Like a Dragon studio Ryu Ga Gotoku is making a new Virtua Fighter

Ryu Ga Gotoku is working on a new Virtua Fighter game, it’s been confirmed.

The news was revealed in a teaser trailer, which was shown during The Game Awards.

Ryu Ga Gotoku is best known for the Yakuza / Like a Dragon series, but hasn’t solely focused on those games over the years.

More information on the game will be revealed in a VF Direct presentation, which will air on December 13 at 12am ET / 5am GMT.

Sega’s head of transmedia seemingly let slip to VGC last month that a new Virtua Fighter game was in the works.

In an interview about a range of topics, Justin Scarpone mentioned Virtua Fighter among a list of legacy Sega games getting modern releases.

“We have a suite of titles in development right now that fall into that legacy bucket, which we announced last year at The Game Awards – Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Streets of Rage, Shinobi, and we have another Virtua Fighter being developed,” Scarpone told us.

Sega then announced in late November that a remaster of Virtua Fighter 5 is coming to Steam, leading some to believe Scarpone was referring to that.

The remaster will be called Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. and is set to release this winter, with no official date confirmation yet.

Sega describes it as “the Ultimate Edition of this legendary game”, and says it will boast 4K visuals with “updated hi-res textures and more”.

The game will also feature support for rollback netcode, designed to make competitive online play more responsive.