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Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown release date, price announced

Launch day DLC adds customisation items.

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Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown launches on PlayStation Network in the US on 5th June and on Xbox Live Arcade everywhere on 6th June, Sega has announced.

It costs $14.99/ £9.99/ AUD$18.25/ €12.99 for PSN and 1200 Microsoft Points for XBLA.

Sega said today character customisation DLC packs will be available to buy from launch day for all 19 fighters. Each character customisation pack, which includes 600 to 950 items, costs $4.99/ £3.59/ AUD$6.25/ €4.49 for PSN and 400 Microsoft Points for XBLA.

Two additional customisation packs, one with nine characters'' worth of DLC items, the other with 10, also release on launch day. These cost $14.99/ £9.99/ AUD$18.25/ €12.99 each on PSN and 1200 Microsoft Points each on XBLA.

VF5FS is the latest arcade version of the famous fighting series, developed by AM2. It adds two new characters: Taka-Arashi and newcomer Jean Kujo. There's a training mode, an eight player online room match mode and a match record feature, used to replay, save and upload fights.

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