Virtua Fighter 6: everything we know so far

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We’re living in a golden age of classic franchises making a return. Games like Turok: Origins and Onimusha: Way of the Sword are bringing back cult-classic series that most fans never would have expected to get an upcoming video game release. Now, we can add Virtua Fighter 6 to that list. This used to be one of the best fighting games alongside Street Fighter and Tekken, but it hasn’t had a new entry in almost 20 years. It’s time to practice your low punches again as we run through everything we know about Virtua Fighter 6.

We don’t know if we can put this game on our lists of upcoming PS5 games, upcoming Xbox Series X games, upcoming PC games, or upcoming Switch games yet, but they are otherwise fully fleshed out for your convenience.

Release window speculation

We sadly have no idea when Virtua Fighter 6 will come out. We only know that the game is in development, so it is impossible to make a very accurate guess as to when it will be done. However, because gameplay footage was shown, it likely isn’t more than three years away at most.

Trailers

The initial World Premier Trailer was a surprise reveal at The Game Awards 2024. It opens with some scenic shots of a city and the text of a poem before climaxing with a man being thrown through a stone wall. Big bold letters asking “Read?” appear before the new Virtua Fighter logo appears and we see just a touch of gameplay.

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From what we can tell, this will be a sequel to past games since we think the man we see is an older Akira. There’s