Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown launches — and it’s free for two months

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Fighting game fans are in for a treat with the release of Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown. Sega has completely overhauled the jewel in the series' crown for a new generation of gamers, with revamped graphics, music, features, UI, and online competitive features.

Sega's 60th anniversary project gives Virtua Fighter 5 game a much-needed makeover, and it's topped off with a new opening cinematic for a bit of actress razzle dazzle. The background music for the levels has been newly composed entirely, while the "basic gameplay systems from archetype Virtua Fighter 5 remain largely untouched" thanks to some refinement over the years. Just everything else is as new and shiny as you'd expect. And it'southward costless for all PS Plus members for two months.

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PlayStation Plus members have until August 2 to add the game to their library. If you're running low on space, remember you don't have to download all of your free monthly games. But add them to your library when they go available and so you don't miss out and download them as and when y'all want to play.

As well as the launch trailer above, you can check out the gameplay comparing video below, that shows off all of the upgrades and overhauls detailed in the PlayStation blog.

PS4 and PS5 have two months to enjoy the game for free and if it tickles your fancy, yous might want to check out the Legendary Pack DLC. The additional content is an homage to the Virtua Fighter serial and packs in over two,000 customization items, alt character costumes, spectator stamps, and new and classic background music.

But the most fun feature is character models and UI from the original Virtua Fighter game. And so if you want to boot ass while looking like a an elaborate piece of origami, have at it. Fifty-fifty the newer characters from the afterwards entries have had the indigestible treatment, with two archetype-style models for every graphic symbol.

• Character customization items (effectually 2000 types)
• Alternate Costumes for all 19 playable characters
• Original Virtua Fighter retro character models (38 full, 2 for each playable grapheme)
• Original Virtua Fighter retro stage and battle UI
• Near 180 new and classic songs/groundwork tracks for every phase in the game
• 36 boosted Spectator stamps

Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown is available for free with PS Plus membership, while the DLC comes in at $9.99 / £seven.99. If you're reading this post August two and have missed the download window, yous can pick upward a bundled edition of Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown and the Legendary Pack from the PlayStation Shop for $29.99 / £24.99. We also recommend checking out our best fight sticks folio to up your fighting game enjoyment.

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Shabana is T3's News Editor roofing tech and gaming, and has been writing about video games for near a decade (and playing them since forever). Also as contributing to Tom's Guide, she's had bylines at major gaming sites during her freelance career before settling down at T3, and has podcasts, streaming, and video content nether her belt to boot. Outside of work, she also plays video games and should really think about expanding her hobbies.

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