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NVIDIA and SEGA collaborate to bring Virtua Fighter and more SEGA games to RTX Spark

VIRTUA FIGHTER CROSSROADS is the next-gen version of the iconic fighting game series, with SEGA and NVIDIA working together to bring it to RTX Spark.

NVIDIA and SEGA collaborate to bring Virtua Fighter and more SEGA games to RTX Spark
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TL;DR: NVIDIA and SEGA marked their 30-year collaboration by announcing VIRTUA FIGHTER CROSSROADS will come to NVIDIA's new RTX Spark Arm-based APU for premium Windows on Arm laptops, bringing native RTX features like DLSS; SEGA will fully support the RTX Spark platform and the game will also run on traditional GeForce RTX PCs and laptops.
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For those who might not be aware, NVIDIA, SEGA, and the Virtua Fighter series share a long, storied history dating back 30 years. Back in the 1990s, as 3D visuals in games began to appear, SEGA's arcade fighting game Virtua Fighter quickly became one of the hallmarks of where gaming technology was headed. And as part of bringing the game to PC, SEGA partnered with NVIDIA to leverage its NV1 chip to power this version of the game.

Today, 30 years later, SEGA Akihabara Arcade in Tokyo, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang, SEGA CEO Haruki Satomi, SEGA COO Shuji Utsumi, Virtua Fighter creator Yu Suzuki, and former SEGA CEO and President Shoichiro Irimajiri came together to celebrate this partnership by announcing that the upcoming VIRTUA FIGHTER CROSSROADS is headed to RTX Spark.

RTX Spark is NVIDIA's new custom Arm-based APU built for premium laptops, debuting at Computex 2026, delivering powerful CPU performance with RTX graphics technologies and fast memory. With RTX Spark-powered Windows on Arm laptops on track for later this year, one of the highlights of these devices will be their PC gaming capabilities.

Although it's unclear if it will be a native Windows on Arm version of the game, that's the assumption here, as the addition of VIRTUA FIGHTER CROSSROADS compatibility on RTX Spark devices also includes native support for RTX technologies like DLSS. In addition to this, NVIDIA and SEGA's partnership will apparently extend to SEGA's various 'iconic franchises' with the developer and publisher announcing that it will fully support the RTX Spark platform.

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Question #1

Will VIRTUA FIGHTER CROSSROADS run natively on Windows on Arm RTX Spark laptops or rely on emulation?

The article says it is unclear whether VIRTUA FIGHTER CROSSROADS will be a native Windows on Arm build, but it states the assumption is that it will be native because compatibility on RTX Spark devices includes native support for RTX technologies like DLSS. The announcement does not confirm whether emulation will be used.
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Question #2

Which RTX technologies (for example DLSS) are confirmed to be supported in VIRTUA FIGHTER CROSSROADS on RTX Spark?

Question #3

Will the SEGA and NVIDIA partnership bring other specific SEGA franchises to RTX Spark, and which titles were mentioned?

The article says NVIDIA and SEGA's partnership will "apparently extend to SEGA's various 'iconic franchises'" and that SEGA will fully support the RTX Spark platform, but it only names VIRTUA FIGHTER CROSSROADS specifically. No other SEGA franchise titles are mentioned in the article.
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Will VIRTUA FIGHTER CROSSROADS on RTX Spark require different system specs compared to GeForce RTX PCs?

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Of course, VIRTUA FIGHTER CROSSROADS will also be available for standard PCs and laptops with GeForce RTX hardware, too. Still, it's good to see more developers embracing Windows on Arm, thanks to the upcoming RTX Spark release.

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Kosta is a veteran gaming journalist that cut his teeth on well-respected Aussie publications like PC PowerPlay and HYPER back when articles were printed on paper. A lifelong gamer since the 8-bit Nintendo era, it was the CD-ROM-powered 90s that cemented his love for all things games and technology. From point-and-click adventure games to RTS games with full-motion video cut-scenes and FPS titles referred to as Doom clones. Genres he still loves to this day. Kosta is also a musician, releasing dreamy electronic jams under the name Kbit.

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