{"id":430294,"date":"2026-02-17T11:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/430294\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:16:10","slug":"psa-virtua-fighter-5-r-e-v-o-world-stage-switch-2-open-beta-test-starts-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/430294\/","title":{"rendered":"PSA: Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage Switch 2 Open Beta Test Starts This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of next month&#8217;s release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/virtua-fighter-5-r-e-v-o-world-stage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage<\/a> on the Switch 2 this March, Sega is running an open beta test.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, in case you missed this news, it starts this week from 18th February 2026 and will run until 23rd February 2026. To join the fight, you&#8217;ll need to an active Switch Online membership. There&#8217;s also support for &#8220;arcade stick-type&#8221; controllers, which have been officially licensed by Nintendo.<\/p>\n<p>Sega has also confirmed this open beta test supports cross-play network testing with other versions of the game. To get started, you&#8217;ll need to head over to the eShop and download the test.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Virtua Fighter\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a8ea8f8cd080e\/virtua-fighter.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/virtua-fighter.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Virtua Fighter\"\/><\/a> Image: SEGA<\/p>\n<p>When this game arrives on 26th March 2026, it will cost $19.99 \/ \u00a315.99 (or your regional equivalent). There&#8217;s also a $49.99 30th anniversary digital edition including all kinds of themed bonuses, costumes and more. And the physical release for $49.99 has been confirmed as a Game-Key Card and will come with all these extra goodies, plus a double-sided poster.<\/p>\n<p>Will you be checking out this open beta test on the Switch 2 this week? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>\tRelated Games<\/p>\n<p>\tSee Also<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766909708_631_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer on Nintendo Life. He&#8217;s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of next month&#8217;s release of Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage on the Switch 2 this March,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,376,2021,1374,1173,214,86,56,54,55,377],"class_list":{"0":"post-430294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","10":"tag-nintendo-switch-online","11":"tag-psa","12":"tag-reminders","13":"tag-sega","14":"tag-technology","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom","18":"tag-upcoming-releases"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}