Players who choose to purchase the new Legendary Pack (DLC) that releases alongside the game tomorrow can also check out the selection of classic and never-before-released background tracks for the full Virtua Fighter audio experience.Īlthough the basic gameplay systems from classic Virtua Fighter 5 remain largely untouched – combat balanced and perfected over years of development – we didn’t want Ultimate Showdown to feel like a revival of a retro game. Many of our most passionate ideas came from long-time members of the Virtua Fighter sound team – in the end, we composed new background music for every stage in the game. In addition, we wanted to give the same love to the music. An entirely new opening cinematic added the final layer to the presentation. Visual effects like lighting and shaders received a significant rework, while modern CG expanded the range of effects we could produce. Utilizing RGG’s Dragon Engine Technology, we dramatically upgraded the look and feel of the game, remaking character models and stages entirely from scratch. We knew from the very beginning that we wanted to re-create that experience on modern consoles.Īlthough Final Showdown was top of its class from a gameplay perspective, the graphics, UI, audio, and especially online play were due for an overhaul. But many younger fans had never experienced the fluid 60fps martial arts combat, intricately balanced and grounded in reality, that game perfected in its day. To us, 2012’s Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown represented the series pinnacle – the result of nearly two decades of fine-tuning and development. When development began in 2019, we knew there was an entire generation of gamers who had never seen or played Virtua Fighter. Sega put together a new team of developers from AM2, the original creators of the VF series, and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios – combining extensive console expertise with a deep passion for the franchise to kick off development on a definitive Virtua Fighter game for the new generation. Sega’s 60 th Anniversary, a massive community project celebrating the most iconic games over our entire company history, finally provided us that opportunity. Its strategic depth, balanced combat, and realistic martial arts gameplay have stood out within the genre for decades, and it’s long past time a new game entered the ring. Virtua Fighter holds a special place in Sega lore – many of us on the dev team can still recall playing the original 3D fighting game when it first launched in arcades nearly 30 years ago. I’m very excited to share the inside story behind development of the newest game in the groundbreaking Virtua Fighter series and delve into a few new features you can look forward to when it launches on PlayStation Plus tomorrow, June 1.* Hello everyone! My name is Seiji Aoki and I’m the chief producer of Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown.
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