Virtua Fighter 5: Massive Hands-On, New Details, Screens, New Videos & More

"Kikizo gets hours of quality time with AM2's stunning sequel - detailed impressions, fresh details, artwork, screenshots and gameplay footage inside.

Over the weekend, Sega and AM2 decided that Christmas should be arrive a little earlier for Virtua Fighter fans. Not only has VF.net -- Sega's integrated network for all things VF -- been running a special December campaign, but on the 26th and 27th of November, there was a special location playtest for Virtua Fighter 5, the latest in the world-renowned series.

While the game isn't slated for release until April 2006, AM2 took this time to show players what has been done thus far with the game, and Kikizo was there to catch all of the action.

As you may know, VF5 is running on the new Lindbergh arcade board system. It's an incredibly powerful piece of hardware, and while we have tried games such as Power Smash 3 before, graphically, it doesn't even come close to what's being done in VF5. What Sega has done with this game in just a few short months of development is nothing short of stunning. The game features incredible lighting effects in just about every stage." [more]