Sega has announced a new Virtua Fighter project, but won’t say if it’s a game

Sega has teased a possible new Virtua Fighter game during a Tokyo Game Show live stream on Friday.

Closing out its Sega Fan Meet-Up live event, the company aired a short trailer for “Virtua Fighter X Esports,” but would not reveal further details on what the project was.

Sega CEO Haruki Satomi described Virtua Fighter X Esports as “a project commemorating the 60^th year anniversary of [Sega],” starting “first” in Japan.

Asked if the project would involve a new Virtua Fighter game, the CEO joked that he had run out of time and that more information would be revealed in the future.

Sega’s fighting series hasn’t seen a mainline instalment since 2010’s Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, which was eventually released for Xbox 360 and PS3 in 2012, and later made available via a mini-game in 2016’s Yakuza 6: The Song of Life for PS4.

Last year Virtua Fighter’s creator Yu Suzuki suggested he could be in discussions to return to his former series.

Suzuki recently created Shenmue III with his company YS Net, but remains a consultant with his former employer Sega.

The Japanese giant has shown an openness to outsourcing IP in the past, not just with Shenmue but also with Bayonetta to Platinum Games.

Asked if he would like to return to his classic games Virtua Fighter and Out Run, Suzuki told VGC: “Yes I would like to [return to those]. If you’re going to ask me what, I can’t answer that!”

Pushed on whether that means he might already be in discussions for the IP, he replied: “Yes, there might be something [happening]. But since the IP you mentioned are owned by Sega, I would need to work with them. I am a special consultant with Sega, but we will need to talk.”