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On this day in 2010, SEGA released Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown for Japanese arcades, followed by a international console release two years later for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. To celebrate this occasion, I compiled a blog on Destructoid looking back at the journey with VF5FS and how it still holds to this day compared to other modern-day fighting games. Happy 10th Anniversary, VF5FS!

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 will be doing a 24 hour charity live stream from tomorrow until Saturday. From Saturday 5am GMT / 9pm PT / midnight ET they will be playing Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown on Xbox on stream for a few hours!
A lobby will be open online online so please jump in!

They will be live on www.twitch.tv/sega so tune in and show your love for Virtua Fighter!

The US PSN store is having a sale right now for Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown and the Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Complete Edition on the PS3 where you can save 40% off the retail price, and an additional 10% if you're a PS+ member! This could make a great holiday gift!

During the Tekken World Tournament 2018 finals stream, Tekken director and producer Katushiro Harada made an interesting comment to the effect that, even if SEGA gave them the VF license and dev team, the hardcore VF community would still reject the game just by seeing the Bandai Namco on the startup screen. So, do you agree?

We've speculated and speculated some more about whether or not a new Virtua Fighter was in the works, and now we've got more fuel to add to the speculative fire! Siliconera recently reported that SEGA had filed to renew the existing trademark for Virtua Fighter, along with a new trademark for a title called 'Battle Genesis'. What could this mean?

Akira Yuki of Virtua Fighter series has been revealed as an Assist Trophy for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate!

Sega has revealed the results of their Sega Ages poll! Virtua Fighter Series comes in an #4.

With the announcement of Virtua Racing being a part of the Switch's Sega Ages lineup, could there be more 3D arcade games in the works?

According to the SEGASAMMY FY Ending March 2019 1st Quarter report, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is slated for release to PC. This is in line with SEGA's recent strategy of bringing more of its IP to the PC platform, and with previous Yakuza titles (Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami) already announced for the PC platform, you could argue there are no huge surprises there. However(!), we all know that buried within Yakuza 6 is an arcade port of Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown! Let that sink in for a second.