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For Evo 2013, 7 games have been named on the official line-up - Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Super Street Fighter IV, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Street Fighter x Tekken, Mortal Kombat 9, King of Fighters XIII, and Persona 4 Arena. While Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown was not announced as one of the 7 games, it is still possible for it to be in the official Evo game lineup. On the Wake Up Shoryuken stream, MrWizard (An organizer of Evo) mentioned that any game from the previous Facebook poll that had more than 500 votes is eligible (Final Showdown had 800 plus votes). They have tied these games to a donation drive for the Breast Cancer Research Fund. The game with the most donations will be announced as the 8th game

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown has made the roster for SoCal Regionals! Here's your chance to participate in something awesome! Remember to prepare by competing at Wednesday Night Fights!

On January 5th, 2013 - 9 PM JST, there will be a special nico nico stream (register for the timeshift if you can't watch the entire event at the stated time) for a 16-man online invitational tournament for Virtua Fighter 2.1. The list of players include players from other game communities. A list of the players participating and description of the event (in Japanese) can be found in the original article from Battlecore's Virtua Dojo.

Happy New Year to all Virtua Fighters! I think we can all agree that this past year has been nothing short of EPIC with the release of Final Showdown on consoles, SEGA's amazing support for the western VF scenes around the world, and fronting up $15,000 USD prize money for a tournament at Evo 2012! Who could have predicted all of that happening? What will 2013 have in store?

As part of an interview series with members of the community, I had a short chat with Gerald Abraham (LA Akira). For those unaware, the “Reignite Your Inner Fighter” trailers before VF5FS was released on consoles were made by LA Akira’s company Industry VFX. He also helped organize and run the VF5FS portion of Wednesday Night Fights (WNF), a local weekly fighting games tournament for the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. On December 13th, I asked LA Akira a variety of questions mostly pertaining to VF5FS at WNF, community support, and the upcoming SoCal Regionals on January 18th, 2013.

Its been a while since the last news post summarizing the past events. So here is an extra large collection of vids. If I miss any or made any errors, let us know! As we approach the new year, here are some bigger events people should look out for and/or plan to participate in! Europe: WGC 2013 (Mar. 1). Japan: Newton Cup 2013 (Jan. 13). North America: SoCal Regionals (Jan. 18) / Winter Brawl 7 (Feb. 23) / Final Round 16 (Mar. 29) / Sega Cup (Apr. 20).

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you here at VFDC!

For those who can't get enough of Virtua Fighter and AM2 titles, there will be an approximately 2 hour Nico Nico Christmas stream (8 to 10 PM JST) with the Tetsujins: Shinjuku Jacky, Kyasao, Ikebukuro Sarah, and BunBunMaru. Tetsujins are the titles given to a small group of strong players during the 1990s that became part of the Virtua Fighter cultural phenomenon in Japan. They will be playing both Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown and Virtua Fighter 2. In addition, information on the last Model 2 Collection games that have not been released yet - Virtua Striker and Cyber Troopers: Virtual-On - will be on the stream. If you are interested in watching this later, you might want to check out the Nico Nico stream and registered for the "TimeShift."

Still need to get a gift for a friend or love one? With the upcoming holiday, several holidays sales and products related to VF5FS have been announced. The price for VF5FS has been temporarily reduced for the holidays. From December 18th to January 8th, the PSN version of the game is available for $9.99 or $6.99 for PSN+ subscribers (regular cost $14.99). From December 19th to December 31st, the XBL version of the game is available for 600 MSP (regular cost is 1200 MSP).

In addition, the VF5FS guide and move list application that was mentioned during the launch for iPhone and iPad has been finally released for 99 cents (in US currency). Tricky, who purchased the app, said "the app covers the system mechanics, gives you insight into Sega's understanding of their characters, and gives you all the frame information you could want."

The console release of Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown was "a critical and commercial success." Today, Sega and Level|Up Series announce the beginning of an annual Virtua Fighter tournament in North America - the Sega Cup. The very first tournament (PS3 console will be used for the event) will be held at the Super Arcade (Los Angeles, CA, USA) on April 20, 2013. There will be cash prizes given to the top 16 players. We will update with more information about the event as more details are given.