Tag: Street Fighter
News Street Fighter 6 Adds Ed at the End of February on PS5, PS4
'Ed case
Psycho boxing snooker fan Ed will be added to Street Fighter 6’s roster from 27th February, publisher Capcom has announced. The character will be the third DLC addition to the acclaimed fighter, and you’ll be able to prepare for his arrival with a Fighting Pass, available in-game now. <related ids="149677"> As with other...
News Street Fighter 6 Smashes Another Sales Milestone, Over Three Million Copies Sold
World class
Capcom's excellent fighting game, Street Fighter 6, has been a big success for the publisher. As of 3rd January 2024, it's sold more than three million copies globally since launch just over seven months ago. The figure comes direct from Capcom in a press release on its website, where it also says the Street Fighter series as a whole has...
News Spy X Family's PS5, PS4 Street Fighter 6 Cameo Doesn't Quite Meet Expectations
Forgery
After an extended build up, Capcom has peeled back the curtain on Street Fighter 6’s crossover with Spy X Family Code: White – but the results haven’t left fans feeling waku waku. Effectively, the crossover amounts to a couple of avatar outfits for protagonists Loid and Yor Forger, allowing you to cosplay as the characters in the...
News Master Assassin Yor Battles Chun-Li in Street Fighter, Spy X Family Crossover Anime
Content coming to Capcom's fighter, too
Spy X Family content is coming to Street Fighter 6 on 9th January – but to whet your appetite, here’s an anime short of master assassin Yor battling thunder thighs Chun-Li. The clip is extremely brief, but there’s clear mutual respect between the two characters, as both dodge and weave each other’s...
News Street Fighter 6's Awesome New Outfits Are Out Now, But Fans Are Fuming at the Prices
Beat down
The third set of threads for Street Fighter 6’s launch roster is available in-game now – but unsurprisingly, the Internet’s already up in arms over the pricing. A single outfit will set you back 300 Fighter Coins, but you can only purchase denominations of 250 Fighter Coins (£3.99/$4.99) or 610 Fighter Coins (£9.49/$11.99). This...
News Street Fighter 6? More Like Street Fashion 6 with These New PS5, PS4 Outfits
Lookin' good
Street Fighter 6, perhaps more than other entry in the franchise’s history, has really embraced how effortlessly cool the series can be. There was pent-up excitement for the title’s next batch of costumes, then – and here’s the full set, in all their glory. A lengthy trailer gives us a detailed look at Marissa’s wedding dress,...
News Street Fighter 6 Gears Up for Final Fight-Themed November Fighting Pass
As mighty as the former mayor of Metro City
Street Fighter 6 is spicing things up this November with a Final Fight-themed Fighting Pass, which offers gear, emotes, and even the classic 1989 Capcom beat 'em up itself, playable from the in-game Game Center, which is a fun inclusion. Starting today,1st November, players can start earning some...
News Street Fighter 6's Spooky Party Fighting Pass Kicks Off on PS5, PS4
Cat, zombie, clown, or toy
To get the scariest month started off right, Capcom has revealed the Spooky Party Fighting Pass for Street Fighter 6, with free and premium unlocks for prospective pugilists to dress their avatars up in. The event kicks off nice and early (today) with some supposedly scary skins, Fighter Coins, and photo frames to unlock...
News Street Fighter 6's New PS5, PS4 Fighter Is a Weirdo in the Best Possible Way
Wacky A.K.I.
Street Fighter 6’s first Character Pass is coming quicker than we initially anticipated, with the oddball A.K.I. arriving as early as 27th September. Capcom fully detailed the character with a huge trailer and PlayStation Blog post overnight, confirming that the slithery individual is able to inject poison into enemies who dare to...
News Street Fighter 6 Under Fire for Ridiculous Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles DLC Pricing
$100 / £80 for the lot
Street Fighter 6 is one hell of a fighting game, but its DLC price tags have been a bit of a sticking point for some players. Capcom has been pricing its post-launch content fairly high — its Year 1 Ultimate Pass is £50, for example — but its Evo 2023-announced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collaboration is the thing...
