Virtua Fighter 5 expansion announced for

Sega's announced Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown, a standalone expansion for the beat-em-up set for release on Xbox Live Arcade and PSN next summer.The new game will feature "a full overhaul" of Virtua Fighter 5's mechanics, balance and animations, plus new game modes, fighting arenas, customisable character items and two all-new combatants.According to Sega, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown is "the definitive version of VF5, refined over the years since its original arcade debut". Watch in HD 1 comment It'll offer:The Perfect Fighting Experience: Virtua Fighter 5's signature style of hand-to-hand combat, with revised mechanics, balance, timing and more, along with simplified controls for new players while retaining the depth that veterans demandDynamic and Interactive Arenas: Fighting areas in new shapes and sizes, including arenas with fences and walls that are different for every round - take unexpected advantage of fighters' new wall-based moves, or break through the fences with special attacksA Mode for Every Fight: Dominate the leaderboards with Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown's extremely responsive one-on-one online battle system, widely praised for having little latency, or take on an army of opponents yourself in a new single-player modeCustomized Combatants: Enter the ring with one of 19 playable characters, including fan favorite Taka-Arashi from Virtua Fighter 3 and an all-new character, Jean Kujo, and customize them with unique costume and character itemsSee the first trailer above. What say you, CVG readers? Andy Robinson