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Railway Stage 2-03, a 3on3 team tournament, is scheduled for May 19th around 6 PM JST. This event is expected to be streamed either on VFRTV channel or Nistel Jacky's Channel. For past tournament summaries and other information, please check the Virtua Fighter Relationship 2011-2012 Season thread.

Update: Stream is over check following posts for results!
Railway Series Stage 2-03 Part 1
Railway Series Stage 2-03 Part 2

Sega have posted registration information and details of their tournament.

This will be "first come, first serve" basis for the first 256 players. Registration is $15, don't wait! To register, please use this link: http://vf5fsevo2012.eventbrite.com/

"The prize pot will be composed of all entree fees, as well as an additional $15,000 contributed by Sega.

The $15,000 will be split as follows. All pot money from entry fees will be added on top of these amounts and will be announced at a later date.

1: $3,000
2: $2,000
3: $1,500
4: $1,200
5: $1,000
6: $900
7: $800
8: $600
9 – 16: $500" - Sega Blog Entry

For those attending Evo and will be entering the VF5FS please check the VF5FS at Evo 2012: Event Details and Trip Planning thread.

Update: May 22, 2012: The official rules have been revised to state non-US residents are eligible to enter the tournament. There was some confusion on the official rules when registration was originally announced. So go ahead and register now before its too late!

The recent VF5FS console release announcement coincided with a compilation video of arcade VF5FS special victory item win poses made by LadyVF. It is unclear if any of the 6 special win poses per character will be in the console version; however, they are fairly amusing to watch and also shows the variety of customization one can achieve with the 19 characters! Also, check out LadyVF's Blog (Japanese) for even more character customization that mimics characters from other games, movies, or cartoons.

Compilation of Item Win Poses

Gamespot's Maxwell McGee and Sega's Patrick Riley went over the various features in training mode. This includes the tutorial, record function, frame data, and command/combo training.

Near the end of the video, they also covered the customization mode. This would be the first video in English to show off the customization mode in detail. So go check out the youtube video!

Gamespot's VF5FS Sends You Back to Basic Training

(Original story from Iplaywinner)

At the recent Shadowloo Showdown 2012 event, Australia Gamespot's Zorine Te asked a couple of pro players and regular VFDC members their impressions on Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown and the Virtua Fighter series in general.

This includes Ryan Hart (Prodigal Son), Keita Ai (Fuudo), Daniel Chlebowczyk (Berzerk), and Mike Abdow (Myke).

The players went through a wide range of topics with an emphasis on the latest version of the game's balance and difficulty.

Check out Gamespot's Pro Gamers on Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown News Story to read the entire story.

It's been almost 1 year since Sega announced Final Showdown for consoles, and now we finally have a release date! The game is set for release on June 5th on PlayStation Network and June 6th on Xbox Live!

Update #1: Check out the new VF5:FS trailer!
Reignite Your Inner Fighter

Update #2: Here are the contents of the 2 character DLC packages!
Item Set #1: Akira, Sarah, Kage, Wolf, Lion, Aoi, Brad, El Blaze, Jean

Item Set #2: Pai, Lau, Jacky, Jeffry, Shun, Lei, Vanessa, Goh, Eileen, Taka

Update #3: Check VF5FS Console FAQ for answers to majority of questions.

Read the press below for more details!

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON - May 14, 2012 - SEGA® of America Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced that the console release date and retail price for Virtua Fighter™ 5 Final Showdown. The stand-alone downloadable 3D fighting game is set to make its console debut on June 5 for PlayStation®Network and June 6 for Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown will be priced at $14.99/ £9.99/ AUD$18.25/ €12.99 for PSN and 1,200 Microsoft Points for XBLA.

Character customization DLC packs will be available immediately upon launch for all 19 fighters, with each character customization pack costing $4.99/ £3.59/ AUD$6.25/ €4.49 for PSN and 400 Microsoft Points for XBLA, and will contain 600-950 customization items. Two additional customization packs, consisting of nine characters’ worth of DLC items and the other with 10 characters’ worth, will also be available at launch for $14.99/ £9.99/ AUD$18.25/ €12.99 each on PSN and 1,200 Microsoft Points each on XBLA.

Virtua Fighter 5...

This coming Saturday, the 19th of May 2012, will see the much anticipated pre-launch party for the home console release of Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown.

Those unable to attend the invite-only event have an opportunity to be a part of this historic occasion. VFDC will be looking to record and capture as much of this event, but in order to make it as memorable and fun as possible, we need your help!

To kick things off I'll be looking to conduct interviews with Fuudo, Chibita and any SEGA staff present.

What would you like to ask them?

» VFDC Attendee List
» VF5FS Pre-Launch Party Trailer
» Fuudo Promo Interview
» Chibita Promo Interview

The sixth Tokai Bay Area Cup team tournament starts on May 12th, 2012 at 8 PM JST. The event will likely be streamed on Chinobrad's Ustream Channel. Team Family Gyouza for 3 (ファミリー餃å­3人å‰) [Mukku (TA) / Keisuta (SH) / Kanzen Nitaku (WO)] remains the dominant team with all three members' respective 2012 Pre Beat-Tribe Cup single character teams reaching the Final Tournament Stage.

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).

Update May, 12th: Archive of the Tokai Bay Area Cup event. Check posts within this topic for summary and results.

Tokai Bay Area Cup Vo.6 Tournament
Tokai Vol. 6 Gods of Thunder Ranking Battle
Tokai Vol. 6 Post Tournament Matches

The Shadowloo Showdown 2012 Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown tournament is this weekend! It is expected Exhibition and the Top 8 will be streamed on Shadowloo HQ twitch channel on May 6th starting ~ 10 AM. The tournament portion will be during the 12:30-4 PM AEST Block Time (Shared with Soul Calibur V and Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition).

For additional information about this international event (Ryan Hart and Fuudo flying out of country to participate in the VF5FS Tourney) check out the Previous News Headline and the Events and Tournament Thread.

This is the first time VF5FS will be playable in Australia. Support your fellow VFDCers and watch the stream! Event Info and Live Brackets Link for up-to-date information on the event.

Update: Archive of the event - Exhibition Matches / Top 8 (1h39m mark)

Why do people enjoy fighting games? Do you believe the fighting genre is at risk of imploding? Why do fighting games need to evolve?

Those are some of the questions that Gamespot's Editor Maxwell McGee asked various people within the Fighting Game genre to address in his Fighting Game Symposium article series. This includes Patrick Riley, Director of International Product Development, SEGA (Syzygy on VFDC, left) as he answered these questions relative to the Virtua Fighter franchise. Other people that were asked these same questions include Iplaywinner's Haunts, Ultrachen TV's James Chen, and many more!

So check out their replies! Do you agree with what they say?