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A DIY Sega Arcade Cabinet To Die For

VFDS poster L_A_Akira recently got home from Japan, where he was smitten by Sega's latest Lindberg arcade cabinets. Guy - naturally - wanted one of his own. Deciding wisely that trying to import one was a bit silly, he instead took the road more awesome and built himself one, which will house his 360, PS3, PC and even a car amp. Above, the initial concept art. The finished product - after the clicky clicky - may surprise/delight you. More »

11:30 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Luke Plunkett
9,228 views, 34 comments

Latest by eastx: @Yaroze: You're mistaken. He's recreated the Sega Lindberg cabinet to the best of his ability. It just looks different than candy cabinets. more »

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Virtua Fighter 2 Comes To Mobile Phones, Saturns Weep

If you'd shown me a mobile phone ten, fifteen years ago that could play Virtua Fighter 2, you'd find yourself drenched in my brain matter. Today? Not so impressed by a phone's ability to render 3D games. Still, Virtua Fighter Mobile for FOMA 950i phones is impressive, if seemingly misplaced as a game playable with a phone keypad. In the Spring, Sega plans to bring the VF2 port to Japanese cell phone users for a nominal monthly 315 yen fee (about $3 American). Game Watch has a ton of pics of the thing if you find it impressive.

Virtua Fighter Mobile [Game Watch]

6:20 PM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Michael McWhertor
1,882 views, 42 comments

Latest by tim333: Considering that Virtua Fighter 2 came out in 1995, showing you a phone that could play it fifteen years ago would have been quite a feat indeed! more »

new and improved

Virtua Fighter 5 Patched, Now With Extra Perfect

In case your copy of Virtua Fighter 5 for the Xbox 360 is just sitting on a shelf gathering dust, now would be a good time to snag that sucker and slip it into you 'box for a little update action, courtesy of Sega. The newly available patch addresses one very major issue - being able to select costume-specific pants in alternate outfits. Aside from that, it's really all gravy. You get gamer pics displayed during online battles, easier ranking navigation, one additional item per character, the ability to rematch people not on your friends list in online matches, and the ability to save online battles so you can replay them and try to find out exactly when you started sucking. Was it a slow, steady sucking or a massive burst of suck towards the end? Now you'll know. Hit the jump for the patch press release, subtitled "Subtle Changes Improves the Perfect Fighting Game". Even more perfect than before! More »

9:40 AM on Wed Jan 16 2008
By Mike Fahey
2,416 views, 43 comments

Latest by Black Arts Viper: I have nothing to say really other than this: Sega... Please ... give us PS3 owners an online patch :( more »

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Week in Games: Spooky Halloween Edition

Here we are again at another week full of games that threaten to drain my bank account. I haven't even gotten through last week's "must have" list and here comes Manhunt 2, GH III, The Simpsons Game, Hellgate: London, Dementium: The Ward. My Christmas wish list grows longer with each passing day while my time to play games grows ever shorter. What's a poor gamer to do?

Manhunt 2 (WII, PS2, PSP)
At long last it finally arrives, castrated but no worse for the wear.

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (X360, WII, PS3, PS2)
Barracuda, here I come!

The Simpsons Game (X360, PS2, DS, WII, PS3)
One Simpsons game to rule them all.

The Witcher (PC)
It's witchcraft, wicked witchcraft...

Hellgate: London (PC)
Welcome to the 'ell 'ole.

Culpa Innata (PC)
What life will be like 40 years from now. I can't wait to see if it's accurate.

Dementium: The Ward (DS)
GameCock rolls out the monsters.

TimeShift (PC, X360)
The clothes make the man.

Battalion Wars 2 (WII)
Who knew war could be so cute.

Tabula Rasa (PC)
Richard Garriot's futuristic MMO finally arrives.

Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness (PSP)
YOU are the Overlord. Or at least you will be if you win.

Virtua Fighter 5 (X360)
Beat down in HD.

