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After his inspirational beatdowns by Homestay Akira during EVO 2018, a reinvigorated @adamYUKI was driven to create a new chapter in a long standing tradition of Virtua Fighter Gatherings -- the inaugural Los Angeles Gathering (LAG). Taking place over the weekend of 18-19 January 2019, VFers gathered from near and afar to welcome, play against, and learn from the legend himself Homestay Akira who happened to be accompanied by his wife, a formidable VF player in her own right!

As 2018 has come to a close, so has the 25th Anniversary of Virtua Fighter. As a tribue, both @MadeManG74 and I thought it'd be fun to commemorate the occasion by compiling a list of 25 things you probably didn't know about Virtua Fighter!

Pin-san and his fellow writers at Yuzumo Design have done several phenomenal self-published game history books about important titles like Space Harrier, Darius, Phantasy Star, and Wizardry. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Virtua Fighter, he's assembled a truly amazing book packed with interviews with key figures in the history of the VF community (including one with our own Myke!), features on aspects of VF's history, original artwork and manga, and stories about personal experiences with VF.

The 17th Beat Tribe Cup has been announced!
Taking place over the weekend of 23-24 of March as part of the 'Fighting God Festival'.

Traditionally the tournament with the largest number of entrants and the peak of Virtua Fighter competition, the event is a 5 on 5 team tournament. Each year has garnered over 100 teams! The Beat-Tribe cup was originally known as the 'Athena Cup' and has been running since 1994.

Details for registration and more information will be coming soon.

Sega has revealed the results of their Sega Ages poll! Virtua Fighter Series comes in an #4.

With the announcement of Virtua Racing being a part of the Switch's Sega Ages lineup, could there be more 3D arcade games in the works?

SoCal Regionals 2018 saw another Virtua Fighter tournament take place, thanks to Dropkick Events who also run weekly Virtua Fighter meet ups.

Congratulations to our top four;
1st - Itabashi Zangief (@Itazan)
2nd - Icky (@IcKY99)
3rd - Phoxx (@Phoxx)
4th - Plague (@Plague)

Club Sega Akihabara, the biggest Virtua Fighter arcade in Japan, just got even bigger!

On 4th September the arcade tweeted out that they added a further eight cabinets to their collection to bring it to a total of 26! The largest concentration of VF cabinets in Japan!

Not even a month after EVO proved that VF can have major turnout at the world’s fighting game tournament, NYG 13 wrapped up the “Summer of VF” at iFixMachine. NYG has always been about celebrating what makes Virtua Fighter great, and this year was no exception. Featuring tough competition, close exhibitions, and some of the wildest Sega fighting action of all time, the 3-day event was non-stop fun.

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2018 promises to be a good year for VF due to the inclusion of FS in Yakuza 6, and the NYC / East Coast scene in particular with the return of Hayato’s arcade looking stronger than ever. Thanks to the efforts of the old-school arcade community at iFixMachine, VF will have a strong arcade representation at this year’s NYG.

Community Effort Orlando saw a great Virtua Fighter tournament take place at Daytona Beach, USA.
The community saw the return of some great players to the tournament scene, and a lot of up and coming new faces.

Congratulations to top three:
1) Gentleman Thief
2) Blackstar
3) Plague

For full results, please check below:
https://virtuafighter.com/rankings/ceo-2018.170/event?id=1

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