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On the eve of the day that the PS3 Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown version is available for download on Tuesday, UltraChen TV - a general fighting game talk show that discusses a wide variety of subject matters - will have a Virtua Fighter Special on Monday at 8 PM PST. They will have LA Akira as a guest to help gamers of other fighting games learn about the Virtua Fighter system.

Update: Stream has ended. Embedded are archives of the two shows.

UltraChen TV First Attack Show - Viruta Fighter 5 Final Showdown
UltraChen TV Level 3 Focus - Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown

As part of the celebration and promotion of the console release of VF5FS, two game launch tournaments/events will be occurring in Australia: Melbourne's Couchwarriors and Sydney's Ozhadou. Not only can VF enthusiasts fight to their hearts content, but those wanting to learn more about the game, these might be the events for you! There is a total of eight Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown game codes that will be given away related to these events (4 before the events and 4 during the events!)

For more information on these tournaments and how you can enter in the drawings to win a game code for Final Showdown, please check Berzerk's Tournament and Events thread:

Couch Warriors June 9th Event

OzHadou June 16th Event

Some last minute scheduling have allowed Sega to bring VF5FS to the Northwest Majors in Des Moines, Washington - June 2nd-3rd! The tournament will be the first 64 players that registered. The tournament starts on Saturday around 2 PM PST and will be streamed throughout the entire day Saturday by Khaos Gaming TV Channel! In addition, top 4 will be streamed on Sunday at ~11:15 PST on the main stream channel Team Khaos Channel. Thanks to Femto and Chanchai for providing the information!

Update: Stream has ended! Below is link to the finals.
Northwest Majors 4: Top 4 in Virtua Fighter (starts at the beginning of the video)

"The hype train continues - Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown is now added to the WNF roster of tournaments next week!!" - Tweet from Alex Valle (@AlexValleSF4)

Level|Up Live will be hosting a special VF5FS tourney on their regular occurring Wednesday Night Fights (WNF) series on June 6th--the Xbox360 console release date of the game (June 5th is for the PS3). This will be at the Super Arcade in Walnut, California with the tourney to start ~ 9 PM PST.

If you live in the greater Los Angeles area, go meet fellow VF enthusiasts and celebrate the console release of VF5FS by visiting the Super Arcade!

The event is expected to be streamed on Level|Up Series Channel
(Source of info - Brisal73 and L_A)

Sega of America recently released a short documentary video from the Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Pre-Launch Party. It features Chibita, Fuudo, Alex Valle, Westtrade, LA, and Plague as they talked about various aspects of the game but focuses mainly on the community aspect and how it has affected their lives. I think this quote from the video sums it up nicely!

"I like the game, but being part of the community is what makes it awesome. It's hard to experience this type of atmosphere outside of the gaming world" - Chibita

Check the video out! Original story from Sega Blog

Thanks for everyone's patience. We're now on a new kick-ass server which should hopefully result in a more stabilised experience from now on.

Most of the VFDC features should be back to normal, however, there are some remaining kinks in the system that I'm trying to work out, and a minor forum update was also necessary. You can read more about these in detail after the jump.

And of course, if you find something not working the way it used to, please let me know in this thread!

VFDC will be unavailable from midnight Thursday UTC, while some important maintenance work will be carried out. Specific times for major cities are shown below:

Los Angeles, Wed 5:00 PM
New York, Wed 8:00 PM
London, Thu 1:00 AM
Tokyo, Thu 9:00 AM
Sydney, Thu 10:00 AM

For updates during the down-time, keep your eye on the VFDC Facebook Page, or follow @vfdotcom on Twitter.

It has been recently announced that Spectator passes have sold out for this year's EVO, and many VF fans think this means they cannot enter the VF5FS tournament.

That is not the case!

Spectator passes are only required for Sunday, and 95% of the VF5FS tournament will be held on the Friday and Saturday. Only the final 3 in the bracket will need to play on Sunday, and SEGA will ensure they are able to enter the venue, even if they don't have a spectator pass.

This has been officially communicated by SEGA, so hopefully this clears things up once and for all!

From gamespot: Zorine Te and Mike "Iron Myke" Abdow of VirtuaFighter.com take a quick run through Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown and explore the basic mechanics, changes and training tools of the game, including advice for newcomers to the series!

Now Playing: Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown

Continuing on with VF5FS Pre-Launch Party interviews, this time I sat down with Chibita and Fuudo to run through some questions submitted by the VFDC community.

These legends of VF let us know what new players to FS should focus on, as well as sharing their personal opinions on the direction FS has taken. Chibita constantly reminded us how great a player he is, while the thoughtful Fuudo provides insight into the entirely different approaches he takes when preparing for VF and SF tournaments.

A huge thanks to L_A, Mai (SEGA) and Patrick (SEGA) for helping with the translations!