6:00 PM on Sun Oct 28 2007
By fdemarco
2,784 views, 93 comments

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Virtua Figher Ready to Kick Pachislot Ass

The granddaddy of 3D fighting games, Virtua Fighter, is getting its own pachislot (think pachinko meets slots) machine. Not surprising as SEGA Sammy Holdings is in the pachinko business. The machine isn't set to hit Japanese pachinko parlors until this December. Until keep in mind that pachislots, just like Virtua Fighter, is all about timing — not to mention winning, too.
Virtua Fighter Machine [Fields]

4:00 AM on Fri Oct 26 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
710 views, 9 comments

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Virtua Fighter 5 360

In the middle of the night while unsuspecting Americans were sleeping the sleep of the sleepy, Sega slipped quietly onto Xbox Live Marketplace and tucked the Virtua Fighter 5 demo under our pillows, pausing to reflect on how much we've grow and caressing our cheek only to disappear into the darkness at the first sign of our stirring. The demo features four playable characters - Akira, Sarah, El Blaze and Eileen - and three stages, which players able to battle in Versus mode and Arcade mode. Sadly the demo doesn't feature online battles, but with only a few short weeks to release we'll get our hands on some of that action soon enough.

9:20 AM on Fri Oct 12 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,732 views, 47 comments

Latest by Ultrasinc: Just played this... You can use the analogue, though using analogue for fighters doesn't feel right, since the analogue isn't made for inputting multiple direction commands... Love the game, gonna rip it off the shelf first day! more »

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No Virtua Fighter 5 for Japan (Maybe, Perhaps, Dunno)

It's a numbers game. While the PS3 has over a millon install base in Japan, the Xbox 360 doesn't. Heck, it doesn't even have half a million. With 400,000 Xbox 360s purchased in The Land of the Rising Sun, no wonder SEGA is having second thoughts about releasing Virtua Fighter 5 for the Xbox 360. Sure, it will still get its fall US/Euro release. Lead designer Tohru Murayama explains:

We haven't decided if we'll release Virtua Fighter 5 in Japan because of that. But if we [can only release the game] for the US or EU markets, we just hope Virtua Fighter 5 will be a key title which encourages people to buy Xbox 360s.

The 360 version will include online versus play as well as other features not in the PS3 one. Bad situation for Xbox Japan to have major third party publishers considering to forego domestic releases. Those Japanese Xbox 360 owners are probably dying to play VF5! Lack of faith, that's for damn sure.
No Japan Release? [Games Industry]

6:00 AM on Wed Aug 29 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,506 views, 29 comments

Latest by Jesse in Japan: @bangbangblah: That's a soap land or a house or burlesque or a brothel or something. That's why they don't let foreigners in. The little sign on the left that's not translated into English says, "Persons Under the Age of 18 more »

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Sega Not Playing Console Favorites

Back in June, Sega's American marketing VP Scott Steinberg had some pretty strong things to say about the state of this generation's consoles - in particular casting doubts on the Wii's longevity - which were retracted almost as soon as the words left his mouth. Next Generation recently sat down with Steinberg to gain further insight into the statements, coming away with a much kinder, gentler, and pussified view of the current console crop.
"Are we placing bets [on one particular platform]? No one can tell right now who'll 'win.' It's still too early. All three consoles have got the right materials for success. That alchemy is there across all three different platforms. I guess that's being defined a bit differently with Nintendo, but they definitely have their own consumer-oriented track, which we think is great. So I think from a third-party publisher's standpoint it's not wise to make bets right now that don't include all three consoles."
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9:20 AM on Tue Jul 31 2007
By Mike Fahey
1,882 views, 33 comments

Latest by TheIrishNinja: @ndgovenom: haha, harsh. sega: i loved you growing up, and i want to love you again, but until you make good games, youre kind of irrelevant. Here's to hoping for NiGHTS. more »

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Virtua Fighter 360 This Halloween

Ever since Sega announced that the Xbox 360 version of Virtua Fighter 5 would be getting online multiplayer, fans of the series have been salivating over the though of going online and kicking each other's asses all over Xbox Live, except for me of course. I plan on forgetting to pick up the game for reasons in no way involving saving myself from complete humiliation. October 30th has been announced as the date that game retailers across the country respond to phone calls with, "No, that's just the ship date...we'll have it tomorrow, which means there is still time to preorder *click* hello?" It's a Virtua Fighter 5 Halloween Spooktacular!

Sorry, I've just always wanted to use the word Spooktacular.