News Evo 2023's Funniest Moment Has People Talking About Tekken x Street Fighter Again
"Get out! Get out of here!"
Remember Tekken X Street Fighter? The Bandai Namco project was announced during the PS3 generation as something of a contrasting companion to Street Fighter X Tekken — another supposed crossover of the two popular fighting game franchises, but in the style of Tekken, rather than Street Fighter. However, unlike its...
News Juri's Third Street Fighter 6 Outfit Will Make Capcom All the Money on PS5, PS4
Bed time
Capcom has revealed early artwork of new outfits for four Street Fighter 6 characters, and we reckon Juri’s onesie is going to make the Japanese publisher a lot of money. In truth, all four options are great additions: we’ve got Guile looking like he’s about to visit and country and western festival, Marisa in her wedding attire, and...
News Take a Look at Street Fighter 6's Rashid in Full PS5, PS4 Character Guide
Turbulent wind
Street Fighter 6 is still fresh in the memory following its sublime launch earlier this year, but Capcom’s live service plans are already underway with the imminent arrival of Rashid, a fan favourite from Street Fighter 5. In this full character guide trailer, we get a look at all of the Soaring Eagle’s moves, and a taste of how...
News Street Fighter 6 Tops 2 Million Copies Sold, Celebrates with In-Game Rewards
Thanks a million
Capcom's latest fighting title, Street Fighter 6, is just killing it, isn't it? On top of being a fantastic game that appeals to both casual and hardcore fighter fans, it seems to be selling pretty rapidly. Now, just over a month since launch, the game has reached a new milestone, topping 2 million copies sold. This updated...
News Rashid of the Turbulent Wind Whips Up the Street Fighter 6 Roster on 24th July
For your viewing pleasure
Rashid of the Turbulent Wind is making his Street Fighter 6 debut on PS5 and PS4 and will officially join the roster on 24th July. Players that picked up the Year 1 Character Pass, or the Deluxe or Ultimate Editions of the game, will already have Rashid unlocked once the appointed time arrives. This wisecracking whirlwind...
News Street Fighter 6's New PS5, PS4 Battle Pass Paves the Way for Rashid
The Turbulent Wind nears
There’s no release date attached to Street Fighter 6’s first DLC addition Rashid right now, but he’s due out in the summer and the EVO Championships take place in early August, so it’s probably safe to assume he’s roughly a month away. More evidence comes courtesy of the title’s newest Fighter Pass, which rolls...
News Street Fighter 6's Battle Pass Brings the Heat with Retro Games, Classic Music, and More
On fire
After a brief delay towards the tail end of last week, Capcom has launched Street Fighter 6’s first Battle Pass – or Fighter Pass, as the publisher has named it. Structured exactly the same as in games like Fortnite, the Early Summer Vibes season will run until 2nd July, so you don’t have an enormous amount of time to complete it...
News Street Fighter 6's Early Summer Vibes Battle Pass Delayed Indefinitely on PS5, PS4
Network instability the reason
Street Fighter 6’s first Battle Pass, or Fighter Pass as it’s known here, had been scheduled to get underway from today, 9th June. However, in a brief statement on the game’s official website, Capcom confirmed that the Early Summer Vibes season has been delayed indefinitely. “Currently, network instability is...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Street Fighter 6?
Out here on the streets
Street Fighter 6 has been out for about a week now on PS5 and PS4, bringing Capcom's iconic fighting game franchise back with a bang. The brawler has received incredibly high praise from just about everyone; critics gave it some outstanding review scores and players — both professional and casual — seem to be having a...
