It’s official: Virtua Fighter 5 comes to Xbox 360

Sega brought an end to one of the internet’s biggest rumors today as it confirmed that it will be bringing Virtua Fighter 5 to the Xbox 30. VF5, the latest installment in the critically acclaimed fighting game series, will ship in Late summer of this year, mere months after the Playstation 3 version, which ships on February 20.

"The virtua Fighter series from Sega has one of the most prestigious histories in video games," said Jeff Bell, corporate vice president of global marketing for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft . "It's a franchise that has grown an army of loyal fans both in arcades and on consoles worldwide, and is consistently rated extremely high by the media. Fighting game fans have been hungry for Virtua Fighter 5 and we can now proudly deliver this game with SEGA to Xbox 360 gamers around the world."