Virtua Fighter 5 is the fifth installment in Sega's Virtua Fighter series of arcade fighting games. The original version was released on the Sega Lindbergh arcade system board. The first location tests took place on November 26 2005 leading to the official release on July 12 2006 in Japanese arcades. An export version based on Version B was released to arcades outside Japan in February 2007. The revised Version B update was released in Japanese arcades in December 2006 and was ported to the PlayStation 3 for which it was released February 2007 and was a launch title for the console's European release in March 2007. Version C was released in Japanese arcades in July 2007 and was ported to the Xbox 360 for which it was released October 2007 in Europe and in North America. The Xbox 360 version would allow users to compete online via Xbox Live a feature that was not available on the PlayStation 3 version. While Japanese arcades received the first major update Virtua Fighter 5 R the Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 and arcades would get the second update Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown.