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Kansai Bay Area Cup Vol. 6 event is expected to be streamed live on the Kansai Bay Channel on May 27th, 2 PM JST tournament start time. Next month there will be no 3on3 Kansai Bay Area Cup. Instead, there will be a 5on5 Hamaohtsu Cup.

The Bay Area Cups 3on3 tournaments are unique in that teams made at the beginning of the season remains the same at the end of the season. For past tournament summaries and other information, please check the Virtua Fighter Relationship 2011-2012 Season thread. The second post in the thread have a list of teams and team members participating in the Bay Area Cups (not comprehensive).

May 29th, 2012 Update: Archive of the event is provided in the links below. Check the thread for results.
Kansai Bay Vol. 6 - Preliminary Qualifier
Kansai Bay Vol. 6 - Final Tournament
Kansai Bay Vol. 6 - Post Tournament, Part 1 (Gods of Thunder Ranking Battles)
Kansai Bay Vol. 6 - Post Tounrament, Part 2

Haunts at Iplaywinner will be streaming a series of previews for the upcoming release of Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown for the PS3 and Xbox 360. In these streams, he plans to try out the different characters and modes (including online). Day 1 of these streams will be streamed sometime today, so keep a look out of IPW's website/twitter for more information!

IPW's News Headline
IPW Twitch TV Channel

Update:For future updates to these preview streams, they will be posted in the VF Streams Schedule Thread. I will also use this thread to archive all the live streams.

1st Preview Archive - Online / Replay / Jean and Akira Command Lists
2nd Preview Archive - Goh Command List / Shun Red Face / Jacky combos
3rd Preview Archive - Taka and Kage Command Lists
4th Preview Archive - Online play
5th Preview Archive Starts ~ 19h37m Brad + Wolf Command Lists and Net Play

Better late than never! For Virtua Fighter fans in London, VF5FS will finally be playable for the first time in Europe on Monday, May 28th at Eurogamer's Community Night! If you live in the London area, definitely check out the game before it is officially released on June 5th-6th.

For more details to this event, please check the original thread in the Tournaments and Events Section - VF5FS London May 28th Eurogame event.

(info from Jide)

The invitation only pre-launch party - hosted by Alex Valle and featuring exhibition matches with star players Chibita and Fuudo - will be streamed live on May 19th, 2012 starting around 8 PM PST in Los Angeles, CA.

The iam8bit event will be streamed by the Level|Up Series team. Don't miss it!

» Questions for Fuudo, Chibita, and Sega
» VFDC Attendee List
» VF5FS Pre-Launch Party Trailer
» Fuudo Promo Interview
» Chibita Promo Interview

Update May 20, 2012 -
Twitch TV: Pre-Launch Party Archive
Chibita versus Fuudo Exhibition Matches (First to 5)

Railway Stage 2-03, a 3on3 team tournament, is scheduled for May 19th around 6 PM JST. This event is expected to be streamed either on VFRTV channel or Nistel Jacky's Channel. For past tournament summaries and other information, please check the Virtua Fighter Relationship 2011-2012 Season thread.

Update: Stream is over check following posts for results!
Railway Series Stage 2-03 Part 1
Railway Series Stage 2-03 Part 2

Sega have posted registration information and details of their tournament.

This will be "first come, first serve" basis for the first 256 players. Registration is $15, don't wait! To register, please use this link: http://vf5fsevo2012.eventbrite.com/

"The prize pot will be composed of all entree fees, as well as an additional $15,000 contributed by Sega.

The $15,000 will be split as follows. All pot money from entry fees will be added on top of these amounts and will be announced at a later date.

1: $3,000
2: $2,000
3: $1,500
4: $1,200
5: $1,000
6: $900
7: $800
8: $600
9 – 16: $500" - Sega Blog Entry

For those attending Evo and will be entering the VF5FS please check the VF5FS at Evo 2012: Event Details and Trip Planning thread.

Update: May 22, 2012: The official rules have been revised to state non-US residents are eligible to enter the tournament. There was some confusion on the official rules when registration was originally announced. So go ahead and register now before its too late!

The recent VF5FS console release announcement coincided with a compilation video of arcade VF5FS special victory item win poses made by LadyVF. It is unclear if any of the 6 special win poses per character will be in the console version; however, they are fairly amusing to watch and also shows the variety of customization one can achieve with the 19 characters! Also, check out LadyVF's Blog (Japanese) for even more character customization that mimics characters from other games, movies, or cartoons.

Compilation of Item Win Poses

Gamespot's Maxwell McGee and Sega's Patrick Riley went over the various features in training mode. This includes the tutorial, record function, frame data, and command/combo training.

Near the end of the video, they also covered the customization mode. This would be the first video in English to show off the customization mode in detail. So go check out the youtube video!

Gamespot's VF5FS Sends You Back to Basic Training

(Original story from Iplaywinner)

At the recent Shadowloo Showdown 2012 event, Australia Gamespot's Zorine Te asked a couple of pro players and regular VFDC members their impressions on Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown and the Virtua Fighter series in general.

This includes Ryan Hart (Prodigal Son), Keita Ai (Fuudo), Daniel Chlebowczyk (Berzerk), and Mike Abdow (Myke).

The players went through a wide range of topics with an emphasis on the latest version of the game's balance and difficulty.

Check out Gamespot's Pro Gamers on Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown News Story to read the entire story.

It's been almost 1 year since Sega announced Final Showdown for consoles, and now we finally have a release date! The game is set for release on June 5th on PlayStation Network and June 6th on Xbox Live!

Update #1: Check out the new VF5:FS trailer!
Reignite Your Inner Fighter

Update #2: Here are the contents of the 2 character DLC packages!
Item Set #1: Akira, Sarah, Kage, Wolf, Lion, Aoi, Brad, El Blaze, Jean

Item Set #2: Pai, Lau, Jacky, Jeffry, Shun, Lei, Vanessa, Goh, Eileen, Taka

Update #3: Check VF5FS Console FAQ for answers to majority of questions.

Read the press below for more details!

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON - May 14, 2012 - SEGA® of America Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced that the console release date and retail price for Virtua Fighter™ 5 Final Showdown. The stand-alone downloadable 3D fighting game is set to make its console debut on June 5 for PlayStation®Network and June 6 for Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown will be priced at $14.99/ £9.99/ AUD$18.25/ €12.99 for PSN and 1,200 Microsoft Points for XBLA.

Character customization DLC packs will be available immediately upon launch for all 19 fighters, with each character customization pack costing $4.99/ £3.59/ AUD$6.25/ €4.49 for PSN and 400 Microsoft Points for XBLA, and will contain 600-950 customization items. Two additional customization packs, consisting of nine characters’ worth of DLC items and the other with 10 characters’ worth, will also be available at launch for $14.99/ £9.99/ AUD$18.25/ €12.99 each on PSN and 1,200 Microsoft Points each on XBLA.

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