{"id":1064176,"date":"2026-01-20T21:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=495371"},"modified":"2026-01-20T21:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:52:11","slug":"sega-announces-all-new-virtua-fighter-at-the-game-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sega-announces-all-new-virtua-fighter-at-the-game-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Sega announces all-new Virtua Fighter at The Game Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sega-announces-all-new-virtua-fighter-at-the-game-awards.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Sega finally did it. Just weeks after announcing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/483500\/virtua-fighter-5-revo-steam-announcement-sega\">new version of <em>Virtua Fighter 5<\/em><\/a> for Steam, the company has confirmed that an all-new entry, which appears to be <em>Virtua Fighter 6<\/em>, is in the works.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Virtua Fighter 6<\/em> would be the first new numbered entry in Sega\u2019s fighting game franchise in nearly two decades. But Sega\u2019s only calling its new game a \u201cNew Virtua Fighter Project\u201d for now. Hmm! <em>Virtua Fighter 5<\/em> first hit arcades in 2006, and has received a number of revisions and re-releases over the past 18 years. The series debuted in 1993 with the arcade version of <em>Virtua Fighter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Developed by Sega\u2019s Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, <em>Virtua Fighter 6<\/em> \u2014 or whatever it will be called \u2014 will seemingly see the return of series veterans like Akira and Sarah. More details are promised in a VF Direct presentation on Dec. 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The new Virtua Fighter is coming in 2025 for PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X. The game is part of a push from Sega to revive many of its dormant properties. The company is also working on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game-awards-tga\/23993016\/sega-jet-set-radio-streets-of-rage-shinobi-crazy-taxi\">new entries in its Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, and Streets of Rage<\/a> franchises. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/495371\/virtua-fighter-6-sega-announcement\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sega finally did it. Just weeks after announcing a new version of Virtua Fighter 5 for Steam, the company has confirmed that an all-new entry, which appears to be Virtua Fighter 6, is in the works. Virtua Fighter 6 would be the first new numbered entry in Sega\u2019s fighting game franchise in nearly two decades. But Sega\u2019s only calling its new game a \u201cNew Virtua Fighter Project\u201d for now. Hmm! Virtua Fighter 5 first hit arcades in 2006, and has received a number of revisions and re-releases over the past 18 years. The series debuted in 1993 with the arcade version of Virtua Fighter. Developed by Sega\u2019s Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, Virtua Fighter 6 \u2014 or whatever it will be called \u2014 will seemingly see&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sega-announces-all-new-virtua-fighter-at-the-game-awards\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1064177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1064176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sega announces all-new Virtua Fighter at The Game Awards | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sega finally did it. 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