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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!

During the VF5FS Pre-Launch party, I had an opportunity to ask Patrick Riley, Director of International Product Development at SEGA, questions submitted by the community.

Over 30 of your questions were asked, where he elaborates on replay saving to the cloud, what the Demo (Xbox Live only) will feature, as well as other features that they would have liked to have included but simply couldn't due to time or budget.

I'm also pleased to announce that there's a couple of exclusives for each console, so check it out!

Image courtesy of Level|Up

The VF5FS side tournament at UFGT8 (a total of 64 players participating!) will take place Saturday, May 26, 2012. The final 4 will be streamed on Level|Up Series Channel around 10 PM US Central Time.

Update: Archive of the final are available and quick results in the following post within this thread.

Level|Up UFGT8 Archive of VF5FS Final 4 (At 59 minute mark)

The fourth volume of the 2012 Tokyo Bay Area Cup season will be held and streamed on May 27th, ~ 1PM JST start time on: Newton Live. The first three 3on3 tournaments had a different winner each time: Team Satani Fantastic Circus, Team Doramachikku, and Team Zenryoku Kabuppaazu. Will the trend continue?

The Bay Area Cups 3on3 tournaments are unique in that teams made at the beginning of the season remains the same at the end of the season. For past tournament summaries and other information, please check the Virtua Fighter Relationship 2011-2012 Season thread. The second post in the thread have a list of teams and team members participating in the Bay Area Cups (not comprehensive).

May 29, 2012 Update: Links to the archive of the event are posted below. Check following post for quick results.
Preliminary Qualifier
Playoff Stage
Final Tournament Stage Part 1
Final Tournament Stage Part 2

Kansai Bay Area Cup Vol. 6 event is expected to be streamed live on the Kansai Bay Channel on May 27th, 2 PM JST tournament start time. Next month there will be no 3on3 Kansai Bay Area Cup. Instead, there will be a 5on5 Hamaohtsu Cup.

The Bay Area Cups 3on3 tournaments are unique in that teams made at the beginning of the season remains the same at the end of the season. For past tournament summaries and other information, please check the Virtua Fighter Relationship 2011-2012 Season thread. The second post in the thread have a list of teams and team members participating in the Bay Area Cups (not comprehensive).

May 29th, 2012 Update: Archive of the event is provided in the links below. Check the thread for results.
Kansai Bay Vol. 6 - Preliminary Qualifier
Kansai Bay Vol. 6 - Final Tournament
Kansai Bay Vol. 6 - Post Tournament, Part 1 (Gods of Thunder Ranking Battles)
Kansai Bay Vol. 6 - Post Tounrament, Part 2

Haunts at Iplaywinner will be streaming a series of previews for the upcoming release of Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown for the PS3 and Xbox 360. In these streams, he plans to try out the different characters and modes (including online). Day 1 of these streams will be streamed sometime today, so keep a look out of IPW's website/twitter for more information!

IPW's News Headline
IPW Twitch TV Channel

Update:For future updates to these preview streams, they will be posted in the VF Streams Schedule Thread. I will also use this thread to archive all the live streams.

1st Preview Archive - Online / Replay / Jean and Akira Command Lists
2nd Preview Archive - Goh Command List / Shun Red Face / Jacky combos
3rd Preview Archive - Taka and Kage Command Lists
4th Preview Archive - Online play
5th Preview Archive Starts ~ 19h37m Brad + Wolf Command Lists and Net Play

Better late than never! For Virtua Fighter fans in London, VF5FS will finally be playable for the first time in Europe on Monday, May 28th at Eurogamer's Community Night! If you live in the London area, definitely check out the game before it is officially released on June 5th-6th.

For more details to this event, please check the original thread in the Tournaments and Events Section - VF5FS London May 28th Eurogame event.

(info from Jide)

The invitation only pre-launch party - hosted by Alex Valle and featuring exhibition matches with star players Chibita and Fuudo - will be streamed live on May 19th, 2012 starting around 8 PM PST in Los Angeles, CA.

The iam8bit event will be streamed by the Level|Up Series team. Don't miss it!

» Questions for Fuudo, Chibita, and Sega
» VFDC Attendee List
» VF5FS Pre-Launch Party Trailer
» Fuudo Promo Interview
» Chibita Promo Interview

Update May 20, 2012 -
Twitch TV: Pre-Launch Party Archive
Chibita versus Fuudo Exhibition Matches (First to 5)