Midori: Virtua Fighter and Golden Axe further along — SEGA planning a 2024 VF announce
Type: unconfirmed leak at the time. Secondary reporting by Gameranx summarizing Midori’s claims.
Around May 2024, Gameranx summarized Midori’s comments on production progress and release plans for SEGA’s remake/reboot slate.
The piece framed Midori as answering fan questions after being asked about a supposed Jet Set Radio leak.
It sits in the same Midori rumor chain as the February and March Virtua Fighter posts (February, March).
Development stage and VF / Golden Axe
Midori said these games started around 2021, with proper production beginning about a year later.
Given their scale and budget, Midori said they were in the middle stage of development at that time.
Virtua Fighter 6 and Golden Axe were said to be further along than the other titles.
SEGA was planning to announce Virtua Fighter later in 2024, according to the same summary.
Other IPs mentioned in the same batch
In the same Midori batch, Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi were mentioned with a first-half 2026 window, subject to change.
This archive focuses on the Virtua Fighter progress and announce-timing claims rather than other IP schedules.
What was confirmed later
SEGA did announce New VIRTUA FIGHTER Project at The Game Awards in December 2024, so Midori’s “later this year” timing roughly matched (related article).
The claimed progress ranking across IPs (VF and Golden Axe further along) was never officially verified.
Later-updated Gameranx lines that treat an RGG Virtua Fighter as already long-confirmed, or that speak as if announcement teasers were already public in May 2024, are ignored here.
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