Virtua Fighter 5 Getting 360 Release

Sega have announced they are planning to release Virtua Fighter 5 on the 360 later next year thus confirming many rumours over recent weeks that the Playstation would no longer be the sole home of the series this generation. In the press release Sega confirmed that they would be releasing the 360 version in the “late summer” of 2007 thus giving the PS3 release a few months headstart as its release has being confirmed for February 20th, 2007 in North America and March 2007 in Europe.

“The Virtua Fighter series from SEGA has one of the most prestigious histories in video games,” said Jeff Bell, corporate vice president of global marketing for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. “It’s a franchise that has grown an army of loyal fans both in arcades and on consoles worldwide, and is consistently rated extremely high by the media. Fighting game fans have been hungry for Virtua Fighter 5 and we can now proudly deliver this game with SEGA to Xbox 360 gamers around the world.”

“Those people lucky enough to have already played Virtua Fighter 5 will know that it’s laid the foundations to become the clear benchmark for fighting games on all next generation consoles“, said Matt Woodley, Creative Director, SEGA Publishing Europe Ltd. “Bringing Virtua Fighter 5 to the Xbox 360 offers us a platform with power to handle the astonishing visuals, the complex and varied fighting styles of all the customisable characters and will undoubtedly put Virtua Fighter 5 into the hands of a gaming audience craving for a highly polished and credible fighting game.”

It is unknown at this time if the few months extra wait will lead to any extra options being available for the 360 version but as always we will keep you updated if we hear anything.