http://www.gamesradar.com/virtua-fighter-5/articles/ Akira may not be the only Virtua Fighter character making a cameo in Dead or Alive 5. Team Ninja has hinted its collaboration with Sega might be bigger than initially teased... http://www.gamesradar.com/dead-or-alive-5-may-have-more-virtua-fighters/March 7, 2012, 9:05 a.m.Today is a sad day for Sega fans, as news breaks that 50-year-old creative genius Yu Suzuki has stepped down from his post as R&D Creative Officer at Sega, taking up a much-diminished role as R&D manager at the AM Plus division. So, as a tribute to one of the greatest visionaries...http://www.gamesradar.com/yu-suzukis-five-finest-moments/April 6, 2009, 11:22 a.m.Whether it's by timeless game design, rabidly loyal community, or a fat slice of both, some videogames just keep coming back for more. Meet the games that will be around longer than you will. http://www.gamesradar.com/the-games-they-couldnt-kill/March 20, 2008, 1:24 p.m.Jan 16, 2008 Sega has released a patch for Virtua Fighter 5 on 360, introducing a wealth of new gameplay options, tweaks and bug fixes. Save-able online replays, extended costume options, an online rematch option for public players, and overall tweaking of the online component of the game are...http://www.gamesradar.com/huge-virtua-fighter-5-patch-released-today-on-360/Jan. 16, 2008, 3:04 p.m.20th Dec, 2007 Gaming is an up and down experience. Some years cram top quality titles into our every orifice until were bursting with videogame joy and have excess polygons dripping messily out of our ears, while some other years… Well, some other years are 1983. In 2007 though, weve had...http://www.gamesradar.com/2007-the-best-gaming-year-ever/Dec. 20, 2007, 12:51 p.m.Oct. 12, 2007 Virtua Fighter 5's been kick-punching its beat-'em-up excellence on PS3 for a while now, but the Xbox 360 version is so close, it's out at the end of the month. But before it blasts onto the scene, a 674MB VF5 demo has released on Xbox Live, allowing you to test it prior to...http://www.gamesradar.com/virta-fighter-5-demo-hits-xbl-exclusive-movies/Oct. 12, 2007, 4:23 p.m.Sept 14, 2007 The wait is almost over, Xbox 360 owners will soon be able to get their hands on the best fighter gaming has to offer. Due to be released on 26 October, Virtua Fighter 5 on 360 will launch with everything the PS3 version had to offer with the added bonus of online play. The PS3...http://www.gamesradar.com/virtua-fighter-5-returns-with-19-new-screens/Sept. 14, 2007, 5:53 a.m.Some games truly evolve. Prince of Persia, for instance, is now a million miles from where it started. So too, Sonic the Hedgehog and even Mario. Over the last ten years, these games have either changed direction totally, or shaken up the basic gameplay elements and crafted a similar yet...http://www.gamesradar.com/games-that-havent-changed-in-ten-years/Aug. 10, 2007, 4:34 p.m. This is hardcore. Or so everyone says. But what is "hardcore?" To us gamers, it means the kind of game that serious gamers devote their time to. You know, hundreds of hours of time. The kind of game that kept Granny away from gaming until Wii came along. It's about depth - of learning and...http://www.gamesradar.com/retrobot-presents-hardcore-games/Aug. 7, 2007, 2:51 p.m.In our exclusive interview with Yoshihiro Tsuzuku, director of the Xbox 360 version of Virtua Fighter 5, he mentioned that top Japanese peripheral maker Hori would be debuting a new joystick for the Xbox 360 alongside VF5 in the US. While a stick was released with Dead or Alive 4 it has become...http://www.gamesradar.com/e3-07-virtua-fighter-joystick-revealed/July 11, 2007, 6:48 p.m.Earlier this year, we were able to travel to Japan to see an early version of Virtua Fighter 5 for the Xbox 360. At that time, the developers were certain that online play could not be included - as it would compromise the quality of the play experience too much. That changed today. Sega has...http://www.gamesradar.com/virtua-fighter-5-interview/July 6, 2007, 3:26 p.m.The Virtua Fighter games have always been the most hardcore of all beat-'em-ups. The complexity of the fighting system is leagues beyond the likes of Tekken, Soul Calibur or Dead or Alive, but - a little ironically - that complexity has long been a weakness outside of Japan's arcades. Virtua...http://www.gamesradar.com/virtua-fighter-5-11/June 18, 2007, 2:02 p.m. Before you launch into this preview, don't miss our EXCLUSIVE developer video interview or our tour of the most competitive Virtua Fighter 5 arcade in Tokyo - click here. Get informed! By now, PlayStation 3 gamers have had their hands on the superb Virtua Fighter 5 for