Sega Leaker Has Good News For Streets of Rage and Virtua Fighter Fans

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A prominent Sega leaker with a reliable track record has revealed some more information regarding a possible Virtua Fighter reboot and the upcoming Streets of Rage Revolution. These two franchises are a part of Sega's initiative to bring back its classic IPs into the limelight and re-imagine them for modern audiences. A brief teaser trailer was shown at The Game Awards 2023, which highlighted new entries for classic Sega IPs like Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, and Streets of Rage.

After this reveal, details about these new Sega titles have been rather light, aside from Sega stating that some of these reboots are AAA titles and giving a brief synopsis of what to expect. A prominent leaker of Sega's properties, Midori, has provided fans with plenty of information regarding these reboots. Midori has leaked some new information about Sega's plans for Streets of Rage and Virtua Fighter as well.

In a new tweet posted to Midori's account, she claims the upcoming Streets of Rage Revolution, one of the games revealed at The Game Awards 2023, is being developed by a Canadian game development studio. Along with that, a Streets of Rage mobile title is also in development. The other big claim she put forward is that a new Virtua Fighter will be revealed later this year.

Midori had previously leaked details about a new Virtua Fighter earlier this month, claiming the game is going to be an online and esports-focused fighting game, following the same competitive-focused shift seen in competing fighting games like Tekken 8 and Street Fighter 6. She also claims it is planned to incorporate an offline story mode and new characters and will be released on all major platforms.

Midori's claims about the new Streets of Rage title have some merit as well, as many were able to pin down the specific developer. Rumors from 2023 said that Streets of Rage Revolution was being developed by Komi Games, the developer of the 2021 3D arena fighting game, Mighty Fight Federation. This theory held water, due