After rumors had been swirling for quite some time, Sega finally revealed not Virtua Fighter 6, but Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. and looks like players will get to try it out soon.
It appears an open beta test has just leaked early for VF5 R.E.V.O., which means an announcement is likely imminent as well.
A SteamDB listing appeared earlier today for “Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. Open β” specifically, so it’s clearly not just for the main game that’s coming to PC.
There’s no release date attached, so we don’t know when exactly it’s coming though would presumably set for sometime in the very near future.
The Steam app listing is also shown as “hidden to the public,” meaning there’s almost no information attached to the page at all besides the title and banner images.
We can take an educated guess, however, that the R.E.V.O. beta will allow players to try out at least some of VF5’s available roster online.
This is actually a pretty exciting prospect for a game that originally came out in 2006 because the rebuilt version of VF5 will be the first time Sega is offering rollback netcode and the game on PC in general.
We may not have to wait much longer to learn more about the beta and perhaps R.E.V.O. in general with The Game Awards 2024 taking place tomorrow, December 12, where Virtua Fighter may show up — especially given the timing of this listing appearance.
While PlayStation owners will apparently not be receiving R.E.V.O., Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown is also slated to get a Version 2.0 update sometime this Winter with balance adjustments and more changes though rollback is probably not among them.
Stay tuned to learn more about Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. when more information becomes officially available.