Virtua Fighter 5 for Xbox 360 ships October 30 [GameSpot]

8:20 AM on Wed Jul 25 2007
By Mike Fahey
1,287 views, 41 comments

Latest by Q80: I want my VF5 & VT3 PS3 Online patch now :\ more »

holy crap

Virtua Fighter 5 360 Goes Online

When Virtua Fighter was revealed to not be the PS3 exclusive we originally thought it would be, fans took solace in the fact that the 360 version would be coming out months down the line, after they'd gotten all the joy they could out of the title. Well now we know why the 360 version was delayed so long, as Sega announces online multiplayer functionality for the Xbox 360 version of Virtua Fighter 5! When the game launches this Autumn in North America and Europe, gamers will for the first time be able to take their Virtua Fighting online to pit their skills against people most likely much better than I am. More »

10:30 AM on Fri Jul 6 2007
By Mike Fahey
11,761 views, 268 comments

Latest by nxp3: You know what, if this is how Sega wants to play, it will be my last sega game if they don't have an update for PS3 to have some kind of online component for vf5. They better not be more »

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Exclusives Sony Dropped The Ball On

Exclusives. They're important and these days, they're rare. Game|Life's Chris Kohler does a nice job of rounding up games that could've been PS3 exclusives, but ultimately ended up on the Xbox 360 because of boneheaded moves by Sony brass. Let's dive in:

Grand Theft Auto IV — ...Take Two had wanted to continue its long-standing practice of giving Sony a lengthy timed exclusivity on the game, but they didn't want it.
Newsweek says that former Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi's "radio silence" on the issue left Sony's American execs without the authority to make deals, and nothing happened. Same with...
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9:00 PM on Tue Jul 3 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
20,330 views, 156 comments

Latest by Toad: missed the bashcraft weekly spin? I'm behind on my reading more »

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Virtua Fighter 5 For Xbox 360

Get our your magnifying glasses, because Sega's just released a new batch of 16 Virtua Fighter 5 screenshots for the upcoming Xbox 360 version. They look, unsurprisingly, almost exactly like the PLAYSTATION 3 edition, but I'm sure the fanboys with an emotional investment will find some differences. Michael McWhertor More »

5:20 PM on Mon Jun 25 2007
By Michael McWhertor
3,844 views, 77 comments

one crazy summer

Virtua Fighter 5 For 360 Moved To Fall?

A number of retailers have recently updated their listings of the Xbox 360 port of Sega's arcade hit Virtua Fighter 5 to arrive this October instead of "late summer." You may recall Sega announced the former PLAYSTATION 3 exclusive was coming to the Xbox 360 platform just before Christmas, but specified no differences between the two. Given that the game has been pushed back a few months, one might wonder if Sega is planning on implementing the new Version C changes, including those fan service-caliber costumes, for the 360 edition. They're sure as hell not adding Xbox Live multiplayer support... right? More »

6:20 PM on Tue May 29 2007
By Michael McWhertor
3,219 views, 33 comments

Latest by Indy_aka_Rex: Pffft, got it on PS3 for 50 bucks at EB. At this rate, Sony fans might see VF5: Evo before 360 owners see plain old VF5... more »

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Virtua Fighter 5 To Up Babe Factor

The latest Virtua Fighter 5 arcade revision, Version C, will finally give digital babe fans additional clothing options, adding some of the new outfits you see above. Is Sega trying to one up Tecmo's Dead or Alive 4 ladies, or are they just giving Japanese arcade gamers what they desperately want? More »

7:20 PM on Wed May 16 2007
By Michael McWhertor
5,976 views, 29 comments

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The Onion On VF And Your Ex-GF

Kudos to Dan Z from bits bytes pixels & sprites for letting us know about this weekend's Onion radio update on the harsh relationship realities of ex-girlfriends playing Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution with "some other guy." The Onion always seems to nail the details, making this awesome audio spot a knockout must-listen. Michael McWhertor More »

5:20 PM on Mon May 14 2007
By Michael McWhertor
1,007 views, 6 comments

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Gallery: New King of Fighters Arcade Images

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Look At These Xbox 360 Virtua Fighter 5 Screens

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Virtua Fighter Devs "Begged" For Xbox 360 Version

In an interview with Games Radar Christian Nutt, Sega's AM2 talk Virtua Figher 5 and how they "begged" to make an Xbox 360 incarnation. Their rational? Make money Get the game to the widest audience possible. The developers even hope that the Xbox 360 one will outsell its PS2 prequel! The devs also say it took AM2 the same amount of time to create the PS3 version that it did the Xbox 360 one, and both versions were "equally challenging." One of the devs, though, added that developing for the Xbox 360 version was easier, and that Microsoft was very supportive and helpful during the process. Brian Ashcraft More »

10:00 PM on Wed May 2 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
3,086 views, 38 comments

Latest by stranger: Did they "beg" to add online multiplayer? Harumph! more »

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