Sega’s rising one different Virtua Fighter sport

Sega’s legendary Virtua Fighter collection is determined to current a return, the author has confirmed, some 18 years after the beginning up of its most most trendy numbered instalment, Virtua Fighter 5.

Since then, there’ve been a gargantuan collection of up to date releases of Virtua Fighter 5 (culminating with 2021’s Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, itself a remaster of the sooner Final Showdow), alongside cellular instalments, and even a arcade change for Digital Fighter 3. What collection followers have not had, even though, is a label-new sport.

However now, Sega’s new world head of transmedia, Justin Scarpone, has supplied some hope in an interview with VGC. “So we now have a set of titles in improvement proper now that fall into that legacy bucket,” he outlined, “which we launched remaining yr at The Recreation Awards; Loopy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Streets of Rage, Shinobi.”

Then got here the bombshell. “And we now have one other Virtua Fighter being developed,” Scrapone added, earlier than glossing over the revelation fully, “After which in sure situations, we’re additionally doing animation collection, or live-action movies to enhance that and be a part of these roadmaps.” It’s not, then, affirmation a brand new mainline Virtua Fighter instalment is on the kind precisely, nonetheless or not it’s one thing to chunk on on the very least.

Regardless of announcing a flurry of legacy sport revivals remaining yr – along with Crazy Taxi, Jet Function Radio, Streets of Rage, Shinobi, Golden Axe, “and extra” – well-known capabilities stay restricted. Sega has shared considerably of about its Crazy Taxi change – calling it an