Sega Confirms A New Virtua Fighter Is In Development

Sega Confirms A New Virtua Fighter Is In Development

From TheGamer (Written by George Foster) on | OpenCritic

Sega has officially confirmed that it's developing a brand-new Virtua Fighter game, 17 whole years after the original release of Virtua Fighter 5 in 2007.

Although Sega is mostly known these days for Sonic the Hedgehog, Like a Dragon, and Persona (two of which they publish instead of develop), they've got an absolutely humongous back catalogue of games. Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, and even bloody Ristar, are just a few of the classics that we've seen barely anything of over the past few decades.

Like a Dragon: Yakuza changes much from the game's original narrative. One change in particular has forever set Prime's series on a different path.

While Sega seems to have been happy just focusing on its big three for most of the current generation, it recently confirmed that it's got plans to bring back all of the above and more for reboots and remakes. One series I didn't mention above but absolutely fits the category of forgotten Sega classics is Virtua Fighter, which has finally been confirmed to be getting a new game.

While attending Gamescom Asia, VGC recently had the chance to chat with Sega's global head of transmedia, Justin Scarpone, who...

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