Archive of Japan's Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown 5v5 Team Tournament 2015 Pre-Beat Tribe Cup

Japan's Virtua Fighter scene is going strong especially in this big team tournament.

The 2015 Pre-Beat Tribe Cup took place in e-Sports Square Akihabara on April 29, 2015, with 280 players spread around to 56 five-player teams. Like previous editions of the Pre-Beat Tribe Cup, most of the teams who participated use one character while some others have variation.

Game Newton's streaming team helped broadcast the event live on Twitch and you can check out the hours of high level Japanese Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown after the jump!

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Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown Update Coming March 2015 to Japanese Arcades

The second version of Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown will be coming to Japanese arcades in March 2015.

Titled Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown Version B, this will serve as a follow up to "Version A Revision 1" currently in arcades and consoles.

Aside from the announcement, no other details behind Ver. B's core have been featured but it's expected to feature a form of character adjustments.

The release of Version B will end all ranking services for Ver. A Rev. 1. For arcade players, they can use their current cards to roll over to the newer Ver. B. Details will be announced soon. It hasn't been announced if the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 versions of VF5FS will feature the Ver. B changes anytime soon.

Fighting Games At Eurogamer Expo 2013 Archived By Unequalled Media

England's Unequalled Media was at Eurogamer Expo covering the fighting game competition at the event's Tournament Stage.

The 2013 iteration of Eurogamer's own exhibition located in London, England's Earls Court Exhibition Centre held a special stage dedicated to competitive games including fighters. Unequalled Media was there to stream and record footage of tournament and exhibition play from games like Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Ver. 2012, Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown

You can find a couple videos already uploaded onto UM's YouTube channel after the jump! UM's Twitch channel also features archives of more games from Eurogamer Expo 2013!

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Archive Of Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown Sega Cup Europe By Unequalled Media

For those who missed the Sega Cup Europe tournament in London, England last weekend, here is an archive by the production crew at Unequalled Media!

The European major for Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown was a followup from the North American edition of the Sega Cup at Southern California. The video archives covered by UM show the initial round-robin pools followed the top 32 players and then to the round of eight!

You can find all the videos after the jump! Unequalled Media can be found on both YouTube and Twitch!

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Sixth Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Tokyo Bay Area Cup 3vs3 Team Tournament Archive

Japanese game center Game Newton Oyama held the sixth edition of a monthly Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown team tournament series held there.

The July editon of the Tokyo Bay Area Cup features 44 teams with three players each. Players (team list) featured in the 3vs3 team tournament include Homestay Akira, Itazan/Itabashi Zangief and Chibita fighting it out.

You can check out the archive from their Twitch channel after the jump! You can also follow them on Twitter @newton_ooyama for updates!

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VF5FS: Level|Up To Stream Official SEGA Cup At Super Arcade

The guys at Level|Up announced that they collaborated with SEGA to help stream a tournament dedicated to Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown next year.

Titled the "SEGA Cup," this tournament will be located at Super Arcade in Walnut, CA. The tournament date is on April 20 next year so if you live in other parts of the United States and want to compete in this tournament, it should be enough time to get ready!

When the event happens, you can check out the stream on Level|Up's Twitch channel!

VF5: An Introduction to the VFR Beat-Tribe Cup

Akai from VFDC has posted an article summarizing the 13th Beat-Tribe Cup happening on October 7th. One of the largest and longest running fighting game events in Japan, it is a 5v5 Virtual Fighter tournament run by the Virtual Fighter Relationship that caps off their season. It features many of the game's best players and last year over 700 fans showed up to compete in an intense single elimination showdown.

Don't miss out on the event next weekend, you can check out the article here!

VF5FS: Desk Shows Virtua Fighter Some Love With an Akira Combo Video

Desk, who many of you know from his crazy Street Fighter combo videos, released a combo video for Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown -- a game I never thought he would ever make a video for -- that focuses on Akira Yuki.  It contains some pretty brutal combos not to mention some sweet editing as well. Check it out after the jump!

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VF5FS: Console Patch Incoming to Allow Timer Skip in Player Matches

Reno over at VFDC posted that SEGA of Japan just announced that a patch is set to drop come August 7th that will allow players to now skip the 30 second timer in player matches. This was of course a big complaint from many fans as the 30 second wait meant you could not immediately rematch your opponent. Now you can press X (360) or Square (PS3) to bypass it completely. 

No word on if or when this patch will be coming to other regions outside of Japan but it is said to fix a few other bugs which you can read about on VFDC. 

VF5FS: Learn Useful Tactics for Akira, Goh, Brad and More in Latest Tutorials from SEGA

The last batch of Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown tutorials have hit the web recently courtesy of SEGA and feature some short but very useful breakdowns for Akira, Vanessa, Goh, Kage and many others. If you have an interest in any of these characters but don't know where to start, these videos will help get you up to speed in no time. Even as a Goh player, I found a few new tricks to add to my arsenal after watching his segment. Check them out after the jump!

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VF5FS: A Chilling Goh Hinogami Combo Video

TMD02 uploaded one of the most entertaining Goh combos I've seen to date a few weeks ago and anyone who is a fan of Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown should check this out. Hell, even if you think the game looks boring you should watch this and it will probably change your opinion!

Some of this stuff is escapable, and it's questionable how practical some of the combos are but it should give you a few ideas on how to start an offense and keep your opponent guessing! Check it out after the jump.

