Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown Out Now

SEGA has launched Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown worldwide as a PlayStation 4, available for free for PlayStation Plus members until August 2. Remade for a new generation as part of SEGA’s 60^th Anniversary project, the legendary 3D fighter returns with new graphics, online features, music, visual effects and more. A bundled edition of Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown and the Legendary Pack (DLC) can also be downloaded from the PlayStation Store for $29.99/ €29.99 / £24.99, with the DLC separately available for $9.99/ €9.99 / £7.99.

Widely celebrated by fighting game fans for its perfectly balanced mechanics and fluid, 60fps martial arts combat, Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown reenvisions the classic Virtua Fighter experience for modern players. Key features include:

• Stunning New Graphics: Remade character models and stages, enhanced effects like lighting and shaders, and an all-new opening cinematic dramatically upgrade the visual look and feel.
• Enhanced Online Play: Match types like Tournaments and Leagues, 16-player private rooms, a new Spectate Mode and room UI, and communications tools like stamps offer players and viewers more online functionality than ever before. 
• Classic VF Reimagined: Enter the ring with one of 19 playable characters and master each of their unique fighting styles across a variety of classic modes like “Rank Match,” “Arcade,” Training” and “Offline Versus.”
• New UI and Background Music: Fully updated in-game UI features automatic match replays from top competitors around the world on the main game menu. New background music composed by long-time members of the Virtua Fighter sound team has been added for every stage in the game.

Also available at launch is the Legendary Pack (DLC), which includes a wide range of customization items, costumes, classic characters models, and other content celebrating the history and legacy of Virtua Fighter:

• Character customization items (around 2000 types)
• Alternate Costumes for all 19 playable characters
• Original Virtua Fighter retro character models (38 total, 2 for each playable character)
• Original Virtua Fighter retro stage and battle UI
• Nearly 180 new and classic songs/background tracks for every stage in the game
• 36 additional Spectator stamps