News Ryu, Guile Get Exoprimal Makeovers for Street Fighter 6's First Capcom Collaboration DLC
Cyborg fighter
Ryu and Guile will be getting robotic Exoprimal makeovers in a Capcom content collaboration set to launch later this year. While the details are a little hazy at this stage, it appears the cyborg-style outfits will be available as skins in Street Fighter 6, while also being available as costumes in Exoprimal as well. There’s a lot...
News Japanese Gaming Institution Famitsu Awards Street Fighter 6 on PS5, PS4 a Perfect Score
The official nod
Street Fighter 6 is a pretty big deal, if you haven't noticed, and has been selling like gangbusters in the days since it launched. Fans seem content-ish (at least, for the time being), and critics loved this reinvention of the iconic classic, although none so much as the venerable Japanese outlet Famitsu, which has awar
News After Attracting One Million Players, Street Fighter 6's Sales Have Now Passed a Milestone
You can guess
Capcom confirmed earlier this week that Street Fighter 6 had attracted one million players, and it’s since followed up with confirmation that the critically acclaimed sequel has now sold one million copies. With one million players under its belt, it was always likely the title was close to selling one million copies to consumers...
News Street Fighter 6 Attracts One Million Players, In-Game Gift for All
Series sales exceed 50 million
Peak player counts on Steam last week indicated this would happen, but now Capcom has confirmed it: Street Fighter 6 is selling well enough to where it has already amassed one million players. The game isn't available on any subscription services, so this is purely $60 purchases. This sales milestone means the...
News Street Fighter 6 Fans Are Having Fun Creating Famous PS5, PS4 Characters for World Tour
Recognition
Street Fighter 6 has a very robust character creator utility, which you can use to make your own personal avatar to use in the World Tour single player mode or online in Battle Hub. Unsurprisingly, fans have already started using the tool to recreate famous video game characters, as demonstrated by this YouTube video which includes a...
Poll Are You Playing Street Fighter 6?
Fight for your right
Fighting game fans have been eating incredibly well over the last couple of years, and things just got even better with the release of Street Fighter 6. Out now on PS5 and PS4, Capcom's iconic franchise has seemingly returned with a bang; the latest entry is utterly packed with personality and flair, and most importantly, it's...
News Street Fighter 6 Set to Be a Colossal Fighting Game Hit
KO
Street Fighter 6 is out today on on PS5 and PS4, and given the incredibly positive review scores, coupled with all of the pre-launch hype, we wouldn't be at all surprised to see it break some records — specifically in terms of fighting games. In fact, it's already happening. Indeed, Capcom's latest has just smashed through concurrent player...
News Street Fighter 6 Will Show Whether Your Opponent's PS5, PS4 Is Wired or Wireless
Knockout
Prepare for potential toxicity, as Street Fighter 6 will include an indicator that demonstrates whether an opponent is playing on a wired system or with Wi-Fi. Despite having absolutely excellent rollback netcode, Capcom’s programming obviously can’t overcome a bad connection, and many fighting game fanatics feel players should use a...
News Street Fighter 6's Story Mode Looks Like Downright Dumb PS5, PS4 Fun
Hit the streets
How far we’ve come from the pathetic launch of Street Fighter 5 a few years ago: Street Fighter 6 has so much content in it, we’re not even sure where to start! We suspect for many of you on this website, however, you’ll be spending some time with the new World Tour mode – a single player campaign that sees you strutting...
News Don't Know Who to Play in Street Fighter 6? Take This Official Quiz
All in the mind
Capcom has opened up a Street Fighter 6 character quiz over on the game's official website. It's not the most in-depth questionnaire you'll ever see, but it might just help you pick a main in the upcoming release — or at least put you on the right track. It only takes a minute to complete, and then you can share your results on...
News How Many Betas Does Street Fighter 6 Need? One More, Apparently
Play (again) from 19th to 21st May
Following on from two closed beta tests and a fully-fledged demo, Capcom has confirmed it'll be hosting another Street Fighter 6 beta phase. Over the weekend of the 19th to 21st May 2023, you'll get to play most of the modes the full game ships with on PS5 as eight members of the character roster. Those are Luke,...
