

Fighting hordes of disposable goons soon gets annoying, though, and it’s tiresome to hit a wall where no amount of skill can make up for dealing near-to-no damage until you go a level up – but as a fun diversion and a gentle on-ramp for newer players, it’s still a surprisingly good time.īut the meat and potatoes of fighting games is in one-on-one competition, and here, too, a welcoming hand is extended to beginners. Side-quests act as piecemeal interactive tutorials for novice fighters, while flashy cutscenes and goofy yet entertaining writing help flesh out Street Fighter’s outlandish world. You’ll explore a city, level up your fighter’s stats, wear your choice of stylish (or stupid) clothes, and learn fighting styles from the series’ classic cast, customising movesets to create an avatar you can later take online for extremely unbalanced, if entertaining, battles. There's presently no word on whether or not Street Fighter 6 will hit Xbox, or will remain a strictly PlayStation and PC affair.Unlike standard fighting game story modes, World Tour plays out more like an open-world game, along similar lines to Sega’s Yakuza series. The teaser trailer for Street Fighter 6 seems to hint at a new exaggerated-realism art style, but beyond that, Capcom offered no details on Street Fighter 6 except to say more will be revealed in the summer. While Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection from 2018 was on the Xbox One, 2016's Street Fighter V (which was updated in 2020 to Street Fighter V: Champion Edition) has only ever been available on PS4 and PC. The Street Fighter series is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, having started its life with an arcade only release in 1987.

In an odd turn of events, the competition ran a little long and fans were left furiously refreshing the Capcom website waiting for the timer to actually hit zero. The announcement lined up with the conclusion of Capcom's Street Fighter Pro Tour Season Final, a three-day long tournament featuring 31 professional Street Fighter V: Champion Edition players.
