Originally a PS3 exclusive, Sega have now announced that the next installment in the Virtua Fighter series will also be coming to the Xbox 360 sometime late summer 2007.

Jeff Bell, corporate VP of marketing for Microsoft, said:

“It’s a franchise that has grown an army of loyal fans both in arcades and on consoles worldwide, and is consistently rated extremely high by the media. Fighting game fans have been hungry for Virtua Fighter 5 and we can now proudly deliver this game with Sega to Xbox 360 gamers around the world.”

The PS3 version, due out on 20th February in North America and at PS3’s March launch in Europe, will still enjoy a brief period of exclusivity, albeit for just 6 months.