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Fighting game players from around the country met in Chicago on the weekend for the annual Combo Breaker tournament. Amongst the many games on offer this year was Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown! The first Virtua Fighter tournament at a Combo Breaker, in fact! Special thanks to @FeliciaPrower for putting the tournament together, with 22 players entering the bracket.

Click through for Top 3 results, footage and more details!

UK saw a return to Virtua Fighter on May 4 with the Sakura Fight Festa, hosted by NthGenMedia.

12 Virtua Fighter players from UK and Europe congregated in London to test their mettle! The event was a great success with new and old faces alike playing casuals and competitive matches.

The 17th VFR Beat-Tribe Cup took place on Saturday 23 March 2019 in Tokyo, Japan in collaboration with Toushinsai and was streamed live via their Twitch channel. The entire 12 hour archive has been sliced up, translated, timestamped and served up for your consumption below! Additionally, there's a whole bunch of stats and trivia you might like to check out, too.

The 17th Beat Tribe Cup takes place this Saturday, 23rd March 2019! With 100, 5-man teams registered this is sure to be an event of epic proportions! For a rundown on the tournament format and its many phases(!), translated listings of all Team and Player names, live stream information, and more, be sure to check in here!

With a wealth of Virtua Fighter tournaments taking place around the world in the coming few months, let's take a quick look at what's happening and how to join!

Virtua Fighter is having a great 2019, as LAG and now Big E Gaming WinterBrawl3D have shown. While attendance was on the low side, the presence of VF at an FGC major did good work towards building interest in the game. WinterBrawl was also a great test of Virtua Fighter’s ability to hang in a multi-game setting. While I am definitely biased I’d say that it passed that test, with members of other communities coming by to talk about the game, watch casuals, and even play with us. The whole weekend was a great experience, and one that I hope we will be able to repeat in the future.

Sega will be doing a 24 hour charity live stream from tomorrow until Saturday. From Saturday 5am GMT / 9pm PT / midnight ET they will be playing Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown on Xbox on stream for a few hours!
A lobby will be open online online so please jump in!

They will be live on www.twitch.tv/sega so tune in and show your love for Virtua Fighter!

On Sunday, 10th February 2019, the 2019 Pre Beat-Tribe Cup took place at Game Newton Ooyama. This 5-on-5 character-specific tournament saw a total of 52 teams (260 players!), and was streamed live via the Game Newton Ooyama channels on various platforms simultaneously. The original 12 hour archive has been dissected, timestamped and re-packaged for your enjoyment, along with some interesting stats as well!

The tradition continues with this 5-on-5 character specific team tournament ahead of the 17th VFR Beat Tribe Cup finals scheduled the following month. There are 52 teams (260 players!) registered to compete this Sunday, 10th February 2019 and the event will be streamed via Nicovideo. Watch this thread for details and updates!

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!