While Sega is mostly known for the Sonic and Yakuza franchises these days, there was a time where the developer and publisher was also a fighting game powerhouse. During the 1990s, Sega launched the Virtua Fighter franchise, the first 3D fighting game that utilized the now standard polygon-based graphics and …
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Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown hits PS4 (and PS5 via forward compatibility) on June 1, and with it comes an expansion pack bundling original series content like character models and background music. The $10 Legendary Pack includes exactly what it sounds like it would. The DLC features a plethora of …
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Virtua Fighter 5 is making a comeback next month on PS4, in a new package that has completely remastered the original game using Yakuza studio Ryu ga Gotoku’s Dragon Engine. If you’re wondering what a 14-year glow-up looks like on a more modern console in comparison to the game’s 2007 …
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South Korean mobile publisher Netmarble can thank Marvel and The Seven Deadly Sins anime franchise for a stellar start to the year, as evidenced by the company’s Q1 2021 earnings posted earlier this month. The company generated $512 million in revenue in the first three months of the year–a seven …
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Virtua Fighter 5 is coming back as a digital exclusive on PS4 (and presumably PS5 through backwards compatibility), as Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown. The fighting game that originally released on PS3 and Xbox 360 has been remastered for the new generation and arrives on June 1. [Update: We’ve now …
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New gameplay of the upcoming Metal Slug mobile game–tentatively titled Metal Slug Code J–has been released, giving us a first glance at a classic SNK game’s new modern look. The trailer shows series regular Marco battling through hordes of enemy soldiers, preserving the classic Metal Slug run-and-gun gameplay. Visual enhancements …
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Nintendo is adding more SNES and NES games to its Nintendo Switch Online library on May 26. Four more SNES games and one additional NES title hit the service next week, bringing the total number of games across both libraries to more than 100. The four SNES games include Super …
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A new, fan-made online fighting game glossary with 673 terms is finally here to answer your burning fighting game questions, like what the heck is a “fuzzy”? Fighting games can be notoriously obtuse at times, with many games in the genre including barebones tutorials that outright fail to explain important …
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The voice actor for Guilty Gear Xrd’s Ramlethal Valentine won’t return to voice the character in the Strive sequel. Erin Fitzgerald announced on Twitter that she “happily stepped away so they could cast more appropriately.” Earlier this month, it was announced that Laura Stalh (Hunter x Hunter, The Promised Neverland) …
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SNK will release the Steam version of its feudal fighting game Samurai Shodown on June 14, the developer announced. Originally a timed exclusive on the Epic Games Store, the Steam version will launch alongside the multi-platform release of Season Pass 3 DLC character Shiro Tokisada Amakusa. Originally a boss character …
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