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Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown / R.E.V.O. (World Stage)

Information
Developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
Sega AM2
Platforms PlayStation 4, Arcade, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2
Release Date PlayStation 4
June 1, 2021
Arcade
June 2, 2021
PC
January 28, 2025
PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
October 30, 2025
Nintendo Switch 2
Winter 2026

Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown / R.E.V.O. (World Stage) is an enhanced remake of Virtua Fighter 5 based on its last update, Final Showdown. It is the final update of the fifth game's sub-series, co-developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and Sega AM2. First announced in in May 2021, it consists of two titles of the same game:

  • Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown, known in Japan as Virtua Fighter esports (バーチャファイター eスポーツ) was released worldwide for the PlayStation 4 on June 1st, 2021, followed by the Arcade version on the next day. Ahead of R.E.V.O's first release on Windows, Ultimate Showdown received the version 2.0 balance update on December 13th for PlayStation 4 and December 16th for Arcades in 2024.
  • Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. (バーチャファイター5 R.E.V.O.) (later extended to Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage (バーチャファイター5 R.E.V.O.ワールドステージ)) was released three years later on January 28th, 2025 for Windows, and was released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on October 30, 2025, with a Switch 2 port is set to be released on Winter 2026. It features rollback netcode and crossplay, with World Stage update adds additional features and modes.
    • The open beta for R.E.V.O. and its World Stage updates were only available in specific dates. The first open beta of original version which released in Windows version was available from December 13th to the 17th, 2024. Meanwhile open beta of World Stage update was also available on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S aside from Windows in September 10 - 15 2025 and October 1 - 6, 2025, with those who purchased original R.E.V.O. will immediately be invited to test the best without needing the Sega account.

Ultimate Showdown/R.E.V.O. (World Stage) is the last sub-entry of the Virtua Fighter 5 sub-series, denoting the series' 30th anniversary. A sixth installment is currently in development.

Characters

Downloadable Contents

Players on PlayStation who previously owned Ultimate Showdown will be able to purchase R.E.V.O. World Stage at a discounted price at $10. Ultimate Showdown DLCs are also compatible with R.E.V.O. World Stage.

  • Pre-2.0/R.E.V.O. Packs: These two DLC packs are sold separately in PlayStation 4 version. However, they are also part of 30th Anniversary Pack
    • Legendary Pack (at launch of PS4 release, $10): Virtua Fighter 1-style assets (costumes and UI, including Jacky's stage); Re-Add Costume C Set, and previous Virtua Fighter mainline game soundtracks
    • Yakuza Pack (December 8, 2021, $10): Yakuza Inspired Costumes and Soundtracks + arranged Virtua Fighter 3 soundtracks; Re-Add Costume D Set
  • 30th Anniversary Pack (at launch of R.E.V.O. release): Currently R.E.V.O. exclusive
    • Swimsuit Costume Set based on Costume S from previous updates
    • Virtua Fighter soundtracks
      • OST from Main series and updates
      • 200 unreleased and 20 unused tracks from previous Virtua Fighter game
      • 2 new songs: English version of "Burning Souls", which had original Japanese version in Final Showdown; and Jacky's second arranged version of his battle theme
    • Ultra rare preliminary sketches and artwork straight from the pre-production of Virtua Fighter (1993)
    • 30 new designs of in-game rank titles
  • Tekken Pack (June 1, 2022, $10): Tekken Inspired Costumes, and Tekken 7-themed UI and Soundtracks. Due to being a third-party DLC pack, it is not part of the 30th anniversary DLC bundle.
  • Playable Dural (October 30, 2025, $8): The character is not be playable in official Sega tournaments.
  • R.E.V.O. Pre-Order Console Item exclusives: Based on Sega consoles Sega consoles Mega Drive/Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast were exclusive in PC, with Genesis is only on post-PC ports.

Changes in 2.0/R.E.V.O.

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Trivia

  • Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown was developed in the Dragon Engine, the current in-house engine used by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and used near-exclusively for the Like A Dragon (formerly known as Yakuza) franchise.
    • Due to this, a Like A Dragon series themed DLC Pack was made available on December 8, 2021.
  • This is the only game where Dural was originally non-playable, before being released as DLC. Additionally, her primary stage is drastically different from previous Virtua Fighter 5 iterations.
    • Dural is banned from official Sega tournaments, similar to the boss character Inferno in Bandai Namco's Soulcalibur VI. Make matter's worst, she is not playable in Arcade Mode.
  • After purchasing the Legendary DLC Pack, players can switch character model styles between the default modern look and the way characters looked or would have looked in the first Virtua Fighter, similar to how Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary uses Virtua Fighter's model styles with Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution's gameplay.
  • Jacky’s stage from Virtua Fighter appears as a DLC stage when purchasing the Legendary DLC Pack.
  • Each character's Costumes C, D, E, and S were missing from the initial launch of the game. Each outfit is being added in post-launch downloadable content packs each selected month, excluding the Costume S set, which is currently a R.E.V.O. exclusive under its alternate 30th anniversary variant. Meanwhile, Costume E can only be unlocked in World Stage Mode, while its alternate colors requires to be unlocked through gameplay at the said mode.
  • This is the first Virtua Fighter to have third-party-related costume packs, soundtracks, and UI, with the first collaboration being with Bandai Namco's Tekken 7.
  • Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown is the first Virtua Fighter game to have a Microsoft Windows port since Virtua Fighter 2 in terms of the mainline series, and overall, since Akira, Pai, Sarah and Jacky's guest appearances in Koei Tecmo's Dead or Alive 5, which had a Last Round update that was ported to PC.
  • All the characters' renders involve each character assuming a pose taken from either their intro or win animation.
  • Currently, this version of Virtua Fighter 5 does not offer the ability to mix parts between costumes, nor to customize DLC costumes (including the 30th Anniversary variant of Costume S set).
  • Prior to the update in 2.0 that coincide with R.E.V.O. release, the move list originally based on Final Showdown reincarnation.

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External Links

Ultimate Showdown
R.E.V.O.
Virtua Fighter (series)
Main Series Virtua Fighter (Remix) • 2 • 3 • 4 (Evolution • Final Tuned) • 5 (R • Final Showdown • Ultimate Showdown) • New Virtua Fighter Project
Related Games and Spin-Offs Virtua Fighter Animation • Virtua Fighter Kids • Fighters Megamix • Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary • Virtua Quest
Characters Akira Yuki • Pai Chan • Lau Chan • Wolf Hawkfield • Jeffry McWild • Kage-Maru • Sarah Bryant • Jacky Bryant • Dural • Siba • Shun Di • Lion Rafale • Aoi Umenokoji • Taka-Arashi • Lei-Fei • Vanessa Lewis • Brad Burns • Goh Hinogami • Eileen • El Blaze • Jean Kujo
Non-Video Game Media Virtua Fighter (comic book) • Virtua Fighter: Akira no Ken • Virtua Fighter (anime) • Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series • GG Portrait
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