SEGA has announced that Virtua Fighter 5 is coming to the Xbox 360 in summer, 2007. The PS3 version is still slated for February.
“Those people lucky enough to have already played Virtua Fighter 5 will know that it’s laid the foundations to become the clear benchmark for fighting games on all next generation consoles,” said Matt Woodley, Creative Director, SEGA Publishing Europe. “Bringing Virtua Fighter 5 to the Xbox 360 offers us a platform with power to handle the astonishing visuals, the complex and varied fighting styles of all the customizable characters and will undoubtedly put Virtua Fighter 5 into the hands of a gaming audience craving for a highly polished and credible fighting game.”
Already released in arcades, Virtua Fighter 5 has been a PS3 exclusive up until now with a February 20 release in North America. Europe will get the PS3 version at launch in March, while the Xbox 360 version will launch the same time it does in North America.