News Capcom Aiming for Street Fighter 6 to Be the Best-Selling Game in the Series
New fighter targeting 10 million
Capcom is setting the bar high for its upcoming fighting game, Street Fighter 6. Obviously, the publisher will want all of its games to be big hits, and the series has always sold reasonably well. However, by positioning this title as a fighter with mass appeal that'll evolve and grow over time, Capcom is looking to...
It's a knockout
We can all admit it: Street Fighter 5 was a huge disappointment. As a one-on-one fighting game, the release was exceptional, but Capcom completely forgot about the audience beyond pro players – and the sequel suffered as a result. While the Japanese publisher would go on to make respectable improvements to the release over time,...
News Even Fighting Game Legends Can't Beat Street Fighter 6's Hardest Difficulty
Dial it down
Daigo Umehara is one of the most famous fighting game players in the world, and he’s specifically known for his unexpected comeback in a Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike semi-final match at the EVO 2004 championships, which is one of the most iconic moments in gaming history. Despite all this, he can’t beat the highest difficulty of...
News Street Fighter 6's First Wave of DLC Includes Rashid, AKI, Ed, Akuma
All the way into 2024
We're still over a month away from the release of Street Fighter 6, but in typical fighting game style, Capcom has just confirmed the game's first wave of DLC characters. It begins with the return of Street Fighter V favourite Rashid in summer 2023, followed by newcomer AKI in autumn / fall 2023. After that, Ed is making a...
News Play Street Fighter 6's Free Demo on PS5, PS4 Right Now
Create your character for the full game
A demo is available to download for Street Fighter 6 on both PS5 and PS4 right now, featuring the opening moments of World Tour as well as some of the modes from Fighting Grounds. For those not up to date with the game, World Tour acts as a simplistic single player RPG-style experience, where you can explore...
Live Watch the Street Fighter 6 Showcase Right Here
The streets don't lie
Street Fighter 6 looks like it could be an all-time great in Capcom’s storied fighting series, and we’ll be learning a lot more about the title during the publisher’s livestream, which is scheduled to get underway from 3PM PDT / 11PM BST. Hosted by Lil Wayne, the publisher’s promising plenty of gameplay and...
News Rapper Lil Wayne to Bring Big Announcements to Street Fighter 6 Showcase
Broadcasting next week
We’ll learn a lot more about Street Fighter 6 next week, as part of a livestream scheduled to take place from 3PM PDT on 20th April, 2023. Unexpectedly, rapper Lil Wayne will be anchoring the event, and you can hear from the man directly in the trailer embedded above. He promises “new ways to fight, crazy new game modes,...
News Street Fighter 6 Is Leading the Charge for Evo 2023 Player Registrations
No surprises there
Set to release just a couple of months before Evo 2023 kicks off in August, it's perhaps no surprise that Street Fighter 6 has attracted the most player registrations so far. Capcom's series has always played a pivotal role in the annual event, and its top eight finals are usually saved for last. In recent years, however, Street...
News A New Live-Action Street Fighter Movie Is Officially in Production
Game Over
Well, that was quick. On Monday, we brought you the news that Legendary Entertainment had gobbled up the film and TV rights to Capcom's iconic Street Fighter series. Today, Legendary and Capcom have confirmed that a new live-action film is officially in production. We know virtually nothing else, but if it follows the path laid down by...
News Here Comes a Returning Challenger! Street Fighter Getting Readied for TV, Film Revival
Legendary gobbles up rights
Street Fighter was one of the earlier examples of a video game transitioning to film, with the infamous 1994 adaptation starring Jean Claude Van-Damme and Kylie Minogue. A second movie, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, released in 2009 but was largely forgotten, with Kristin Kreuk – remember her?! – starring in...
