Event

With a wealth of Virtua Fighter tournaments taking place around the world in the coming few months, let's take a quick look at what's happening and how to join!

Virtua Fighter is having a great 2019, as LAG and now Big E Gaming WinterBrawl3D have shown. While attendance was on the low side, the presence of VF at an FGC major did good work towards building interest in the game. WinterBrawl was also a great test of Virtua Fighter’s ability to hang in a multi-game setting. While I am definitely biased I’d say that it passed that test, with members of other communities coming by to talk about the game, watch casuals, and even play with us. The whole weekend was a great experience, and one that I hope we will be able to repeat in the future.

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!

On Sunday, 10th February 2019, the 2019 Pre Beat-Tribe Cup took place at Game Newton Ooyama. This 5-on-5 character-specific tournament saw a total of 52 teams (260 players!), and was streamed live via the Game Newton Ooyama channels on various platforms simultaneously. The original 12 hour archive has been dissected, timestamped and re-packaged for your enjoyment, along with some interesting stats as well!

The tradition continues with this 5-on-5 character specific team tournament ahead of the 17th VFR Beat Tribe Cup finals scheduled the following month. There are 52 teams (260 players!) registered to compete this Sunday, 10th February 2019 and the event will be streamed via Nicovideo. Watch this thread for details and updates!

After his inspirational beatdowns by Homestay Akira during EVO 2018, a reinvigorated @adamYUKI was driven to create a new chapter in a long standing tradition of Virtua Fighter Gatherings -- the inaugural Los Angeles Gathering (LAG). Taking place over the weekend of 18-19 January 2019, VFers gathered from near and afar to welcome, play against, and learn from the legend himself Homestay Akira who happened to be accompanied by his wife, a formidable VF player in her own right!

On Sunday, 13 January 2019 the annual Kyushu Tentai Cup VF5FS tournament took place in the southwestern island of Kyushu, Japan at the Taito Station Fukuoka Tenjin arcade. The Tentai (Celestial) Cup saw 21 teams entering, consisting of 105 players with many strong players from the north of Japan in attendance!

Registration: https://smash.gg/tournament/sakura-fight-festa-2019

Virtua Fighter's first major tournament for Europe in 2019 is the Sakura Fight Festa!
Taking place on 4-5 May in London, registration is now open for a great selection of games including Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown! European players, get out there and support the game on your turf!

As 2018 has come to a close, so has the 25th Anniversary of Virtua Fighter. As a tribue, both @MadeManG74 and I thought it'd be fun to commemorate the occasion by compiling a list of 25 things you probably didn't know about Virtua Fighter!

REGISTRATION: https://smash.gg/tournament/winter-brawl-3d-edition/details

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown will be an official game at Winter Brawl 3D!

WHEN: February 23-24, 2018

WHERE: Clarion Hotel and Conference Center
76 Industrial Hwy,
Essington, PA 19029
610-521-9600