Quick Pic: 3rd Strike, Turbo HD Remix, & VF5: Final Showdown on sale in Xbox Live Marketplace

Image Credit: Major Nelson

Good news fight fans. Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix are on sale on the Xbox Live Marketplace for 600 Microsoft Points until Oct. 8. Major Nelson broke the news. Dungeon Fighter LIVE is also on sale for 400 Microsoft Points.

Evo 2012: Side Streams revealed for Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown, BBCS:EX, Persona 4 Arena, Guilty Gear, & Melty Blood

Sometimes the main event just isn't enough.

The games scheduled for the main room at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas for Evo 2012 promise to be filled with hype. Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition v.2012, Mortal Kombat 9, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, King of Fighters XIII, Street Fighter x Tekken, and SoulCalibur V are the main titles that will be on display.

But what about the side tournaments? 8 Way Run and Kiei (via SRK) will provide live streams of the other fighting games. 8 Way Run has Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown, while Kiei has you covered with Blazblue Continuum Shift: Extend (BBCS:EX), Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus, and Melty Blood.

FightVG.com will post the live Evo 2012 action from all streams when they air. You can see Kiei's stream schedule, after the jump.

NOTE: Times listed below are PST.

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown DLC and Customization breakdown

Want to take a closer look at the DLC and customization options in Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown? BloodBurger1 has just what you're looking for as he does a breakdown of those options.

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown sells over 300,000 downloads globally

Earlier this month, Sega revealed they had exceeded sales expectations for Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown in Japan. Not much else was known in terms of sales. Now the clouds have cleared just a bit more.

Sega has announced they have sold over 300,000 downloads of Final Showdown globally within two weeks of its release. Still no word on North American sales figures.

This has to be considered a big success for Sega and AM2 with the latest installment in the Virtua Fighter series being a downloadable title.

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown: A week of action with Maximilian Day 5 (Video)

The fifth and final day of Maximilian's first week with Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown has arrived. Max has spent five days with the Sega and AM2 fighter, surfing through fan mail and playing online matches.

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown: A week of action with Maximilian Day 4

Another day, another round of Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown.

Maximilian is one day away from completing his first week of Final Showdown matches. While day one was more of a feeling out process, days two and three have been all action. Day four is also packed with the excitement fans have come to expect from Sega and AM2.

Watch Max tackle Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown once again, after the jump.

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown: A week of action with Maximilian Day 3

Day three of five for the Final Showdown is here.

Maximilian is now just two days away from completing his first week with Sega and AM2's Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown. The game is available now on Xbox Live for 1,200 Microsoft Points and PSN for $14.99.

Watch day three, after the jump.

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown eclipses Japanese sales expectations

Score one for Sega.

AM2 took to Twitter (via Andriasang) to reveal some exciting news. Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown has exceeded sales expectations in Japan after just one week of release. North American sales were not available.

This has to be a huge confidence boost for Sega and AM2. The duo seems to have brought some life back into the Virtua Fighter series.

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown: A week of action with Maximilian Day 2 (Video)

Maximilian has returned for day two of Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown action. Day two promises to have more action as the first day was a feeling out process for Max.

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown: A week of action with Maximilian Day 1

The week of the Final Showdown has begun.

Maximilian has started day one of five for his week of Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown. Max will take his skills online with the Sega and AM2 fighter. He continues to dish out live insight on his matches.

Watch the first day of Final Showdown action below:

Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown now available on PSN and Xbox Live

The Final Showdown has arrived.

Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown was released yesterday (June 5) on PSN and is downloadable today on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The game costs $14.99 or 1200 Microsoft Points. Final Showdown is free for PlayStation Plus members until July 4, 2012.

There is an optional $29.99 version of the game. This includes all DLC customization options. For more information, click here.

Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown: Tutorial #1 (Video)

Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown is now available on PSN and will be downloadable on Xbox Live tomorrow (June 6). Sega America has uploaded their first tutorial of video for Final Showdown.

Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Pre-Launch (Video)

Sega America has uploaded a video of the pre-launch event to Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown. The title is set for a PSN release on June 5 and an Xbox Live release on June 6. The game will be $15 on PSN and 1,200 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live.

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown release trailer

Sega has released the official trailer to Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown. The game will be hitting PSN on June 5 and Xbox Live June 6. The game has been a hit in Japanese Arcades so it should come as no surprise that a console version is on the way.

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown lands on PSN June 5, Xbox Live June 6

The Final Showdown is upon us.

Sega has announced its Arcade favorite in Japan, Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown will be released on PSN June 5. An Xbox Live release comes the following day.

Final Showdown will be $14.99 on PSN and 1,200 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live. Sega will also be releasing character customization packs for $4.99 or 400 Microsoft Points each. Oddly there will also be two additional customization packs for the same price as the game itself, each.

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown coming to Evo

The main floor is set, but more games are heading to Las Vegas.

SRK has revealed that Sega will be bringing Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown to Evo 2012. $15,000 is at stake so if you're feeling confident in your abilities, dust off VF5 and get to work.

Final Showdown will hit Xbox Live and PSN this summer. SRK notes that all registrations will be handled by Sega.