With Soulcalibur 4 and the upcoming Street Fighter IV the home consoles can already celebrate the year 2008 to be an the upside for fighting games after a long time. What's missing from this ensemble is Virtua Fighter 5: Revolution that was only released for the Japanese arcades in July this year. Kikizo and the German games magazine Man!ac (issue 11/08) recently interviewed the development director of AM2 Makoto Osaki about the newest installment in the Virtua Fighter franchise. And you know what: a home console version isn't unlikely if you are in for the game. more...

You can only really review a game like Virtua Fighter 5 after playing it for months and months. Because playing Virtua Fighter 5 in its whole depth and beauty takes time, much time - time that is very well worth your effort of trying out a stellar fighting game that knows how to hold you in its spell! That is, if you allow it to ... more...

The bright star among the fighting simulations, Virtua Fighter 5, has offically gone live with its current Xbox 360 port (available since October 30 for the Xbox 360 with additional online play). The developers of Dead or Alive 4 already provided an online mode; but laggy games in slow-motion were mostly the result of this. How did AM-2 managed their online mode? After all, the general hardcore community was always against one due to lag issues. more...