Virtua Fighter 5

Virtua Fighter 5
Virtua Fighter 5
	Cover art of the original version, showing the main character Akira at the top and other characters below with Eileen and El Blaze in the center
Developer	Sega AM2
Publisher	Sega
Directors	Makoto Osaki; Daichi Katagiri
Producer	Hiroshi Kataoka
Programmer	Hideki Tanaka
Artist	Yasuo Kawagoshi
Composers	Tatsutoshi Narita; Shinichi Goto; Fumio Ito;
Series	Virtua Fighter
Platforms	Arcade; PlayStation 3; Xbox 360; PlayStation 4; Microsoft Windows; PlayStation 5; Xbox Series X/S; Nintendo Switch 2;
Release	July 12, 2006 Arcade JP: July 12, 2006; Version A: JP: October 17, 2006; Version B: JP: December 14, 2006; WW: February 2007; Version C: JP: July 24, 2007; R: JP: July 24, 2008; R, Version A: JP: December 16, 2008; R, Version B: JP: May 21, 2009; R, Version C: JP: November 25, 2009; Final Showdown: JP: July 29, 2010; Final Showdown, Version A: JP: April 20, 2011; Final Showdown, Version B: JP: March 25, 2015; Ultimate Showdown: JP: June 2, 2021; PlayStation 3; Version B: JP: February 8, 2007; NA: February 20, 2007; EU: March 23, 2007; Final Showdown, Version A: WW: June 4, 2012; Xbox 360; Version C: EU: October 26, 2007; NA: October 30, 2007; JP: December 6, 2007; Final Showdown, Version A: WW: June 6, 2012; PlayStation 4; Ultimate Showdown: WW: June 1, 2021; Windows; R.E.V.O.: WW: January 28, 2025; PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S; R.E.V.O.: WW: October 30, 2025; Nintendo Switch 2; R.E.V.O.: WW: March 26, 2026; ;
Genre	Fighting
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system	Sega Lindbergh (VF5 – Final Showdown); Sega ALLS UX (Ultimate Showdown)

Virtua Fighter 5 is a fighting video game developed and published by Sega. It is the fifth installment of the Virtua Fighter series. The original version was released in July 2006 on the Sega Lindbergh arcade system board with a number of updates before home ports were released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2007. The first major update was Virtua Fighter 5 R (2008), followed by Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown (2010), with the latter ported to home systems in 2012. A version which also serves both remastered of Final Showdown and final update to the sub-series was released under the respective titles Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown for PlayStation 4 and Japanese arcades in 2021, and Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. (later renamed to Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage) for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S in 2025, with a Nintendo Switch 2 version scheduled to release on March 26, 2026.