Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. Open Beta Live, Pre-Order Details Revealed

SEGA fans have been eating well as of late, as the publisher had multiple showcases during The Game Awards 2024, including a teaser for a new Virtua Fighter title. For now, though, you’ll have to make do with Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O, a brand new version of Virtua Fighter 5 that brings the title to PC for the first time with rollback netcode, 4K support, and enhanced visuals. It’s available to pre-order on Steam, but you can get in on the action right now thanks to the Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. Open Beta.

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. Open Beta Live

The Open Beta (or Open β) for Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. is now live on Steam and features all available modes including ranked play, training, arcade, and local versus.

You can enter the beta now by hitting the “request access” button on its Steam page.

The beta is available for five days so make sure you get the most out of it during this time. This gives players a chance to try out the netcode and the performance of the PC release on their systems. On my system with an RTX 4070 Super and Ryzen 7 5700X3D, Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. ran at a locked 60 FPS at 4K with everything set to the highest settings. It also has support for NVIDIA DLSS and Reflex, which is always a welcome addition.

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. Pre-Order Bonus

If you pre-order Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O on PC, you’ll receive the SEGA Hardware Custom Item Set which includes the following content:

• SEGA GENESIS Customization Item
• SEGA Saturn Customization Item
• SEGA Dreamcast Customization Item

These are cosmetic items that can be used while customizing characters, though I’m not sure how but these are likely attachments.

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. 30th Anniversary Edition

There’s also a massive 30th Anniversary Edition for Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. that comes with tons of extra content. It’s priced at $44.99 but is currently discounted by 20% and available for $35.99. It comes with the following additional content:

• 30th Anniversary Swimsuit Costume pack
• 30th Anniversary Soundtrack collection
  • Virtua Fighter OST
  • Virtua Fighter 2 OST
  • Virtua Fighter 3 OST
  • Virtua Fighter 4 OST
  • Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown OST
  • Over 200 unreleased tracks and more than 20 unused tracks from previous Virtua Fighter titles.
  • The opening song from Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O., “Burning Souls”, featuring SEGA legend Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
  • Jacky’s newly arranged theme “Don’t Think, Feel”, composed for Virtua Fighter 3TB and featuring SEGA legend Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, now available for the first time
• 30th Anniversary Rank titles
• Virtua Fighter – preproduction artwork
• Yakuza Collaboration Pack DLC
• Legendary Pack DLC

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. Release Date

Virua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. is coming to PC via Steam on January 28, 2025.

We’re glad that SEGA is reviving the franchise because there’s a severe lack of 3D fighters on the market. While Virtua Fighter was never as big as Tekken, it was still a solid franchise that you could invest time into and get better. It also offers a very grounded presentation with a focus on martial arts first.