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How To Join The Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. Closed Beta—Dates and Times
- Image of Virtua Fighter 5 REVO courtesy of SEGA

How To Join The Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. Closed Beta—Dates and Times

Originally posted on Total Apex Gaming
By Dakota Robinson  |  Last updated Sep 5, 2025 6:18 PM ET

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. is set to receive a closed beta test as SEGA offers challengers across the world a chance to try this exciting update to a SEGA arcade classic, with the focus on testing out network servers and cross-play performance to ensure a smooth and accessible online experience when the game’s update releases later this year on October 30, 2025.

What is Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.?

An update to Virtua Fighter 5, not to be confused with Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown, which released June 1, 2021. This remaster was released earlier this year on January 27, 2025, and boasts additional content, remastered visuals, and an online mode that boasts Rollback and Cross-Play functionalities. Allowing for players anywhere to fight anyone at any time!

For those familiar with TEKKEN, Virtua Fighter is a series primarily consisted of 3D fighting games where you play as a variety of characters in a 1-on-1 competitive experience. With characters like Akira Yuki and Sarah Bryant being representatives of various forms of martial arts.

What is the Closed Beta Test?

A means for players to get an early taste of the game while also assisting the developers and allowing for a stress-test on the network infrastructure, giving the opportunity for any bugs and errors to be caught and adjusted accordingly before release.

Similar to SEGA’s Open Network Test for Sonic Racing: Crossworlds, the announcement and commencement of the test show their commitment in hoping to offering players a chance to assist in the development. Ensuring a stable online environment for players to enjoy, as well as an early taste for those uncertain about purchasing the game for themselves.

With Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.’s test largely focusing on its cross-play functionality, players on all supported platforms are able to participate. Anyone can be eligible to join in on the fun as well, so long as they meet a few requirements in order to receive access.

How to join the Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. Closed Beta  Test?

Image of Virtua Fighter 4 REVO, Courtesy of SEGA

[Steam]

  1. View the system requirements to ensure that you are in a stable play environment to join.
  2. Go to the Steam page for the Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.
  3. Click the “Request Access” button under Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage Ver. Beta to join.

[PS5/Xbox Series X|S]

  1. A SEGA account is required, along with linking to your desired platform.
  2. Visit this page on or after the Closest Beta launches, which it will ask for you to login using your SEGA account.
  3. Receive the product code for the Beta Ver. from the page.

Each registered SEGA account is only permitted 1 code for the Closed Beta, so it is strongly encouraged to carefully decide what platform to participate in.

After participating in the test, players will receive a special title that they will be able to use on their in-game profile when the update releases.

When does it begin, and what can I play?

For those living in the United States, the test is set to begin on September 10, 2025, @ 11:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, and will end September 15, 2025, @ 11:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.

The full base roster of Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. will be available for players to fight as or against in the following modes:

  • Ranked Matchmaking
  • Training Mode
  • Arcade Mode

However, the upcoming DLC character, Dural, will not be playable during the Closed Beta Test.

While this may not be the next brand-new installment to the Virtua Fighter franchise, with Virtua Fighter 6 still set to release in the future, this update is in hopes of bolstering the competitive scene of the series–allowing for an accessible online experience that fans of all fighting games often ask for, given the necessity to get better by fighting opponents of all kinds.

This article first appeared on Total Apex Gaming and was syndicated with permission.

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