News Street Fighter 6 Hype as Cammy's Super Is Based on the Street Fighter 2 Animated Movie
Neck snap, back break
The latest trailer for Street Fighter 6 introduces three characters, but for most fans, Cammy seems to have stolen the show. The veteran combatant, complete with her lightning fast diving kicks and cold attitude, is rocking a stylish new design — but that's not all. As quickly noted by those who live and breathe Capcom's...
News Street Fighter 6 Throws Down with Cammy, Zangief, Lily Reveals
Fight on
Street Fighter 6 has shown off another three characters from its launch roster. This latest gameplay trailer covers returning veterans Cammy and Zangief, as well as newcomer Lily. As we've come to expect of the upcoming brawler at this stage, every one of them looks like fantastic fun to play. Needless to say, Street Fighter 6 continues to...
News You Can Become a Millionaire by Winning the Next Capcom Cup
$1 million for Street Fighter 6 champ
Fancy your chances at winning a global Street Fighter 6 competition? If you think you could be the next Daigo Umehara, you should probably know that the next Capcom Cup — which begins this summer with a worldwide tour, running all the way into 2024 — is offering up an unprecedented $1 million to the eventual...
News Capcom Ducks Street Fighter 6 News at Capcom Cup Finals
There's only Street Fighter V
Kicking off on the 12th February and lasting a whole week, Capcom Cup IX will see pro Street Fighter V players duke it out for fame and glory. As is usually the case with big fighting game events, fans had been anticipating fresh Street Fighter 6 news during the finals, but, somewhat surprisingly, that's not going to...
News Thea Trinidad Comes Off the Top Rope for Real-Time Commentary in Street Fighter 6
Someone just got turned into a hashtag
The release of Street Fighter 6 is arguably the highlight of the fighting game calendar in 2023, with the latest iteration of the venerable franchise launching on 2nd June. We got a new clip showing off pro wrestler Thea Trinidad and the awesome new Real-Time Commentary feature in action. Trinidad's voice is...
Reminder Street Fighter 6 Closed Beta Test Is Live Now on PS5, PS4
Round two
A couple of weeks ago, Capcom announced a second closed beta test for its upcoming fighting game, Street Fighter 6. There's been a lot of news between then and now, so just as a reminder, this online test has now begun on PS5 and PS4. If you took part in the first closed beta, you can use the same software (after installing an update) to...
News Fans Are At War with Street Fighter 6's PS5, PS4 Box Art
Haters gonna hate
Even though most people purchase their games digitally these days, bad box art can still bring out the fire in a fanbase. In the case of Street Fighter 6, players may have a point. The latest in the storied series from Capcom is shaping up to be a superb return to form, but fans have a serious bugbear with the boxart – namely,...
News Street Fighter 5 Owners Will Unlock SF2 Turbo Free in Street Fighter 6
Shoryuken
As an added bonus for veteran Street Fighter stans, those of you who own and have played Street Fighter 5 will unlock Street Fighter 2 Turbo in the upcoming Street Fighter 6. As we reported on previously, you can play emulated arcade games in Capcom’s anticipated sequel, but the aforementioned classic will be reserved for those
Gallery Street Fighter 6 Showcases Style and Silliness with Minigames, More
Pre-orders available on PS Store now
Street Fighter 6 enjoyed another outstanding showcase during The Game Awards overnight, where four new characters were officially added to the roster – including returnee Dee Jay and newcomers Manon, Marisa, and JP. Capcom also showcased a little more of the World Tour mode, which will expand beyond Metro City,...
News Street Fighter 6 Confirms June 2023 Release Date, Shows Off Dee Jay, Manon, Marisa, JP
It's ready to fight
Street Fighter 6 will indeed launch for PS5 and PS4 on the 2nd June, 2023 (as per the leaks from the PS Store). The anticipated brawler got a new trailer at The Game Awards as well, which shows off returning character Dee Jay alongside newcomers Manon, Marisa, and JP. We even get to see the characters perform some special attacks...