SEGA Is Bringing Back Its Iconic Virtua Fighter Franchise for PS5 | Push Square
SEGA is on a charm offensive. The legendary Japanese publisher, which has launched some of the best games of 2024, is reviving an array of favourites – including Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Golden Axe, Shinobi, and Streets of Rage.
But you can add Yu Suzuki’s iconic Virtua Fighter to that list, as confirmed in an interview with VGC.
SEGA’s Justin Scarpone told the site: “We have a suite of titles in development right now that fall into that legacy bucket, which we announced last year at The Game Awards: Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Streets of Rage, Shinobi, and we have another Virtua Fighter being developed. And so all that’s very exciting. And then in certain instances, we’re also doing animation series, or live-action films to augment that and be part of those roadmaps.”
This is the first time, to our knowledge, Virtua Fighter has been mentioned. It’s obviously not clear which team is working on the franchise, and whether creator Yu Suzuki is involved.
The series, which got its first release in arcades back in 1993, has returned to popular culture more recently, thanks to its inclusion in the Yakuza games and the PS4 port of Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown. But this will likely mark the first all-new entry in the franchise in well over a decade.
What do you want specifically from a new Virtua Fighter? Are you excited by the prospect of the franchise making a comeback? Which other series does SEGA desperately need to revisit? Let us know in the comments section below.
As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.
Played a lot of Virtua Fighter 2 back on the Saturn. Lost interest in one-on-one fighters since then though. It was a very good one though, probably my favourite until So
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