{"id":435187,"date":"2023-12-02T18:05:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T00:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=435187"},"modified":"2023-12-03T09:04:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T15:04:03","slug":"is-sega-hinting-at-a-virtua-fighter-6-announcement-for-the-game-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/is-sega-hinting-at-a-virtua-fighter-6-announcement-for-the-game-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Sega hinting at a Virtua Fighter 6 announcement for The Game Awards?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With The Game Awards just around the corner, Sega has teased a new game announcement at the event. Sending teaser letters to fighting game content creators, it points towards a <em>Virtua Fighter 6 <\/em>reveal at Geoff Keighley&#8217;s show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I got one too. Curious, have these gone out to others that are NOT huge fighting game creators? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v6aOjeJTvr\">https:\/\/t.co\/v6aOjeJTvr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nqommjigkj\">pic.twitter.com\/Nqommjigkj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Maximilian Dood (@maximilian_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maximilian_\/status\/1730819907955413120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On social media, content creators like Curiousjoi and Maximillian Dood have been posting images of said a press mailer they&#8217;ve received, a postcard that reads &#8220;New Era New Energy. Make sure to tune in to The Game Awards December 7th.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maximillian Dood says on his Twitter post, &#8220;Curious, have these gone out to others that are NOT huge fighting game creators?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brodoof\/status\/1731010887173947807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">replies from Brodoof<\/a> shows a screenshot from one of the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/virtua-fighter-5-ultimate-showdown-review-ps4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown<\/a> <\/em>trailers. It has the same exact font, but the color is red instead of blue. This has led many to speculate the press mailing is setting the stage for something new in the <em>Virtua Fighter<\/em> franchise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Virtua-Fighter-6-might-be-at-The-Game-Awards.jpg?resize=640%2C360\" alt=\"Virtua Fighter 6 might be at The Game Awards\" class=\"wp-image-435189\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image via Sega<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-sega-could-be-planning-a-new-virtua-fighter-with-rollback-netcode\">Sega could be planning a new <em>Virtua Fighter<\/em> with rollback netcode<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most important aspects of a modern fighting game is having a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/does-under-night-in-birth-2-have-rollback-netcode\/\">great rollback netcode<\/a>. It lets players around the world battle it out and participate in tournaments online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I believe that implementing rollback will be absolutely necessary when developing future titles,&#8221; said <em>Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown <\/em>producer Seiji Aoki when interviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamerbraves.com\/seiji-aoki-says-its-essential-future-virtua-fighter-games-have-rollback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gamer Braves<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;While it\u2019s important to create content for fighting game fans, I think it\u2019s important to also create content that viewers or newcomers to the fighting genre can enjoy,&#8221; Aoki said in the same interview when asked about how to keep the game interesting for both new and returning fans and how they&#8217;re approaching the eSports aspect of the industry. &#8220;For example, I can\u2019t play soccer, but I love watching soccer.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s just a waiting game now for eager fans to learn if Sega will revive the beloved <em>Virtua Fighter<\/em> franchise at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/the-game-awards-2023-streaming-live-on-december-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Game Awards<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might want to get those fists ready.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":852,"featured_media":435188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[19123,478,19112,19116,795,19548,115,116],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[23725],"article_type":[23116],"coauthors":[{"id":852,"display_name":"Chris Penwell","user_nicename":"chris-penwell"}],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Virtua-Fighter-6-might-show-up-at-The-Game-Awards.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","author_info":{"display_name":"Chris Penwell","author_link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/chris-penwell\/"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Virtua-Fighter-6-might-show-up-at-The-Game-Awards.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/852"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435187"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435269,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435187\/revisions\/435269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435187"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=435187"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=435187"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=435187"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=435187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}