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class=\"spgn__article__content horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>SEGA announced on March 14 that Chicago\u2019s Combo Breaker 2025 is the first tournament to be part of the Virtua Fighter Open Championship. The Open Championship will have a grand prize of $100,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Virtua Fighter Open Championship was announced at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MVRktI34LfU&amp;ab_channel=SEGA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Virtua Fighter Direct in December 2024<\/a>. It\u2019s a tournament that aims to bring the best Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. players in the world and put them in a bracket to see who\u2019s the best of the best. Combo Breaker 2025 is going to be the first qualifier tournament in the Open Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O is also chosen for the lineup at EVO Japan 2025. It is unclear whether that tournament will be a qualifier for the Open Championship. The Open Championship\u2019s venue and date is also undetermined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfc6GRAND PRIZE &#8211; $100,000\ud83d\udcb0<br>Details on the first ever &quot;VIRTUA FIGHTER Open Championship&quot; are NOW LIVE! <br><br>The first qualifier will be held this May at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/COMBOBREAKER?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@COMBOBREAKER<\/a> in Chicago\u2728<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VF5REVO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#VF5REVO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VFOC2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#VFOC2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TboZQIldCO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/TboZQIldCO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; VIRTUA FIGHTER (@VF_SEGA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VF_SEGA\/status\/1900370043935793604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">March 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This format isn\u2019t new in fighting games, the recently finished <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-03-08\/jp-extraordinaire-kakeru-dominates-capcom-cup-xi-claims-1-million-grand-prize\/\">Capcom Cup XI<\/a> used the same method. Players will enter a tournament that is part of the Capcom Pro Tour and whoever wins that tournament will be invited to Capcom Cup. Capcom Cup also has online qualifiers which doesn\u2019t seem to be the case for Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. is a remaster of Virtua Fighter 5 for Steam, this is the version of the game that will be played in the tournament. PlayStation 4 consoles already had the remaster as early as June 2021. As of writing, there are around 150 players on Steam with a 24-hour peak of more than 300. 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