Justin Scarpone, executive VP and head of Sega’s Global Transmedia Group, told VGC in a new interview, “So 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.

“And so all that’s very exciting. And then, in certain instances, we’re also doing animation series or live-action films to augment that and be part of those roadmaps.”

Further details are pending, but there have been rumors about the next Virtua Fighter over the past few months. Reportedly rebooting the series, it will seemingly compete with Tekken and Street Fighter, focusing more on esports and online play (with crossplay and rollback netcode). Ranked matches are more akin to contemporary fighters, with streaming and spectating being important.

Offline modes still reportedly exist, including a new main story and the return of Quest Mode (which will see some changes). The characters also seemingly have a more modern style.

When it will be released remains to be seen, but given how Sega announced all its reboots at last year’s The Game Awards, this year may belong to Virtua Fighter. Stay tuned for updates until then.

In a recent interview with Famitsu (via Siliconera), chief producer Seiji Aoki spoke about just that. According to Aoki, Sega hasn’t yet made any decision regarding a Virtua Fighter 6 (even though he personally would like to work on a new game in the series).

“Nothing has been decided yet regarding Virtua Fighter 6, so I cannot make any statement,” Aoki said. “But if you ask me whether I want to create it or not, I do want to create it.”

As you’d expect, Aoki added that one of the purposes Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown is going to serve will be to judge interest in and demand for the series, which should inform any decisions about its future.

“This title [Ultimate Showdown] will let us know whether there are demands and potentials for Virtua Fighter,” Aoki said. “We want to hype it up so it can connect to the next one.”

Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown, meanwhile, is available on PS4. For PS Plus subscribers, it’s going to be available for free until the end of July.