over two months - and we...http://www.gamesradar.com/virtua-fighter-5-first-look/May 1, 2007, 8:04 p.m. Virtua Fighter is more than a simple game to the Japanese - it's a phenomenon. Players gather at the Club Sega arcade in Akihabara, Tokyo to battle it out in massive tournaments - or just play for fun, as the best players gather at that spot. We were allowed to enter that domain with a camera, and...http://www.gamesradar.com/virtua-fighter-5-interview-and-arcade-video-blowout/May 1, 2007, 7:40 p.m.Friday 23 March 2007 As part of our PS3 launch week coverage extravaganza, we've joined forces with our sparring partners at Sega to give one very lucky GamesRadar reader the chance to win a PlayStation 3, plus a copy of the hard hitting arcade bruiser, Virtua Fighter 5. In addition to being a...http://www.gamesradar.com/ps3-launch-win-a-playstation-3-10/March 23, 2007, 3:02 a.m.So you've got a shiny new copy of Virtua Fighter 5. You've heard everyone raving about it - "the deepest fighting game ever," "the best competitive fighter there is," et cetera. But you've probably also heard one thing that makes you uneasy: "Virtua Fighter is difficult to get into." They're not...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-fast-guide-to-virtua-fighter-5/Feb. 28, 2007, 3:18 p.m.Hardcore. Its a word thats thrown around too easily nowadays; applied to everything from the outrageously crazy to enthusiastic pastry consumption. Truth is, very few things in life are actually that hardcore - but Virtua Fighter is one of them. While DOA focuses more on curves than combos and...http://www.gamesradar.com/virtua-fighter-5-14/Feb. 28, 2007, 1:06 p.m.Things are looking up for the PlayStation 3 in Japan this week, as stellar Sega bruiser installment Virtua Fighter 5 blasts up the charts to snatch the console's first ever number one. The fighter beat off Nintendo titles Wii Sports, Wii Play, Brain Age and New Super Mario Brothers for the top...http://www.gamesradar.com/ps3-is-japans-number-one/Feb. 21, 2007, 6:37 p.m.Monday 19 February 2007 PlayStation 3's Virtua Fighter 5 has beaten off massed opposition from Nintendo to top the Japanese sales chart in its first week, giving Sony its first ever PS3 chart topper - and making it the first PS3 game to enter the top ten - in Japan since the next-gen console...http://www.gamesradar.com/ps3-tops-chart/Feb. 19, 2007, 7:50 a.m.Virtua Fighter 5 is not only the latest in Sega's huge beat-'em-up series, but it also looks to be one of the PS3's best-looking games so far. Just look at the high-res awesomeness of this game, particularly the lighting in some of the sunset scenes and the super-sharp textures. It's going to look...http://www.gamesradar.com/huge-new-vf5-screens-of-beauty/Feb. 9, 2007, 8:47 p.m.Much like the Winning Eleven series, there are two ways to play Virtua Fighter games. Theres the “casual” post-bar, fight-it-out-with-a-friend kind of way, and then theres the slavish, almost scientific approach - fueled by the sort of devotion thats made the series so hugely popular...http://www.gamesradar.com/virtua-fighter-5-13/Feb. 8, 2007, 7:12 p.m.Virtua Fighter 5 is a landmark game. The series has risen to the top of hardcore fighters' lists because of its unparalleled depth, and the PS3 version absolutely destroys the PS2 editions in terms of graphics. This is pure next gen. VF5 is the most realistic game in a series hailed for presenting...http://www.gamesradar.com/virtua-fighter-5-hands-on-10/Jan. 19, 2007, 6:50 p.m. Everything looks better in the HD-era, especially the look on your friends face as you deliver a crushing roundhouse blow to his jaw. Well, thats what itll be like when Virtua Fighter 5 launches for the PlayStation 3 in February, which is next month for the calendar-impaired (Xbox 360 fans have to...http://www.gamesradar.com/virtua-fighter-5-kicks-your-ass/Jan. 5, 2007, 6:59 p.m.Friday 22 December 2006 In a move that we're sure has caused surprise, shock and much gnashing of teeth inside Sony, Sega has announced that Virtua Fighter 5 is landing on Xbox 360 in the middle of next year. The fifth generation fighter had previously only been set to appear on PS3 in the spring,...http://www.gamesradar.com/virtua-fighter-5-defects-to-360/Dec. 22, 2006, 7:11 a.m.That's right folks, the mass exhalation you heard this morning was the legions of Virtua Fighter fans reacting to Sega's announcement that Virtua Fighter 5 will be coming to the Xbox 360. The latest entry in Sega's venerable martial arts series was previously announced as a PS3 exclusive, but now...http://www.gamesradar.com/virtua-fighter-5-coming-to-xbox-360/Dec. 21, 2006, 7:32 p.m.