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Five New Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Tutorials from SEGA

SEGA uploaded five new in-depth tutorials for Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown. Click the jump to learn what you're missing to finally beat Lord Haunts' Goh online!

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Virtua Fighter 5 FS Character Tutorial Videos

Sega has created new tutorial videos for Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, this time focusing on specific tips and tricks for specific characters. These videos cover Jean Kujo, Taka Arashi, Jacky, Sarah Bryant, Lau and Pai Chan. Here's an example of a preview of Jean's video:

“Another great Jean move is his rolling kick performed with back forward kick plus guard. It is long range, safe on guard and causes stagger on normal hit. If your opponent is unable to shake of this heavy stagger, you can get foward punch, punch kick as a free combo. Eventually players will learn to shake out of this and guard your combo. Use this opportunity to throw your opponent or any other strategies you have learned in the previous section.”

You can watch the videos after the break, but pass by the Sega blog to express your gratitude. It's always appreciated when companies make tutorials for their games.

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VF5FS: A Prime Example of How to Make a Proper Combo Video

Caj814 who is known for putting together some great UMVC3 combo videos just released Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown PRIME. This is a very well edited video that shows combos for a ton of characters not to mention a few setups to catch the opponent when they're asleep at the wheel. A must see for any VF fan!

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Here is the Top 16 Payout Breakdown for the Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown EVO2012 Tournament

As many of you know, SEGA put together one hell of a tournament at EVO this year by pumping $15,000 into the pot. The payout was spread out quite generously though, as the top 16 placers ended up getting a piece of the pie. This pot bonus drew in players from all over the world and had all of us here in North America training like crazy as soon -- and even a bit before -- the game was officially released. 

Senior Producer Frank Hom posted a look back at how Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown made it on the big stage at EVO. Everything from the Southtown Arcade Ranbats to the official Launch Party on Los Angels played a part in pushing the game to new players and long time fans alike.

With that, they posted the "leaderboards" from the EVO2012 tournament and it details what the players came away with when the dust settled.  You'll see that while international players took most of the cheese, there were still a few North American players holding it down as well. Check out the breakdown after the jump and read Frank's blog post by clicking here!

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VF5FS: Over 300k Global Downloads in First Two Weeks, New Interview Discusses 30 Second Wait in Lobbies & Status of Virtua Fighter 6

Those of you who are wondering about how well Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown is selling will be happy to know there have been over 300,000 global downloads in the first two weeks according to SEGA's Twitter. While there haven't been any numbers released for the North American sales, it seems the game has been a huge success all over the world. 

Somewhat related, in a new interview on 4Gamer (currently being translated on VFDC), AM2 developers Daichi Katagiri and Takeyuki Haneda touch on a few topics that I think any Virtua Fighter fan will have an interest in.

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VF5FS: The Daily Blow-Up - Half-Fence Throw Get

The latest Daily Blow-Up is now live on YouTube for you guys to check out if you missed the stream live yesterday. I made some good progress as I was finally able to land a half-fence throw -- twice! I'd been trying to land this throw for the pat week or so but could never set it up right until yesterday. I also was getting a little closer to getting some big damage near the wall but still need a bit more practice there.

Overall some good matches with everyone I played yesterday. Many of the players I had encountered before such as Kumubo who plays a mean Aoi, Jasonsmooth who is making some great progress with his Jacky and of course a few appearances from Kamais Ookin. I even ran into LA Akira and got some much needed high level Shun practice as well! 

Check out the latest after the jump and tune ina round 4PM today for the live stream!

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VF5FS: Online Ranking Title List from VFDC

Akai over at VFDC is currently compiling a list of online titles you will receive as you level up by playing Ranked Matches in Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown. He mentioned to me that he has translated all the rankings from the Japanese arcade version of the game but says that the meaning is completely different from the English version of the game. That said, he is adding in the titles as people discover them by playing and ranking up. 

Right now I am a Raider as I just ranked up from Hunter a few days ago and the highest rank I've encountered online so far is Gladiator. The highest ranked titles that have been found so far in the English version are in the Maou Group which consists of  Avenger, Vanquisher and Conqueror.

What is the highest ranked player you've encountered so far? Let us know in the comments!

Check out the full list here. 

VF5FS: The Daily Blow-Up - Kawaii Kills

What is this crap? You guys seeing this?So the latest episode of The Daily Blow-Up is now live on YouTube and yesterday I ended up having a lot of fun playing despite going about 50/50 on my wins and losses and not really landing anything I set out to do. Hah! I was hoping to nail some wall combos this time around but still have a hard time setting up a stagger situation near a fence. I was also hoping to land a half-fence throw in a few matches but that didn't happen either. Oh well, there's always this afternoon, and tomorrow, and the next day.

Anyhow, I soaked up some much needed practice versus Tricky VFDC -- a very skilled Eileen player. I felt pretty helpless during the matches but going back and watching the losses I picked up a few things to watch out for so over all a good experience. I went 1-1 with Izuna Otoshi who a high ranked Vanessa player and picked up a few things there as well. 

Overall, to me, this is one of the better sessions I've had so check it out after the jump when you get a few and don't miss the epic battle between Kamais Ookin and myself at the end!

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VF5FS: Brutal Goh Combos Feature 100 Plus Damage & Half-Fence Throws

SithLord uploaded a really insane Goh combo video for Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown. While a few of these are situational, any Goh player will probably get a few new ideas after watching this one. It features some really crazy setups into half-fence throws and some combos dishing out well over 100 points of damage. A must see for any up and coming Judo master!

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