Finally, there's a good reason to upgrade your TV and start saving for PS3 - Virtua Fighter is coming exclusively to Sony's next-gen powerhouse. Featuring 17 characters, including newcomers El Blaze (Mexican, Lucha Libre fighting style) and Eileen (practices monkey kung fu. Yay), VF5 will introduce a new 'Offensive Move', which allows you to approach and attack opponents from the side. As in Virtua Fighter 4, gamers will be able to earn in-game cash to buy customisations for their characters.
The game will be shown at E3, apparently, where show goers will be able to ask themselves the pertinent question - are fighting games still relevant in the next-gen era? Once, they were showcase items - Tekken, Toh Shin Den, Virtua Fighter, Soul Calibur - now they seem like faded hobbyist esoteria. Like the films of Woody Allen. Or speedway racing.
Only joking, VF5 is going to be brilliant. It's due out in 2007.
