon (aka Asami Shimoda, a voice actress, singer, and hostess of VF.TV), Sexy Saito (long time MC for VF.TV and events by Sega), and Shinjuku Jacky (one of the original Tetsujins).

VF.Talk Live will be an event to talk about "Virtua." As to what that actually entails is anybody's guess! It might be a local promotion of Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown at Japan arcades; Or maybe it marks the beginning of events to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Virtua Fighter!? (Tips of the information came from Zero-chan and Reno)

Thanks to our good friends at SEGA and CouchWarriors, we have a couple of Xbox 360 Costume Packs to give away, as well as a full copy of the VF5FS game! All you have to do for a chance at winning one of these is to caption the image below! Competition closes Monday 10th June 2013. Image used with permission from LadyVF, and be sure to visit her blog for more awesome customisation ideas!

This video by SHIFT, titled What is Evo?, explores the people, passion and hype that make up the Evolution Championship series, and in a broader sense, the Fighting Game Community. At 6:56 you'll get a brief glimpse at some of our very own VFers who participated at the SEGA run tournament at Evo 2012!

As part of the Ultimate Warriors deal on PSN, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown can be picked up at a heavily discounted price! In the US, it's just $4.99, and for EU it's €11.99 (£9.69). Please check your local PSN store for pricing in your region. This promotion ends on 4 June 2013, so if you've been waiting to grab this for yourself, or perhaps gift a friend, then now is a great chance!

Reported on Japanese game site famitsu, the latest reveal for Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate shows Jacky Bryant appearing alongside other newcomers Ein, Momoji and Leon. Jacky joins other Virtua Fighter cast members Akira, Pai and Sarah. Can we expect to see more Virtua Fighters crossing over?

Battle Arena Melbourne returns with its Fifth anniversary event - BAM5!

One of the longest running national tournaments that attracts fighting game players from across Australia, continuing a tradition that CouchWarriors began with monthly events since 2006. BAM is set to feature approx 300 players, a huge event in the Australian FGC calendar.

VF5FS IS A FEATURED TOURNAMENT - SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND JOIN IN!
SPECIAL PRIZES FOR VF5 FROM SEGA!

The Pre Beat-Tribe Cup (Pre-BT Cup) is a popular 5on5 team tournament held halfway through the VFR Season. What makes the Pre-BT Cup special is the option to make a 5-person team of the same character. This year, 63 teams (over 300 players) will be playing in the event. 41 of these teams are made up of the same character with 18 of the Virtua Fighter characters represented (A Brad-only team is absent this year). In the past 4 years - Lion teams and Akira teams have each taken a pair of the Cup. Which single character team will take the title this year? Or will a blended team win it all this time!?

Date and Time: May 4, 2013 - 11 AM JST tournament start time
Stream: VFRTV Ustream Channel and on Nico Nico.

At the end of the Golden Week--a week long holiday in Japan--there are several Virtua Fighter themed events:

Aoi/Jacky Off Event - May 3, 2013, 1 PM JST
1on1 Event on the Eve of 2013 Pre Beat-Tribe Cup - May 3, 2013, 8 PM JST
2013 Pre Beat-Tribe Cup - May 4, 2013 (see other news topic)
Kage Off Event - May 5, 2013, 3 PM JST

The inaugural SEGA Cup, held at Super Arcade (Walnut, CA, USA), concluded on April 20, 2013. Congratulations once again to the top three: Fuudo (SH), GentlemanThief (JN, PA, JA) and Itazan (SH).

In case you missed out on the action, or just want to re-live it all again, you can find brackets, videos, and other related information right here! If you were there, why not post your shout outs, impressions and feedback as well?